Net Zooplankton and the biological pump off Sanriku, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 573-582

  Taguchi, Satoru ^a   Saino, Toshiro ^b  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fecal pellets; Organic carbon; Size trophic relation; Vertical flux; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FECAL PELLET; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE FLUX; ZOOPLANKTON;

(NORTHWEST); HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANRIKU;

EID: 0032452294     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02742459     Document Type: Article

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