Flux of biogenic carbon in oceans: Size-dependent regulation by pelagic food webs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 164, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-11

  Legendre, Louis ^a   Michaud, Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carbon flux; Food web; Ocean; Residence time; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032499181     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps164001     Document Type: Article

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