Carbon flow patterns in the planktonic food web of the Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea: A reconstruction by the inverse method

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 251-268

  Donali, Espen ^a   Olli, Kalle ^b   Heiskanen, Anna Stiina ^c   Andersen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Carbon flow; Food web; Gulf of Riga; Inverse method

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBE RESPIRATION; MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CARBON FLUX; FOOD WEB; MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0033395923     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(99)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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