Picoplankton and nanoplankton aggregation by appendicularians: Fecal pellet contents of Megalocercus huxleyi in the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3381-3390

  Gorsky, G ^a   Chretiennot Dinet M J ^a   Blanchot, J ^b,c   Palazzoli, I ^a  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b Inst Francais Rech Sci Devmt C   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FECAL PELLET; FILTER FEEDING; NANNOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

MEGALOCERCUS HUXLEYI; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLORALES; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 0033557080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc01850     Document Type: Article

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