Temporal changes of deep-sea mesozooplankton abundance in the temperate NE Atlantic and estimates of the carbon budget

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 27-40

  Koppelmann, Rolf ^a   Weikert, Horst ^a  

^a Inst F Hydrobiologie F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon requirements; Deep sea zooplankton; NE Atlantic; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON BUDGET; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

(NORTHEAST); ARCTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; METRIDIA;

EID: 0033561261     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179027     Document Type: Article

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