The benthic response to the seasonal deposition of phytopigments at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain in the North East Atlantic

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-31

  Witbaard, R ^a   Duineveld, G C A ^a   Van der Weele, J A ^a   Berghuis, E M ^a   Reyss, J P ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralisation; Chlorophyll degradation; Deep sea; NE Atlantic; Phytopigments

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHAEOPHORBIDE; PHYTOPIGMENT; RESPIROMETRY; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEPOSITION; DETRITUS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PIGMENT; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034143829     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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