Importance of mesozooplankton feeding for the downward flux of biogenic carbon in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 519-544

  Roy, S ^a   Silverberg, N ^b   Romero, N ^b,c   Deibel, D ^d   Klein, B ^e   Savenkoff, C ^f   Vezina A ^f   Tremblay, J É ^e   Legendre, L ^e   Rivkin, R B ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Ctro Interdisciplinario Cie M   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALANUS; CANADA; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOOPLANKTON; MICROSCOPY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CARBON FLUX; FEEDING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CALANUS; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 0034174486     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00117-4     Document Type: Article

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