Downward transport of organic carbon by diel migratory micronekton in the western equatorial pacific: Its quantitative and qualitative importance

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1923-1939

  Hidaka, Kiyotaka ^a   Kawaguchi, Kouichi ^a   Murakami, Masahiro ^b   Takahashi, Mio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological pump; Chemical composition; Micronekton; Particulate flux; Vertical migration; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

VERTICAL MATERIAL TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIEL MIGRATION; MICRONEKTON; ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 0034986298     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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