Formation and fate of marine snow: Small-scale processes with large-scale implications

Scientia Marina

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPLEMENT 2, 2001, Pages 57-71

  Kioorboe T ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behaviour of heteretrophs; Coagulation; Food web structure; Remineralization; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COAGULATION; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE SNOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035196740     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2001.65s257     Document Type: Article

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