Benthic community responses to pulses in pelagic food supply: North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 971-990

  Smith Jr , K L ^a   Baldwin, R J ^a   Karl, D M ^b   Boetius, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abyssal zone; Benthic community; Carbon cycling; North Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

TIME-SERIES MEASUREMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RESPIRATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036090139     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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