Biological responses to seasonally varying fluxes of organic matter to the ocean floor: A review

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 305-332

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Deep sea benthos; Fluxes; Foraminifera; Macrofauna; Megafauna; Meiofauna; Phytodetritus; Reproduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEEP SEA; DETRITUS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036272385     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015865826379     Document Type: Article

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