Coupling between primary production and pelagic consumption in temperate ocean margin pelagic ecosystems

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4553-4569

  Verity, P G ^a   Redalje, D G ^b   Lohrenz, S R ^b   Flagg, C ^c   Hristov, R ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

PELAGIC CONSUMPTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036395078     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00164-9     Document Type: Article

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