Seasonal variation in production, retention and export of zooplankton faecal pellets in the marginal ice zone and central Barents Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 175-188

  Wexels Riser, Christian ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^a   Olli, Kalle ^b   Pasternak, Anna ^c   Arashkevich, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Faecal pellets; Pelagic benthic coupling; Recycling; Vertical flux; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ICE; SEDIMENTATION;

RETENTION POTENTIAL;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FECAL PELLET; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0036891502     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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