Fluxes of carbon in the upper ocean: Regulation by food-web control nodes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 95-109

  Legendre, Louis ^a   Rivkin, Richard B ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; DOC; Export; Food web models; Heterotrophy; Microbial heterotrophic plankton; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; UPPER OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA;

EID: 0037175229     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps242095     Document Type: Article

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