Respiration in the dark ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Arístegui, Javier ^a   Agustí, Susana ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON FLUX; CARBON FLUXES; MESOPELAGIC; MICROPLANKTONS; RESPIRATION RATE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON FLUX; DEEP WATER; MICROPLANKTON; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0037928943     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016227     Document Type: Article

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