Deep-sea macrofauna exposed to a simulated sedimentation event in the abyssal NE Atlantic: In situ pulse-chase experiments using 13C-labelled phytodetritus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 37-47

  Aberle, N ^a,b   Witte, U ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic carbon remineralisation; Deep sea; Macrofauna; Porcupine Abyssal Plain; Pulse chase experiment; 13C

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; DEEP SEA; DIATOM; MACROBENTHOS; SEDIMENTATION; TRACER;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; POLYCHAETA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA ROTULA;

EID: 0038066340     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps251037     Document Type: Article

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