The role of faecal material in the particulate organic carbon flux in the northern Humboldt Current, Chile (23°S), before and during the 1997-1998 El Nino

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 499-529

  González, Humberto E ^a   Ortiz, Viviana C ^a   Sobarzo, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CHILE; CORYCAEUS; EL NINO; FECES; OITHONA; ONCAEA; PARTICLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CARBON FLUX; EL NINO; FECES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0342368952     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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