Production of DOC by Calanus finmarchicus, C. glacialis and C. hyperboreus through sloppy feeding and leakage from fecal pellets

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 262, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-191

  Møller, Eva Friis ^a,b   Thor, Peter ^c   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calanus spp.; Dissolved organic carbon; DOC; Fecal pellets; Sloppy feeding

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FECAL PELLET; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0344181471     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps262185     Document Type: Article

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