Mesopelagic microplankton of the Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1205-1234

  Gowing, Marcia M ^a,d   Garrison, David L ^a,b   Wishner, Karen F ^c   Gelfman, Celia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian sea; Food webs; Indian ocean; Mesopelagic zone; Microplankton; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTOZOA;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MONSOONAL EFFECTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MICROPLANKTON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0344943274     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00130-4     Document Type: Article

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