Seasonal budgets of organic matter in the Ubatuba shelf system, SE Brazil. I. Planktonic and benthic components

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 487-495

  Rocha, Gecely R A ^a,c   Rossi Wongtschowski, Carmen L D B ^a   Pires Vanin, Ana M S ^a   Jarre Teichmann, Astrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Consumption; Production; Subtropical; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; UBATUBA;

BRACHYURA; CARIDEA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; POLYPLACOPHORA; SALPIDA;

EID: 0345359887     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(03)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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