Identification of fecal pellet producers through a copepod-derived DNA sequence

Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-139

  Suzuki, Hidekatsu ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Tamate, Hidetoshi B ^a  

^a ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copepod DNA; Fecal pellets; Mesopelagic layers; Suspended particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942291836     PISSN: 03878961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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