Loss processes of sinking fecal pellets of zooplankton in the mesopelagic layers of the antarctic marginal ice zone

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 809-818

  Suzuki, Hidekatsu ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuchi, Mitsuo ^b  

^a ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic marginal ice zone; Coprophagy and coprorhexy; DNA; Fecal pellets; Mesopelagic copepods

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FECAL PELLET; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SETTLING VELOCITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0942299843     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000009572.08048.0d     Document Type: Article

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