Pelagic food web structure and carbon budget in the northern Baltic Sea: Potential importance of terrigenous carbon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 268, Issue , 2004, Pages 13-29

  Sandberg, J ^a   Andersson, A ^b   Johansson, S ^c   Wikner, J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Baltic Sea; Carbon; Food web; Heterotrophy; Model; Terrigenous

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842421812     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps268013     Document Type: Article

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