The paradox high zooplankton biomass-low vegetal particulate organic matter in high turbidity zones: What way for energy transfer?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-218

  David, Valérie ^a   Sautour, Benoît ^a   Galois, Robert ^b   Chardy, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Fatty acid biomarkers; Food chain; High turbidity zones; In situ experiments; Vegetal POM; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; GRAZING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; PROTOZOAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; MESOPODOPSIS SLABBERI; MYSIDA; NEOMYSIS INTEGER; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33646853902     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.045     Document Type: Article

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