Size-dependent carbon flow in the epipelagic food web of the Western Equatorial Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 13-26

  Ichinokawa, Momoko ^a   Takahashi, Masayuki Mac ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community stability; Equatorial Pacific; Food web complexity; Functional group; Pelagic food web; Size dependent predation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON FLUX; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTIC ZONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33745607895     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313013     Document Type: Article

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