Antarctic benthic foraminifera facilitate rapid cycling of phytoplankton-derived organic carbon

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2006, Pages 895-902

  Suhr, Stephanie B ^a   Pond, D W ^b  

^a Raytheon Polar Services Company   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Benthic food web; Benthic foraminifera; Carbon cycle; Phytodetritus; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FATTY ACIDS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BENTHIC FOOD WEB; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; PHYTODETRITUS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMARKER; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ANVERS ISLAND; ARTHUR HARBOUR; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; CASSIDULINA CRASSA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA SUBGLOBOSA;

EID: 33746706823     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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