Vertical flux and degradation rates of copepod fecal pellets in a zooplankton community dominated by small copepods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 323, Issue , 2006, Pages 195-204

  Poulsen, Louise K ^a   Kiørboe, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Copepod; Degradation rate; Fecal pellet; North Sea; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DEGRADATION; FECAL PELLET; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; OITHONA SIMILIS;

EID: 33750609497     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps323195     Document Type: Article

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