The relationship between the standing stock of deep-sea macrobenthos and surface production in the western North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1350-1360

  Johnson, Nicholas A ^a   Campbell, Janet W ^b   Moore, Timothy S ^b   Rex, Michael A ^c   Etter, Ron J ^c   McClain, Craig R ^d   Dowell, Mark D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Deep sea; Macrobenthos; SeaWiFS; Surface production

Indexed keywords

MACROBENTHOS; SEAWIFS; STANDING STOCK; SURFACE PRODUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEAWATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALGORITHM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATABASE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ENERGY FLOW; MACROBENTHOS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34447634662     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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