Sinking particle properties from polyacrylamide gels during the KErguelen Ocean and Plateau compared Study (KEOPS): Zooplankton control of carbon export in an area of persistent natural iron inputs in the Southern Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 212-224

  Ebersbach, F ^a,b,d   Trull, T W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FECAL PELLET; FOOD WEB; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRAP; ZOOPLANKTON;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 38749112131     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0212     Document Type: Article

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