Seasonal variation of microzooplankton (20-200 μm) and its possible implications on the vertical carbon flux in the western Bay of Bengal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 737-755

  Jyothibabu, R ^a   Madhu, N V ^a   Maheswaran, P A ^b   Jayalakshmy, K V ^a   Nair, K K C ^a   Achuthankutty, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Chlorophyll a; Food web; Indian Ocean; Microzooplankton; Primary production; Species diversity; Stratification; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATIFICATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 39949085405     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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