Microbial food web contributions to bottom water hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1127-1137

  Dagg, Michael ^a   Sato, Riki ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^a   Bianchi, Thomas S ^b   Green, Rebecca ^c   Powell, Rodney ^a  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Larvaceans; Microbial food web; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Outwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL WETLAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FOOD WEB; HYPOXIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER PLUME; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI PLUME; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 43049168761     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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