Elevated biomass of mesozooplankton and enhanced fecal pellet flux in cyclonic and mode-water eddies in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 10-13, 2008, Pages 1360-1377

  Goldthwait, Sarah A ^a   Steinberg, Deborah K ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal pellets; Mesoscale eddy; Mode water; Sargasso Sea; Vertical migration; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING; SEAWATER; STORMS;

FECAL PELLETS; MESOSCALE EDDY; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

WATER WAVES;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYCLONE; FECAL PELLET; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODE WATER; PERTURBATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 44749085976     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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