Plankton trophic structure and particulate organic carbon production during a coastal downwelling-upwelling cycle

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 363, Issue , 2008, Pages 109-119

  Guenther, Mariana ^a,d   Gonzalez Rodriguez, Eliane ^b   Carvalho, Wanderson F ^b   Rezende, Carlos E ^c   Mugrabe, Glenda ^a   Valentin, Jean L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Cabo Frio; Carbon fluxes; Food webs; Phytoplankton; South Brazil bight; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DOWNWELLING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UPWELLING;

BRAZIL; CABO FRIO; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; PARACALANUS PARVUS;

EID: 49449096790     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07458     Document Type: Article

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