Tracing abyssal food supply back to upper-ocean processes over a 17-year time series in the northeast Pacific

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2655-2667

  Smith Jr , K L ^a   Ruhl, H A ^a   Kaufmann, R S ^b   Kahru, M ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COUPLING; DEEP SEA; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD SUPPLY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEAFLOOR; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 55749088656     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2655     Document Type: Article

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