Connections between climate, food limitation, and carbon cycling in abyssal sediment communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 17006-17011

  Ruhl, Henry A ^a,b   Ellena, Jacob A ^b   Smith Jr , Kenneth L ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Community structure; Deep sea; Ecology; Macrofauna

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MACROFAUNA; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

METAZOA;

EID: 55949085256     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803898105     Document Type: Article

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