Vertical flux regulation by zooplankton in the northern Barents Sea during Arctic spring

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 20-21, 2008, Pages 2320-2329

  Wexels Riser, Christian ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^a   Reigstad, Marit ^a   Seuthe, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Faecal pellet; Flux regulation; Sediment trap; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); FIRE HAZARDS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORE PELLETS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PELLETIZING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BARENTS SEA; BARENTS SEAS; CALANUS; CARBON EXPORTS; COPEPODITE STAGES; FAECAL PELLET; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; FLUX REGULATION; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTIONS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; POC FLUXES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; VERTICAL FLUXES; WATER MASSES; ZOO PLANKTONS; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FECES; GRAZING; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

ALGAE; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CALANUS; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 56949100978     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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