Carbon productivity and flux in the marine ecosystems of the Galapagos Marine Reserve based on cetacean abundances and trophic indices;Productividad y flujo de carbón en los ecosistemas marinos de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos basado en abundancia de cetáceos e índices tróficos

Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-122

  Alava, Juan José ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Fundacion Ecuatoriana para el Estudio de Mamiferos Marinos FEMM   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Baleen whales; Bottlenose dolphin; Killer whale; Primary and tertiary production; Sperm whale; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CETACEAN; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; WHALE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; GALAPAGOS MARINE RESERVE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ORCINUS ORCA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; TURSIOPS;

EID: 68249086075     PISSN: 07173326     EISSN: 07181957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-19572009000100010     Document Type: Article

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