Plankton metabolic balance at two North Atlantic seamounts

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2646-2655

  Aristegui J ^a   Mendonca A ^b   Vilas, J C ^a   Espino, M ^a   Polo, I ^a   Montero, M F ^a   Martins, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

14 27 W); Metabolic balance; North Atlantic; Organic matter; Seamounts; Sedlo; Seine (34 41 N

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; AVERAGE VALUES; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; HOTSPOTS; LOCAL EFFECTS; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEAMOUNT EFFECTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRAPPING MECHANISMS; UPWELLING SYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLATINUM; PORPHYRINS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

METABOLISM;

CHLOROPHYLL A; METABOLISM; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAMOUNT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 71849099157     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.025     Document Type: Article

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