Prediction of ecological niches and carbon export by appendicularians using a new multispecies ecophysiological model

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 109-125

  Lombard, F ^a,b   Legendre, L ^a   Picheral, M ^a   Sciandra, A ^a   Gorsky, G ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Appendicularians; Biogeography; Carbon flux; Modelling; Seasonal successions; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; DETRITUS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECAL PELLET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUCCESSION;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 74049113689     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08273     Document Type: Article

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