The role of the chaetognath Sagitta gazellae in the vertical carbon flux of the Southern Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-304

  Giesecke, Ricardo ^a   González, Humberto E ^a,b,c   Bathmann, Ulrich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CIEP   (Chile)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chaetognaths; Sagitta gazellae; Vertical carbon flux

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON FLUX; FECAL PELLET; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PREDATOR;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CHAETOGNATHA; SAGITTA GAZELLAE;

EID: 77950520473     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0704-4     Document Type: Article

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