Significance of non-sinking particulate organic carbon and dark CO 2 fixation to heterotrophic carbon demand in the mesopelagic northeast Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Baltar, Federico ^a   Arístegui, Javier ^a   Sintes, Eva ^b,d   Gasol, Josep M ^a,c   Reinthaler, Thomas ^b,d   Herndl, Gerhard J ^b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CONCENTRATION OF; DEEP OCEAN; DEEPWATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEBS; GLOBAL OCEAN; MESOPELAGIC; MICROBIOTAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POC FLUX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION RATE; SMALL VARIATIONS; SUPPLY RATE; TOTAL AMOUNT OF CARBONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPETITION; DISSOLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BUOYANCY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; DEEP SEA; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROKARYOTE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77952161445     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043105     Document Type: Article

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