Role of macroscopic particles in deep-sea oxygen consumption

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8287-8291

  Bochdansky, Alexander B ^a   Van Aken, Hendrik M ^b   Herndl, Gerhard J ^b,c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Ecology; Marine snow; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SNOW;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DEEP SEA; FECES; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PROTISTA;

EID: 77952418511     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913744107     Document Type: Article

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