Planktonic production and carbon transfer efficiency along a north-south gradient in the Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 409, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-94

  Dahlgren, Kristin ^a   Andersson, Agneta ^a   Larsson, Ulf ^b   Hajdu, Susanna ^b   Båmstedt, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Carbon transfer efficiency; Mesozooplankton; Pelagic production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BRACKISH WATER; CARBON BALANCE; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA;

EID: 77954141155     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08615     Document Type: Article

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