Impact of spatio-temporal heterogeneities and lateral stirring and mixing on mid-water biotic interactions

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 122-134

  Martinez, E ^a   Richards, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Mesopelagic zone; Mesoscale processes; Modeling; Particle flux

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; CARBON FLUXES; EXPORT FLUX; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MESOSCALE; MODELING; PARTICLE FLUXES; PATCH SIZE; POINT MEASUREMENT; PREY-PREDATOR MODELS; SINKING PARTICLES; SINKING RATE; SPATIAL INHOMOGENEITIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL INHOMOGENEITIES; TIME AND SPACE;

MIXING;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; HETEROGENEITY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PARTICLE MOTION; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77954863507     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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