Contribution of picophytoplankton to carbon export in the equatorial Pacific: A reassessment of food web flux inferences from inverse models

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2669-2685

  Stukel, Michael R ^a   Landry, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 78649578021     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2669     Document Type: Article

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