Degradation of particulate organic matter in the equatorial Pacific Ocean: Biotic or abiotic?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 333-349

  Rontani, J F ^a   Zabeti, N ^a   Wakehamb, S G ^b,c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; DEEP SEA; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENESCENCE; SUSPENDED LOAD; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78651397146     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0333     Document Type: Article

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