Antarctic krill as a source of dissolved organic carbon to the Antarctic ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 521-528

  Ruiz Halpern, Sergio ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Tovar Sanchez, Antonio ^a   Pastor, Marcos ^b   Horstkotte, Burkhard ^a   Lasternas, Sebastien ^a   Agustiá, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 79952046474     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.2.0521     Document Type: Article

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