Impact of appendicularians on detritus and export fluxes: A model approach at DyFAMed site

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 855-872

  Berline, Léo ^a,b   Stemmann, Lars ^a,b   Vichi, Marcello ^c,d   Lombard, Fabien ^e,f   Gorsky, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

appendicularian; detritus; export; larvacean; model; plankton functional type; time series station; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; DATA SET; DETRITUS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FILTRATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRAP; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); COPEPODA;

EID: 79955786367     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq163     Document Type: Article

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