Community metabolism, phytoplankton size structure and heterotrophic prokaryote production in a highly productive upwelling zone off northern Chile

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 430, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-34

  Jacob, Barbara ^a,b,c   Daneri, Giovanni ^c,d   Quiñones, Renato A ^c   Sobarzo, Marcus ^c  

^a Programa de Postgrado en Oceanografía   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

Author keywords

Humboldt Current System; Net ecosystem metabolism; Phytoplankton size structure; Prokaryote net production; Upwelling system

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HETEROTROPHY; MIXED LAYER; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITRATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

CHILE; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79957596067     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09074     Document Type: Article

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