The relative importance of sloppy feeding, excretion, and fecal pellet leaching in the release of dissolved carbon and nitrogen by Acartia tonsa copepods

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Saba, Grace K ^a   Steinberg, Deborah K ^a   Bronk, Deborah A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Excretion; Fecal pellet leaching; Nitrogen; Sloppy feeding; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXCRETION; FECAL PELLET; LEACHING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UREA; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA TONSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 79957666437     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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