Response of the benthic foraminiferal community to a simulated short-term phytodetritus pulse in the abyssal North Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 438, Issue , 2011, Pages 129-142

  Enge, Annekatrin J ^a   Nomaki, Hidetaka ^b   Ogawa, Nanako O ^b   Witte, Ursula ^c   Moeseneder, Markus M ^c,d   Lavik, Gaute ^e   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^b   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^b   Kučera, Michal ^a   Heinz, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; Benthic foraminifera; Carbon remineralization; Deep sea; In situ feeding experiment; Isotopic labeling; North Pacific; Soft walled saccamminid

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP SEA; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; POPULATION DENSITY; REMINERALIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEAFLOOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; SACCAMMINIDAE; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 80053596131     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09298     Document Type: Article

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