Depth attenuation of organic matter export associated with jelly falls

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1917-1928

  Lebrato, Mario ^a   Pahlow, Markus ^a   Oschlies, Andreas ^a   Pitt, Kylie A ^b   Jones, Daniel O B ^c   Molinero, Juan Carlos ^a   Condon, Robert H ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; DEPTH DETERMINATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 81755171425     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1917     Document Type: Article

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