Estimates of particulate organic carbon flowing from the pelagic environment to the benthos through sponge assemblages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Perea Blázquez, Alejandra ^a   Davy, Simon K ^a   Bell, James J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; WATER; CARBON;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DYSIDEA; FEEDING; FOOD; HALICLONA; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PELAGIC ZONE; PICOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYNECHOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PLANKTON; SEA; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CARBON; CELL COUNT; ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANKTON; PORIFERA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84855398754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029569     Document Type: Article

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