Mesozooplankton carbon requirement in the Tyrrhenian Sea: Its vertical distribution, diel variability and relation to particle flux

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 446, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-105

  Minutoli, Roberta ^a   Guglielmo, Letterio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon requirement; Electron transport system; Mesozooplankton; Particulate organic carbon sinking flux; POC sinking flux; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DIEL VARIATION; ELECTRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STATUS; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84857349105     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09500     Document Type: Article

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