The temporal and spatial distribution of krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) at the deep seabed of the Faroe-Shetland Channel, UK: A potential mechanism for rapid carbon flux to deep sea communities

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-60

  Hirai, Junya ^a   Jones, Daniel O B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; distribution; Faroe Shetland Channel; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; ROV imaging; vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON FLUX; COLD WATER; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; TRANSITION ZONE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WARM WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUPHAUSIACEA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA;

EID: 84859346979     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2011.594891     Document Type: Article

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