Experimental assessment of the effect of UVB radiation on plankton community metabolism along the Southeastern Pacific off Chile

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1267-1276

  Godoy, N ^a   Canepa, A ^a   Lasternas, S ^b   Mayol, E ^a,b   Ruiz Halpern S ^b   Agusti S ^b,c   Castilla, J C ^a   Duarte, C M ^b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FJORD; METABOLISM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PLANKTON; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHILE; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); PATAGONIAN SHELF;

EID: 84859417872     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-1267-2012     Document Type: Article

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