Export stoichiometry and contribution of copepod faecal pellets to vertical flux of particulate organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 459, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-28

  Tamelander, Tobias ^a   Aubert, Anaïs B ^a   Riser, Christian Wexels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Calanus spp.; Carbon; Faecal pellets; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; FECAL PELLET; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; REDFIELD RATIO; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE LAYER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT;

CALANUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 84863833314     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09733     Document Type: Article

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