Vertical distribution of prokaryote production and abundance in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic layers of the Canada Basin, western Arctic: Implications for the mode and extent of organic carbon delivery

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-112

  Uchimiya, Mario ^a,b   Fukuda, Hideki ^a   Nishino, Shigeto ^c   Kikuchi, Takashi ^c   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nagata, Toshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Bathypelagic; Canada Basin; Mesopelagic; Organic carbon; Prokaryote

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; BATHYPELAGIC; CANADA BASIN; MESOPELAGIC; PROKARYOTE;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; BATHYAL ZONE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON FLUX; HETEROTROPHY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PROKARYOTE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84869874679     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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