Carbon fluxes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 170-185

  Umani, Serena Fonda ^a   Malfatti, Francesca ^b   Del Negro, Paola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; C fluxes; Mediterranean; Pelagic ecosystems; Trophic web

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FECAL PELLET; GRAZING; MICROPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICOPLANKTON; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870340104     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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