The oligotrophic ocean is autotrophic

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 535-549

  Williams, Peter J Le B ^a   Quay, Paul D ^b   Westberry, Toby K ^c   Behrenfeld, Michael J ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon balance; isotopic tracers; organic balance; oxygen budgets; productivity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON BALANCE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HETEROTROPHY; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; IN-VITRO; ISOTOPIC TRACER; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; RESPIRATION RATE; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

PRODUCTIVITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GYRE; HETEROTROPHY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEA;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANTS;

EID: 84872337579     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-121211-172335     Document Type: Article

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