Modelling the influence of copepod behaviour on faecal pellet export at high latitudes

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 579-592

  Wallace, M I ^a,d   Cottier, F R ^b   Brierley, A S ^a   Tarling, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler current profiler; Arctic; Carbon flux; Foray type behaviour; Satiation sinking; Vertical migration; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON FLUX; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECAL PELLET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LATITUDE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POLAR REGION; SURFACE LAYER; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA;

EID: 84874948936     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1287-7     Document Type: Article

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