Zooplankton fecal pellet flux in the abyssal northeast Pacific: A 15 year time-series study

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 881-892

  Wilson, S E ^a   Ruhl, H A ^b   Smith, K L ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FECAL PELLET; GYRE; NORTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84877780213     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.3.0881     Document Type: Article

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