Intensification of open-ocean oxygen depletion by vertically migrating animals

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 545-548

  Bianchi, Daniele ^a   Galbraith, Eric D ^a   Carozza, David A ^a   Mislan, K A S ^b   Stock, Charles A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANIMAL; BACKSCATTER; CARBON CYCLE; DIEL MIGRATION; FOOD WEB; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OXYGEN; REFUGE; UPPER OCEAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879754941     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1837     Document Type: Article

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