Carbon export mediated by mesopelagic fishes in the northeast Pacific Ocean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-30

  Davison, P C ^a   Checkley, D M ^a   Koslow, J A ^a   Barlow, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; METABOLIC MODELING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; SINKING PARTICLES; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES;

CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; FISH; GYRE; PHOTIC ZONE; REMINERALIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENT TRAP; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

PISCES;

EID: 84882911859     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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