Carbon fluxes and pelagic ecosystem dynamics near two western Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguin colonies: An inverse model approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 492, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-272

  Sailley, Sévrine F ^a,f   Ducklow, Hugh W ^b   Moeller, Holly V ^a,g   Fraser, William R ^c   Schofield, Oscar M ^d   Steinberg, Deborah K ^e   Garzio, Lori M ^e   Doney, Scott C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c Polar Oceans Research Group   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; Ecosystem state change; Food web; Inverse model; Krill; Microzooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84887490832     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10534     Document Type: Article

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