Localised mixing and heterogeneity in the plankton food web in a frontal region of the Sargasso Sea: Implications for eel early life history?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 504, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-107

  Richardson, Katherine ^a   Bendtsen, Jørgen ^b   Christensen, Jens Tang ^c   Adjou, Mohamed ^a   Lyngsgaard, Maren Moltke ^a   Hilligsøe, Karen Marie ^c   Pedersen, Jens B ^c   Vang, Torben ^c   Nielsen, Morten Holtegaard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ClimateLab Symbion Science Park   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eel larvae; Mixing; Plankton; Primary production; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIATOM; EEL; FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MAGNITUDE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 84902179265     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10766     Document Type: Article

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