Trophic interactions of fish communities at midwater depths enhance long-term carbon storage and benthic production on continental slopes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1787, 2014, Pages

  Trueman, C N ^a   Johnston, G ^b   O'Hea, B ^b   MacKenzie, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Carbon; Food web; Mesopelagic; Nitrogen; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84902687847     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0669     Document Type: Article

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