Myctophid feeding ecology and carbon transport along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 93, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-116

  Hudson, Jeanna M ^a   Steinberg, Deborah K ^a   Sutton, Tracey T ^b   Graves, John E ^a   Latour, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological pump; Diel vertical migration; Diet; Lanternfish; Mesopelagic; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; LANTERNFISH; MESOPELAGIC; ZOOPLANKTON;

NUTRITION;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; DIEL VARIATION; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEW RECORD; ORGANIC CARBON; TELEOST; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 84908614287     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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