The contribution of zooplankton faecal pellets to deep-carbon transport in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1955-1965

  Manno, C ^a   Stowasser, G ^a   Enderlein, P ^a   Fielding, S ^a   Tarling, G A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DEEP WATER; DETRITIVORY; DIETARY SHIFT; FECAL PELLET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84925624770     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1955-2015     Document Type: Article

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