Substantial energy input to the mesopelagic ecosystem from the seasonal mixed-layer pump

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 820-823

  Dall'Olmo, Giorgio ^a,b   Dingle, James ^a   Polimene, Luca ^a   Brewin, Robert J W ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics   (Norway)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FISH; GLOBAL CHANGE; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MIXED LAYER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84994257195     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2818     Document Type: Article

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