Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump

Biogeosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 177-186

  Cavan, Emma L ^a,b,c   Henson, Stephanie A ^a   Belcher, Anna ^a,b   Sanders, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; GRAZING; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85009461560     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-14-177-2017     Document Type: Article

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