Degradation of copepod fecal pellets: key role of protozooplankton

2008/06/26 by LK Poulsen, Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

paper · pdf · doi:10.3354/meps07611

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Abstract

Udgivelsesdato: 2008

Citations

• Production, oxygen respiration rates, and sinking velocity of copepod fecal pellets: Direct measurements of ballasting by opal and calcite
• Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton
• Coprorhexy, coprophagy, and coprochaly in the copepods Calanus helgolandicus, Pseudocalanus elongatus, and Oithona similis

Cited by

• Increased degradation of copepod faecal pellets by co-acting dinoflagellates and Centropages hamatus
• Zooplankton and the Ocean Carbon Cycle
• Particulate organic matter [wikipedia]