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Unraveling the Unseen Players in the Ocean - A Field Guide to Water Chemistry and Marine Microbiology
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Published on: November 5, 2014

Flujo vertical de carbono biogénico en el océano: ¿Hay control de la red alimentaria?

Rivkin1, Legendre, Deibel

  • 1R. B. Rivkin, D. Deibel, K. Crocker, P. Matthews, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1C 5S7, Canada. L. Legendre, J.-E. Tremblay, B. Klein, C. Lovejoy, F. Mesple, Departement de biologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. S. Roy, INRS-Oceanologie, 310 Alee des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada. N. Silverberg, N. Romero, C. Savenkoff, A. Vezina, J.-C. Therriault, C. Berube, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Ministere des Peches et des Oceans, Casse Postale 1000, Mont-Joli, G5H 3Z4 QC, Canada. M. R. Anderson, Marine Habitat Research, Science Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland Region, Post Office Box 5667, St. John's, NF A1C 5X1, Canada. J. Wesson and R. G. Ingram, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 24, 1996
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Resumen

Los modelos de exportación de carbono biogénico a menudo asumen que la estructura de la red alimentaria dicta la exportación de carbono. Sin embargo, este estudio encontró flujos de carbono similares independientemente de la complejidad de la red alimentaria, desafiando los modelos existentes.

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