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Abundance, Composition, and Sinking Rates of Fish Fecal Pellets in the Santa Barbara Channel

Rapidly sinking fecal pellets are an important component of the vertical flux of particulate organic matter (POM) from the surface to the ocean's interior; however, few studies have examined the role fish play in this export. We determined abundance, size, prey composition, particulate organic...

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Autores principales: Saba, Grace K., Steinberg, Deborah K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00716