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Oxygen consumption of fecal pellets of doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea) and planktonic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda)
Description: Zooplankton fecal pellets are a major component of the carbon cycle in the ocean. The goal of this study was to quantify oxygen consumption rates of fecal pellets of doliolids and copepods during initial degradation of fecal pellets in the water column. The results underline the significance of heterotrophic prokaryotes rapidly colonizing and degrading zooplankton fecal pellets in the water column. [Source: Journal of Plankton Research]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbs092
Availability: Summary
Source: Journal of Plankton Research
Publish Date: 3/1/2013
Reading Level: Expert
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