Fecal Pellets: Role in Sedimentation of Pelagic Diatoms

Membrane-enclosed fecal pellets of planktonic herbivores were sampled at several depths in the Baltic Sea (459 meters deep) and off Portugal (4000 meters deep) by means of a Simonsen multinet. Pellets contained mainly empty shells of planktonic diatoms and silicoflagellates. Two kinds of fecal pelle...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1971-10, Vol.174 (4004), p.55-57
1. Verfasser:	Schrader, Hans-Joachim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Diatoms Feces Geology Herbivores Ocean floor Oceans Sea water Sediments Skeleton Surface water
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