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Lipid Changes During a Planktonic Feeding Sequence Involving Unicellular Algae, Elminius Nauplii and Adult Calanus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. C. Neal ,
F. G. Prahl ,
G. Eglinton ,
S. C. M. O'Hara  and
E. D. S. Corner
A. C. Neal
Affiliation:
Organic Geochemistry Unit, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS
F. G. Prahl
Affiliation:
School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A.
G. Eglinton
Affiliation:
Organic Geochemistry Unit, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS
S. C. M. O'Hara
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PLl 2PB
E. D. S. Corner
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PLl 2PB
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Numerous studies have shown that only a small percentage of the organic carbon produced by photosynthesis in the upper layers of the oceans reaches the underlying sediments (see review by Angel, 1984). During intense phytoplankton blooms, plant cells could account for most of the organic carbon contributed to sediments in certain shallow inshore areas (Smetacek, 1980). Examination of the sediments from open ocean environments, however, indicates that the main contribution of organic carbon to these is in the form of faecal material released by zooplankton, for example salps (Iseki, 1981) and larger species of copepod (Schrader, 1971; Krause, 1981).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 1 - 13
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1986

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