TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomass and body size of oceanic plankton.
AU - Genin, A.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Evaluates the significance of plankton samples collected from the euphotic zone of the Central North Pacific Gyre which showed a regular decrease of biomass, roughly as the negative one-sixth power of body weight. Slopes obtained for microplankton and macrozooplankton were remarkably similar. Superimposed on this regularity is variability with depth (larger organisms being relatively more important at greater depths), a seasonal variability, and an increase of the proportion of larger organisms during the night (a consequence of diurnal vertical migration). Biomass spectra can provide comparison between different oceanic regions. - P.J.Jarvis
AB - Evaluates the significance of plankton samples collected from the euphotic zone of the Central North Pacific Gyre which showed a regular decrease of biomass, roughly as the negative one-sixth power of body weight. Slopes obtained for microplankton and macrozooplankton were remarkably similar. Superimposed on this regularity is variability with depth (larger organisms being relatively more important at greater depths), a seasonal variability, and an increase of the proportion of larger organisms during the night (a consequence of diurnal vertical migration). Biomass spectra can provide comparison between different oceanic regions. - P.J.Jarvis
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U2 - 10.1016/0169-5347(86)90016-9
DO - 10.1016/0169-5347(86)90016-9
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AN - SCOPUS:0022830542
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 1
SP - 55
EP - 56
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 3
ER -