Metabolic suppression in thecosomatous pteropods as an effect of low temperature and hypoxia in the eastern tropical North Pacific

Authors :: Maas, Amy E.
Wishner, Karen F.
Seibel, Brad A.
Source :: Marine Biology. September 1, 2012, Vol. 159 Issue 9, p1955, 13 p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Many pteropod species in the eastern tropical North Pacific Ocean migrate vertically each day, transporting organic matter and respiratory carbon below the thermocline. These migrations take species into cold (15-10°C) hypoxic water (<br />Introduction Regions of low oxygen ([O.sub.2] The distribution of animals interacting with OMZs is complex, with high surface abundance and species-specific patterns of association with low [O.sub.2] waters (Wishner et [...]

Subjects :: Pteropoda -- Physiological aspects
Fishes -- Migration
Hypoxia (Aquatic ecology) -- Research
Oxygen consumption -- Research
Biological sciences

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