Articles | Volume 15, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-7273-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-7273-2018
Research article
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10 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2018

Meso-zooplankton structure and functioning in the western tropical South Pacific along the 20th parallel south during the OUTPACE survey (February–April 2015)

François Carlotti, Marc Pagano, Loïc Guilloux, Katty Donoso, Valentina Valdés, Olivier Grosso, and Brian P. V. Hunt

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Sep 2018) by Sophie Bonnet
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Oct 2018) by Sophie Bonnet
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The paper characterizes the zooplankton community and plankton food web processes between New Caledonia and Tahiti (tropical South Pacific) during the austral summer 2015. In this region, the pelagic production depends on N2 fixation by diazotroph microorganisms on which the zooplankton community feeds, supporting a pelagic food chain ending with valuable tuna fisheries. We estimated a contribution of up to 75 % of diazotroph‐derived nitrogen to zooplankton biomass in the Melanesian archipelago.
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