Deep zooplankton rely on small particles in response to low fluxes and poor nutritional quality of large sinking particles from the surface ocean
Sonia Romero-Romero1, Cassie A. Ka'apu-Lyons2, Blaire Umhau3, Claudia R Benitez-Nelson4, Cecelia C Hannides2, Hilary G Close5, Jeffrey Drazen6 and Brian N Popp2, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Earth Sciences, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States, (5)Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, (6)University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
