Carbon flux matrix of the Takapoto atoll planktonic food web
as reconstructed by inverse modelling by Niquil et al. (1998).
The Takapoto Atoll lagoon is located in the French Polynesia of the South
Pacific
The food web comprises 7 functional compartments:
one external source:
and three external sinks:
CO2
Sedimentation
Grazing
These compartments are connected with 32 flows.
Units of the flows are mg C/m2/day