A stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) model for the North Water food web: Implications for evaluating trophodynamics and the flow of energy and contaminants

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 22-23, 2002, Pages 5131-5150

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Fisk, Aaron ^b   Karnovsky, Nina ^c   Holst, Meike ^d   Gagnon, Jean Marc ^e   Fortier, Martin ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION; OCEAN HABITATS;

WATER FOOD WEBS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

CARBON FLUX; FOOD WEB; MARINE POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ALLE ALLE; AMPHIPODA; ARCTOGADUS GLACIALIS; AVES; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CALANUS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; CETACEA; CHIRIDIUS; COPEPODA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; EUCHAETA; EUCHAETA GLACIALIS; FULMARUS; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; LEUCAS; LIBELLULA; MAMMALIA; MONODON MONOCEROS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; PAGOPHILA EBURNEA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO LIBELLULA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0036033472     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00182-0     Document Type: Article

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