A top-down, multidisciplinary study of the structure and function of the pack-ice ecosystem in the eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica

Polar Record

Volumn 39, Issue 210, 2003, Pages 219-230

  Ackley, S F ^a   Bengston, J L ^b   Boveng, P ^b   Castellini, M ^c   Daly, K L ^d   Jacobs, S ^e   Kooyman, G L ^f   Laake, J ^b   Quetin, L ^g   Ross, R ^g   Siniff, D B ^h   Stewart, B S ⁱ   Stirling, I ^j   Torres, J ^d   Yochem, P K ⁱ  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; PACK ICE; PREDATOR;

(EAST); ROSS SEA;

APIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA; OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII; OPHTHALMAPSEUDES; PHOCIDAE; PISCES; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; POLARIBACTER; SPHENISCIDAE; THYSANOESSA; THYSANOESSA MACRURA;

EID: 0042531921     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0032247403003115     Document Type: Article

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