Food web structure in the high Arctic Canada Basin: Evidence from δ13C and δ15N analysis

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-249

  Iken, K ^a   Bluhm, B A ^a   Gradinger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; FOOD WEB; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 17644387238     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0669-2     Document Type: Article

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