Trophic relationships and pelagic-benthic coupling during summer in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone, revealed by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 310, Issue , 2006, Pages 33-46

  Tamelander, Tobias ^a,b,c   Renaud, Paul E ^b,d   Hop, Haakon ^a   Carroll, Michael L ^b   Ambrose Jr , William G ^b,e   Hobson, Keith A ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C 15N; Arctic; Barents Sea; Food web; Marginal Ice Zone; Pelagic benthic coupling; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

AMPHIPODA; PISCES;

EID: 33646242013     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps310033     Document Type: Article

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