Trophic importance of kelp-derived suspended particulate matter in a through-flow sub-Antarctic system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 316, Issue , 2006, Pages 17-22

  Kaehler, S ^a   Pakhomov, E A ^b,c   Kalin, R M ^d   Davis, S ^d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kelp; SPM; Stable isotopes; Sub Antarctic; Suspended particulate matter; Tropic subsidy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; AQUATIC PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THROUGHFLOW; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER COLUMN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS LAEVIS;

EID: 33746653366     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps316017     Document Type: Article

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