Trophic interactions within the Ross Sea continental shelf ecosystem

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1477, 2007, Pages 95-111

  Smith Jr , Walker O ^a   Ainley, David G ^b   Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bio physical coupling; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem structure; Neritic food web; Pelagic benthic coupling; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PISCES; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ECOSYSTEM; EUPHAUSIACEA; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; REVIEW; SEA; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; EUPHAUSIACEA; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 34250005267     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1956     Document Type: Review

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