Trophic structure of coastal Antarctic food webs associated with changes in sea ice and food supply

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2810-2820

  Norkko, A ^a,b   Thrush, S F ^a   Cummings, V J ^a   Gibbs, M M ^a   Andrew, N L ^a,c   Norkko, J ^a,b   Schwarz, A M ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Benthic food webs; Coastal sea ice; Omnivory; Ross Sea; Spatial subsidies; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHINODERM; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ADAMUSSIUM COLBECKI; ALGAE; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; LATERNULA ELLIPTICA; STERECHINUS;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIVALVE; CATERING SERVICE; CRUSTACEA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; SEASON;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE COVER; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 38449094341     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1396.1     Document Type: Article

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