Stable C and N isotopic composition of cold-water corals from the Newfoundland and Labrador continental slope: Examination of trophic, depth and spatial effects

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1392-1402

  Sherwood, Owen A ^a   Jamieson, Robyn E ^a   Edinger, Evan N ^a   Wareham, Vonda E ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Cold water corals; Continental slope; Newfoundland and Labrador; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

COLD-WATER CORALS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; SPATIAL EFFECTS; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL; DIET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ACANELLA ARBUSCULA; ACANTHOGORGIA ARMATA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOMASTUS; ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; BATHYPATHES; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUVA FLORIDA; FLABELLUM ALABASTRUM; KERATOISIS; PARAGORGIA ARBOREA; PARAMURICEA SP.; PENNATULACEA; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 50349103140     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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