Using stable isotopes to assess carbon and nitrogen turnover in the Arctic sympagic amphipod Onisimus litoralis

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-22

  Kaufman, Mette R ^a   Gradinger, Rolf R ^a   Bluhm, Bodil A ^a   O'Brien, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet switching; Food web; Metabolic turnover; Sea ice; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AMPHIPOD; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

INVERTEBRATA; ONISIMUS LITORALIS;

EID: 53549091001     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1122-y     Document Type: Article

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