Trophic relationships along a bathymetric gradient at the deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 408-424

  Bergmann, Melanie ^a   Dannheim, Jennifer ^a   Bauerfeind, Eduard ^a   Klages, Michael ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Deep sea; Deposit feeder; Food web; Megafauna; Nitrogen stable isotope; Suspension feeder; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; FEEDING; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ISOTOPES; OBSERVATORIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

ARCTIC; DEEP SEA; DEPOSIT FEEDER; FOOD WEB; MEGAFAUNA; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENSION FEEDER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ECOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; DEEP SEA; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD LIMITATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ICE COVER; SEAFLOOR; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC;

ASTEROIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; PORANIOMORPHA TUMIDA;

EID: 58849087939     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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