Base-line variations in stable isotope values in an Arctic marine ecosystem: Effects of carbon and nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 630, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-73

  Tamelander, Tobias ^a   Kivimäe, Caroline ^b,e   Bellerby, Richard G J ^c   Renaud, Paul E ^d   Kristiansen, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Nitrate; Particulate organic carbon and nitrogen; Phytoplankton; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARCTIC MARINE; C AND N CYCLING; C AND N POOLS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON UPTAKE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEBS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE VALUES; MARINE FOOD WEB; N VALUE; NORTHERN BARENTS SEA; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON AND NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FARM BUILDINGS; FIRE HAZARDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 67349124735     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9780-2     Document Type: Article

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