The trophic ecology of key megafaunal species at the Pakistan Margin: Evidence from stable isotopes and lipid biomarkers

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1816-1833

  Jeffreys, Rachel M ^a   Wolff, George A ^a   Murty, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Lipids; Megafauna; Oxygen minimum zone; Pakistan Margin; Seasonality; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; MEGAFAUNA; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PAKISTAN MARGIN; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ALGAE CONTROL; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMARKER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DETRITIVORY; FATTY ACID; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PARTICULATE FLUX; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

ACTINAUGE; ACTINOSCYPHIA; AMPHIURA; ANIMALIA; ASTROPECTEN; EURYPLAX; HYALINOECIA; INVERTEBRATA; MUNIDOPSIS; OPHIURA; PENNATULA; PHORMOSOMA PLACENTA; PONTOCARIS; SOLENOCERA;

EID: 67949115535     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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