Fatty acid biomarkers in coldwater eelgrass meadows: Elevated terrestrial input to the food web of age-0 Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 386, Issue , 2009, Pages 237-251

  Copeman, L A ^a   Parrish, C C ^a   Gregory, R S ^b   Jamieson, R E ^b   Wells, J ^a   Whiticar, M J ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Fatty acids; Juvenile atlantic cod; Lipid classes; Stable isotopes; Terrestrial input

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; GADOID; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAGRASS MEADOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

BONAVISTA BAY; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; MELANONIDAE; MYSIDA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 68049118949     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08063     Document Type: Article

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