Pivotal role of sea ice sediments in the seasonal development of near-shore Arctic fast ice biota

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-63

  Gradinger, Rolf R ^a   Kaufman, Mette R ^a   Bluhm, Bodil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Ice algae; Ice fauna; Particulate organic carbon; Particulate organic nitrogen; POC; PON; Sea ice sediments; Stable isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; BIOTA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICE ALGA; ISOTOPIC RATIO; JUVENILE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METAZOAN; NEMATODE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PIGMENT; POLYCHAETE; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; METAZOA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 71849102774     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08320     Document Type: Article

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