Stable isotope trophic patterns in echinoderm megafauna in close proximity to and remote from Gulf of Mexico lower slope hydrocarbon seeps

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 1965-1971

  Carney, Robert Spencer ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosynthetic communities; Echinoderms; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS MEASUREMENTS; CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CLOSED SYSTEMS; DEPTH ZONATION; ECHINODERMS; FOOD SOURCES; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; ISOTOPE VALUES; MEGAFAUNA; OCEAN DEPTH; STABLE ISOTOPES; TISSUE ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; DEPOSITS; FEEDING; FISHERIES; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; TISSUE;

ANIMALS;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOMASS; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; ECHINODERM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DECLINE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TRAWLING; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 78349274354     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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