Benthic food web structure in the southeastern Chukchi Sea: An assessment using δ13C and δ15N analyses

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-532

  Feder, Howard M ^a   Iken, Katrin ^a   Blanchard, Arny L ^a   Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Schonberg, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Chukchi Sea; Kotzebue Sound; Marine food web; POC; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOOD WEB; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF; KOTZEBUE SOUND; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 79952699334     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0906-9     Document Type: Article

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