Stable isotope variability in a chilean fjord food web: Implications for N- and C-cycles

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 428, Issue , 2011, Pages 89-104

  Mayr, Christoph C ^a,b,f   Fd̈rsterra, Günter ^c   Häussermann, Verena ^a,c   Wunderlich, Anja ^d   Grau, Jürke ^a,b   Zieringer, Moritz ^e   Altenbach, Alexander V ^a,b  

^a GeoBio Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic macroalgae; Carbon; Marine food web; Nitrogen; Nutrient sources; Patagonian fjord; Suspension feeders; Trophic isotope enrichment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PINNIPED; SEABIRD; SESTON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; AULACOMYA ATER; BALANIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DESMOPHYLLUM DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; ELMINIUS KINGII; GORGONACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CHILENSIS; PRIMNOELLA; RHODOPHYTA; SCLERACTINIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955659637     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09015     Document Type: Article

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