Carbon flows in the benthic food web at the deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN (Fram Strait)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1069-1083

  Van Oevelen, Dick ^a   Bergmann, Melanie ^b   Soetaert, Karline ^a   Bauerfeind, Eduard ^b   Hasemann, Christiane ^b   Klages, Michael ^b   Schewe, Ingo ^b   Soltwedel, Thomas ^b   Budaeva, Nataliya E ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Benthos; Carbon processing; Food web; Modelling; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAINS; ARCTIC OCEAN; BENTHIC BIOTA; BENTHIC ECOSYSTEMS; BENTHOS; BIOTIC COMPARTMENTS; CARBON FLOW; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENERGY LIMITATIONS; FOOD SOURCES; FOOD WEBS; FRAM STRAIT; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INVERSE MODELLING; LONG TERM MONITORING; MACROFAUNA; MEGAFAUNA; MODELLING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSPENSION FEEDING; TOTAL CARBON;

ALGAE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUILDINGS; DEPOSITS; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRITION; OBSERVATORIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

USER INTERFACES;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ALGA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; DETRITUS; DIET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD WEB; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LINEARITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROKARYOTE; RESPIRATION; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 80052682490     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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