Spatial patterns in zooplankton communities across the eastern Canadian sub-Arctic and Arctic waters: Insights from stable carbon (δ 13C) and nitrogen (δ 15N) isotope ratios

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1779-1792

  Pomerleau, Corinne ^a,b   Winkler, Gesche ^b   Sastri, Akash R ^c   Nelson, R John ^a   Vagle, Svein ^a   Lesage, Vronique ^d   Ferguson, Steven H ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Calanus; Community structure; Mesozooplankton; Stable isotopes; Sub Arctic; Themisto; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OCEANIC FRONT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE;

CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; METRIDIA LONGA; PARAEUCHAETA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 80755126716     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr080     Document Type: Article

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