Sea ice microbial production supports Ross Sea benthic communities: Influence of a small but stable subsidy

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-323

  Wing, S R ^a   McLeod, R J ^a   Leichter, J J ^b   Frew, R D ^a   Lamare, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; Fatty acids; Food web; Sea ice microbial community; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID; ICE;

BENTHOS; BIOMARKER; DIATOM; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GUILD; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEDIMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84860230699     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0996.1     Document Type: Article

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