Evidence for a pan-Arctic sea-ice diatom diet in Strongylocentrotus spp

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1281-1287

  Brown, Thomas A ^a   Belt, Simon T ^a   Piepenburg, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Food web; Highly branched isoprenoid (HBI); IP 25; Macrobenthos; Strongylocentrotus

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMARKER; DIATOM; DIET; ECHINODERM; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ICE ALGA; ISOPRENOID; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINUS ESCULENTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

EID: 84864351902     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1164-9     Document Type: Article

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