Trophic interactions of meso-and macrozooplankton and fish in the Iceland Sea as evaluated by fatty acid and stable isotope analysis

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1277-1288

  Petursdottir, Hildur ^a   Falk Petersen, Stig ^b,c   Gislason, Astthor ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

capelin; fatty acids; Iceland Sea; stable isotopes; trophic ecology; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; FATTY ACID; GADOID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL LOOP; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND SHELF;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CALANUS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; EUKROHNIA HAMATA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MAMMALIA; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; THEMISTO LIBELLULA; THYSANOESSA INERMIS;

EID: 84865450361     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss125     Document Type: Article

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