The shallow benthic food web structure in the high Arctic does not follow seasonal changes in the surrounding environment

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-191

  Kedra, Monika ^a,b   Kuliński, Karol ^a   Walkusz, Wojciech ^a,c   Legezyńska, Joanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Food webs; Kongsfjorden; Seasonality; Stable isotopes; Svalbard; Winter

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; FAUNA; FITNESS; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OMNIVORY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84869872677     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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