Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures of deep-sea meiofauna follow oceanographical gradients across the Southern Ocean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-79

  Veit Köhler, Gritta ^a   Guilini, Katja ^b   Peeken, Ilka ^c,d   Quillfeldt, Petra ^e   Mayr, Christoph ^f,g  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON AND NITROGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

ISOTOPES;

BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSECT; WATER DEPTH;

LAZAREV SEA; MAUD RISE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84875374188     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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