Sympagic-pelagic-benthic coupling in Arctic and Atlantic waters around Svalbard revealed by stable isotopic and fatty acid tracers

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 831-850

  Søreide, Janne E ^a   Carroll, Michael L ^b   Hop, Haakon ^c   Ambrose, William G ^b,d   Hegseth, Else N ^e   Falk Petersen, Stig ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

benthos; carbon sources; ice algae; ice amphipods; Trophic structures; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; FATTY ACID; HABITAT TYPE; PIGMENT; PLANKTON; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84879680077     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2013.775457     Document Type: Article

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