Reduced seasonality in elemental CHN composition of Antarctic marine benthic predators and scavengers

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 446, Issue , 2013, Pages 328-333

  Obermüller, Birgit E ^a   Truebano, Manuela ^a   Peck, Lloyd S ^a   Eastman, Joseph T ^b   Morley, Simon A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Carbon; Nitrogen; Polar; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; CARBON; ECHINODERM; FOOD SUPPLY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN; LATITUDE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PERCIFORM; POLAR REGION; PREDATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SCAVENGER; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SLUG; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84880085487     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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