Trophic structure of the abyssal benthic community in the Sea of Japan inferred from stable isotope and fatty acid analyses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 500, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-137

  Kiyashko, Serguei I ^a   Kharlamenko, Vladimir I ^a   Sanamyan, Karen ^b   Alalykina, Inna L ^a,c   Würzberg, Laura ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^c FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abyssal zone; Benthic invertebrates; Fatty acids; Feeding; Sea of Japan; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FATTY ACID; INVERTEBRATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84896682003     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10663     Document Type: Article

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