Fatty acid and stable isotope characteristics of sea ice and pelagic particulate organic matter in the Bering Sea: Tools for estimating sea ice algal contribution to Arctic food web production

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 699-712

  Wang, Shiway W ^a,b   Budge, Suzanne M ^c   Gradinger, Rolf R ^a   Iken, Katrin ^a   Wooller, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomarkers; Compound specific carbon stable isotope; Marine phytoplankton; Trophic studies

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMARKER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE;

CARBON; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEASON;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD CHAIN; ICE COVER; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84897607139     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2832-3     Document Type: Article

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