Sourcing fatty acids to juvenile polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the Beaufort Sea using compound-specific stable carbon isotope analyses

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 697-705

  Graham, Cory ^a,b   Oxtoby, Laura ^a,b   Wang, Shiway W ^a,b   Budge, Suzanne M ^c   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

Boreogadus saida; Compound specific stable isotopes; Fatty acids; Polar cod; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GADOID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BOREOGADUS SAIDA;

EID: 84897963158     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1470-5     Document Type: Article

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