Deposit-feeder diets in the Bering Sea: Potential effects of climatic loss of sea ice-related microalgal blooms

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1525-1542

  North, Christopher A ^a   Lovvorn, James R ^b   Kolts, Jason M ^a,d   Brooks, Marjorie L ^b   Cooper, Lee W ^c   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Diet biomarkers; Fatty acids; Ice algae; Invertebrate gut contents; Microbial food webs; Organic matter deposition; Phytoplankton bloom; Polar benthos; Sea ice loss; Sediment food banks; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; DISPERSION; FATTY ACID; FEEDING; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROALGA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; POLYCHAETE; REPRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; WATER COLUMN;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ICE COVER; INVERTEBRATE; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ICE COVER; INVERTEBRATES; MICROALGAE; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84907010571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0486.1     Document Type: Article

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