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DOI 10.1007/s00300-005-0071-8
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Titel (primär) Towards the trophic structure of the Bouvet Island marine ecosystem
Autor Jacob, U.; Brey, T.; Fetzer, I.; Kaehler, S.; Mintenbeck, K.; Dunton, K.; Beyer, K.; Struck, U.; Pakhomov, E.A.; Arntz, W.E.
Quelle Polar Biology
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
Department UMB
Band/Volume 29
Heft 2
Seite von 106
Seite bis 113
Sprache englisch
Abstract Although Bouvet Island is of considerable importance for Southern Ocean species conservation, information on the marine community species inventory and trophic functioning is scarce. Our combined study of stable isotopes and feeding relationships shows that (1) the marine system conforms to the trophic pattern described for other Antarctic systems within the Antarctic circumpolar current (ACC); (2) both the benthic and the pelagic subsystem are almost exclusively linked via suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM); and (3) there is no evidence of a subsystem driven by macroalgae. Bouvet Island can therefore be characterized as a benthic “oasis” within a self-sustaining open ocean pelagic system.
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Jacob, U., Brey, T., Fetzer, I., Kaehler, S., Mintenbeck, K., Dunton, K., Beyer, K., Struck, U., Pakhomov, E.A., Arntz, W.E. (2006):
Towards the trophic structure of the Bouvet Island marine ecosystem
Polar Biol. 29 (2), 106 - 113 10.1007/s00300-005-0071-8