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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00300-005-0071-8 |
| Document | Shareable Link |
| Title (Primary) | Towards the trophic structure of the Bouvet Island marine ecosystem |
| Author | Jacob, U.; Brey, T.; Fetzer, I.; Kaehler, S.; Mintenbeck, K.; Dunton, K.; Beyer, K.; Struck, U.; Pakhomov, E.A.; Arntz, W.E. |
| Source Titel | Polar Biology |
| Year | 2006 |
| Department | UMB |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Page From | 106 |
| Page To | 113 |
| Language | 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. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=2739 |
| 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 |
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