Molecular analyses of gut contents: elucidating the feeding of co-occurring salps in the Lazarev Sea from a different perspective

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Metfies, Katja, Nicolaus, Anja, Von Harbou, Lena, Bathmann, Ulrich, Peeken, Ilka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Science; Lazarev Sea; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102014000157; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102014000157

Abstract The diet of Antarctic salps was elucidated by investigating their gut content using automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA) and 454-pyrosequencing. Salp samples were collected during the Lazarev Sea Krill Study in the western Weddell Sea (summer 2005–06 and 2007–08, autumn 20...