Benthic lower trophic level food webs in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas – baselines and relevance of sea ice algal production, 2011-2012

• Main Author: Katrin Iken
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2012
• Subjects: OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA; Astarte; Yoldia hyperborea; northern yoldia; Serripes groenlandicus; Greenland cockle, Greenland smoothcockle; Nuculana; Macoma; Liocyma; Ennucula tenuis; smooth nutclam; Chionoecetes; August-September 2012; August-September 2011; stable isotope analysis; fatty acid; trophic level; benthic invertebrates; Arctic; ice algae; Food web structure; sea ice ocean interaction; benthic habitat; North Pacific Research Board; Arctic shelf; PUFA; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Greenland; Pacific; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Climate change; Greenland cockle; Ice Shelf; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k33e_20191220202518

This project investigated climate change effects on Arctic lower trophic food webs. In this study, we determined the contribution of ice algae versus phytoplankton as carbon sources for various Arctic benthic invertebrates representing important feeding types. There are two data files associated wit...