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, Harbou, Lena von, Bathmann, Ulrich, Peeken, Ilka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35075/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35075/2/Metfies2014.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44051; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44051.d002

The diet of Antarctic salps was elucidated by investigating their gut content using “Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis” and 454-pyrosequencing. Salp samples were collected during the Lazarev Krill Study in the Western Weddell Sea (summer 2005/06 and 2007/08, fall 2004, and winter 2006)....