Varying dependency of Antarctic euphausiids on ice algae- and phytoplankton-derived carbon sources during summer

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Kohlbach, Doreen, Lange, Benjamin Allen, Graeve, Martin, Vortkamp, Martina, Flores, Hauke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Euphausia superba; ice algae; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Thysanoessa macrura
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/52358/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3527-z; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.a6bdc17f-3ddb-42b2-8704-6bb2567de4c3

Sea ice algae can constitute an important carbon source for high-Antarctic euphausiids during winter. To quantify the importance of this ‘sympagic carbon’ during summer, the three most abundant Antarctic euphausiids, Euphausia superba, E. crystallorophias, and Thysanoessa macrura, collected off the...