Fatty acids elucidate sub-Antarctic stream benthic food web dynamics invaded by the North American beaver (Castor canadensis)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Anderson, Christopher Brian, Tagliaferro, Marina Beatriz, Fisk, Aaron, Rosemond, Amy D., Sanchez, Marisol, Arts, Michael T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: BASAL RESOURCES; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EXOTIC SPECIES; LIPID ANALYSIS; PATAGONIA; PUFA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.7; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Beaver Ponds; Antarc*; Antártida; Polar Biology; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/141558

Despite being remote, polar and sub-polar regions are increasingly threatened by global ecological change. For instance, South America’s sub-Antarctic forest ecoregion is considered one of the world’s last wilderness areas and a global reference site for pre-Industrial Revolution nutrient cycles. No...