Feeding ecology and trophic impact of the hydroid Obelia dichotoma in the Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Arctic)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Orejas, Covadonga, Rossi, Sergio, Peralba, Áurea, García, Eva, Gili, Josep Maria, Lippert, Heike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Trophic ecology; Benthic suspension feeders; Hydroids; Obelia dichotoma; Arctic; Lesund; Alfred Wegener Institute; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Polar Biology; Zooplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/72151; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1239-7

12 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables Obelia dichotoma is a thecate hydroid with a worldwide distribution, occurring mainly on shallow water hard substrates. Since the trophic ecology of hydroids in polar waters is badly understood, the aim of the present work was to study qualitatively and quantitatively t...