Benthic macroinfaunal community structure, resource utilisation and trophic relationships in two Canadian Arctic Archipelago polynyas.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Anni Mäkelä, Ursula Witte, Philippe Archambault
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Lancaster Sound; Arctic Archipelago; Climate change; ice algae; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183034; https://doaj.org/article/cc62eacdcd1a4830876bc976ab09c33e

Climate change driven alterations to patterns of Arctic marine primary production, with increasing phytoplankton- and decreasing ice algal production, have the potential to change the resource utilisation and trophic structure of the benthic communities relying on the algae for food. To predict the...