Benthic community response to ice algae and phytoplankton in Ny Ã…lesund, Svalbard

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Author: Clough, Lisa M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Ice algae · Phytoplankton · Food quality · Arctic benthos · Climate change · Stable isotopes · Essential fattyacids · Svalbard; Arctic; Svalbard; Kongsfjord; Lesund; Climate change; ice algae; Kongsfjord*; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8854; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps310001

We assessed the digestibility and utilization of ice algae and phytoplankton by the shallow, subtidal benthos in Ny Ålesund (Kongsfjord) on Svalbard (79°N, 12°E) using chlorophyll a(chl a), essential fatty acids (EFAs) and stable isotopes as tracers of food consumption and assimilation. Intact be...