Trophodynamics of Southern Ocean pteropods on the southern Kerguelen Plateau

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Weldrick, CK, Trebilco, R, Davies, DM, Swadling, KM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2019
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Indian; Oceana; Antarc*; Antarctica; Clione limacina; Limacina antarctica; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5380; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/134314

Pteropods are a group of small marine gastropods that are highly sensitive to multiple stressors associated with climate change. Their trophic ecology is not well studied, with most research having focused primarily on the effects of ocean acidification on their fragile, aragonite shells. Stable iso...