DNA-metabarcoding reveals the importance of gelatinous zooplankton in the diet of Pandalus borealis, a keystone species in the Arctic

• Main Authors: Urban, Paulina, Præbel, Kim, Bhat, Shripathi, Dierking, Jan, Wangensteen, Owen S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Kongsfjord*; northern shrimp; Pandalus borealis; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.xwdbrv1b6

Information about the dietary composition of species is crucial to understand their position and role in the food web. Stomach content analysis (SCA) and stable isotope analysis (SIA) are commonly used to study marine trophic relationships. SCA can provide high taxonomic resolution but requires taxo...