Hyperbenthic food-web structure in an Arctic fjord

Marine ecology progress series

Maeve McGovern^1,2,3,4,6¹  sł²  Jan Marcin Wę³  awski^5⁴  Beata Szymczycha^5⁵  Jørgen Berge^2,3⁶ 

[1] Akvaplan-niva, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, 9296 Tromsø, Norway^1;Institute of Oceanology PAS, ul. Powstancow Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland^5;Nord University, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Postbox 1490, 8049 Bodø, Norway^4;Present address: Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway^6;University Centre in Svalbard, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway^3;University of Tromsø, 9027 Tromsø, Norway^2

关键词: Hyperbenthos;    Suprabenthos;    Benthic-boundary layer zooplankton;    Kongsfjord;    Stable isotopes;    Fatty acids;    Benthic-pelagic coupling;   

DOI  :  10.3354/meps12713

学科分类：海洋学与技术

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

Current knowledge of the Arctic marine ecosystem is based primarily on studies performed during the polar day on the pelagic and benthic realms. Both the polar night and the hyperbenthic layer remain as substantial knowledge gaps in our understanding of the marine system at high latitudes. This study investigated the hyperbenthic food web in Kongsfjord, a high-latitude, ice-free fjord, in September 2014 and January 2015. The hyperbenthic food web was analyzed using a multi-biomarker approach including stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen as well as fatty acid profiles of a variety of hyperbenthic taxa. While results suggested no difference in biomarker composition between September and January, they indicated a division in the sampled hyperbenthic species assemblage between pelagic and benthic feeders in both sampling periods. The presence of these 2 food-web pathways may have implications for maintaining higher trophic levels through the polar night, thereby enhancing stability in the Kongsfjord system.

【 授权许可】

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