Meiofauna versus macrofauna as a food resource in a tropical intertidal mudflatMarine Biology - Tập 166 - Trang 1-11 - 2019
Pierre-Yves Pascal, Pierrick Bocher, Christel Lefrançois, Hien T. Nguyen, Johan Chevalier, Christine Dupuy
Evaluations of the functioning of benthic marine food webs could be improved by quantifying organic matter fluxes from the meiofauna to higher trophic levels. In this study, we measured the simultaneous ingestion of meiofauna and macrofauna by common dwellers of a tropical intertidal mudflat on the coast of Amazonia. The meiofauna and macrofauna (tanaid) communities of a tropical intertidal mudfla...... hiện toàn bộ
Contribution of living and degrading kelp to coastal iodine fluxesMarine Biology - Tập 162 - Trang 1727-1738 - 2015
Udo Nitschke, Sophie Dixneuf, Matthias Schmid, Albert A. Ruth, Dagmar B. Stengel
Laminaria digitata forms locally extensive and ecologically important kelp beds in northern temperate regions. Its sporophytes retain large quantities of iodine which, when released into seawater (as iodide, I−) and into air (as molecular iodine, I2), have the potential to contribute significantly to coastal iodine biogeochemical processes. Here, standing crop of a living ...... hiện toàn bộ
Seascape modeling of southern giant petrels from Patagonia during different life-cyclesMarine Biology - Tập 164 - Trang 1-14 - 2017
Gabriela S. Blanco, Noela Sánchez-Carnero, Juan Pablo Pisoni, Flavio Quintana
Presence-only models such as Ecological Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA) compare distributions of environmental variables and species, generating habitat suitability (HS) maps. Here, we determined the factors affecting distribution of southern giant petrels (SGP) from northern Patagonian colonies (Isla Arce: 45° 00ʹS; 65°29′W, and Isla Gran Robredo: 45°08ʹS; 66°03′W) using ENFA, improving estimates of...... hiện toàn bộ
Determination of δ13C and δ15N and trophic fractionation in jellyfish: implications for food web ecologyMarine Biology - Tập 161 - Trang 473-480 - 2013
Isabella D’Ambra, Ruth H. Carmichael, William M. Graham
Application of stable isotope analysis (SIA) in jellyfish allows definition of trophic patterns not detectable using gut content analysis alone, but analytical protocols require standardization to avoid bias in interpreting isotopic data. We determined δ13C and δ15N in Aurelia sp. from the northern Gulf of Mexico (30°00′N, 89°00′W–30°24′N, 88°00′W) to define differences in stable isotope compositi...... hiện toàn bộ