Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acid nitrogen reveals detrital support of microphytobenthos in the Dutch Wadden Sea benthic food web
The Wadden Sea is the world’s largest intertidal ecosystem and provides vital food resources for a large number of migratory bird and fish species during seasonal stopovers. Previous work using bulk stable isotope analysis of carbon found that microphytobenthos (MPB) was the dominant resource fueling the food web with particulate organic matter making up the remainder. However, this work was unable to account for the trophic structure of the food web or the considerable increase in δ15N values of bulk tissue throughout the benthic food web occurring in the Eastern regions of the Dutch Wadden S... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 10 (2022) |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
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Schlagwörter: | trophic discrimination / intertidal / diatoms / microbial loop / permeable sands / Evolution / QH359-425 / Ecology / QH540-549.5 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26628690 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.951047 |