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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Towards the trophic structure of the Bouvet Island marine ecosystem
Polar Biology, Volume 29, No. 2, Year 2006
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Although Bouvet Island is of considerable importance for Southern Ocean species conservation, information on the marine community species inventory and trophic functioning is scarce. Our combined study of stable isotopes and feeding relationships shows that (1) the marine system conforms to the trophic pattern described for other Antarctic systems within the Antarctic circumpolar current (ACC); (2) both the benthic and the pelagic subsystem are almost exclusively linked via suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM); and (3) there is no evidence of a subsystem driven by macroalgae. Bouvet Island can therefore be characterized as a benthic "oasis" within a self-sustaining open ocean pelagic system. © Springer-Verlag 2005.
Authors & Co-Authors
Jacob, U.
Germany, Bremerhaven
Alfred-wegener-institut Helmholtz-zentrum Für Polar- Und Meeresforschung
Brey, Thomas
Germany, Bremerhaven
Alfred-wegener-institut Helmholtz-zentrum Für Polar- Und Meeresforschung
Fetzer, I.
Germany, Leipzig
Helmholtz Zentrum Für Umweltforschung
Kaehler, Sven
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Mintenbeck, K.
Germany, Bremerhaven
Alfred-wegener-institut Helmholtz-zentrum Für Polar- Und Meeresforschung
Dunton, K.
United States, Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
Beyer, K.
Germany, Bremerhaven
Alfred-wegener-institut Helmholtz-zentrum Für Polar- Und Meeresforschung
Struck, Ulrich
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Pakhomov, Evgeny A.
South Africa, Alice
University of Fort Hare
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Arntz, W.
Germany, Bremerhaven
Alfred-wegener-institut Helmholtz-zentrum Für Polar- Und Meeresforschung
Statistics
Citations: 40
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 7
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Doi:
10.1007/s00300-005-0071-8