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dc.contributor.advisorRenaud, Paul
dc.contributor.authorMcGovern, Maeve
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-20T10:01:23Z
dc.date.available2016-05-20T10:01:23Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-21
dc.description.abstractCurrent 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 substantial knowledge gaps in the understanding of the marine system at high latitudes. To help address these knowledge gaps, this project investigates the hyperbenthic food web structure in Kongsfjord, a high-latitude, ice-free fjord, in September and January. The hyperbenthic food web was analyzed using a multi-biomarker approach including carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic signatures as well as fatty acid profiles of a variety of hyperbenthic taxa. Results suggest no difference in biomarker composition between September and January, although fatty acid profiles reveal a division in the community between pelagic and benthic consumers. Suggestions for seasonal similarities include slow turnover of stable isotopes and fatty acids in consumer tissue, as well as an increase in dependence on microbial-detrital food webs during the polar night.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9219
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8777
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2016 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDBIO-3950
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Basale biofag: 470en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470en_US
dc.subjectKongsfjorden_US
dc.subjectHyperbenthosen_US
dc.subjectStable isotopesen_US
dc.subjectFatty acidsen_US
dc.subjectPolar nighten_US
dc.subjectFood weben_US
dc.titleHyperbenthic Food-Web Structure in Kongsfjord: A Two-Season Comparison using Stable Isotopes and Fatty Acids.en_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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