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Combination of trophic biomarkers to distinguish among Antarctic amphipods trophic guilds
Nyssen, Fabienne; Dauby, Patrick; Graeve, Martin
2004. XXVIII SCAR & COMNAP XVI Meeting “Antarctica anf the Southern Ocean in the Global System”
 

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Abstract :
[en] Peracarid crustaceans and amphipods in particular are an important group in the Southern Ocean and one of the most diverse in the macrozoobenthos. As a part of a multidisciplinary study of the amphipods ecological roles in Antarctic benthic systems, about 150 specimens belonging to 25 species of 10 of the most common amphipod families occurring in the Southern Ocean have been involved in this study of amphipod trophic patterns. Beside “classical” stomach content analysis or field observations, the use of naturally occurring stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) has recently provided new insights into food web ecology. This method is based on the direct relationship established between the isotopic signature of an organism and that of its preys. Nitrogen-15 typically shows a step-wise increase with trophic level within a food chain. Closer to the value of the diet, carbon-13 is preferentially used to assess the relative proportion of potential primary sources in a trophic web (ex.: pelagic vs benthic contribution to food intake). Furthermore, for several species, the lipid signature – which has already been used successfully to help understand marine trophodynamics – and more particularly the fatty acid composition has been investigated as trophic biomarkers to reveal more precisely to which trophic guild they belong to.
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Nyssen, Fabienne ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Systématique et diversité animale
Dauby, Patrick ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Systématique et diversité animale
Graeve, Martin
Language :
English
Title :
Combination of trophic biomarkers to distinguish among Antarctic amphipods trophic guilds
Publication date :
July 2004
Event name :
. XXVIII SCAR & COMNAP XVI Meeting “Antarctica anf the Southern Ocean in the Global System”
Event place :
Bremen, Germany
Audience :
International
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