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• Size-dependent carbon flow in the epipelagic food web of the Western Equatorial Pacific

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 313:13-26 (2006)

  The present study examines the complexity of plankton food-web structure related to size diversity in lower trophic levels of the Equatorial Pacific and its possible effects on community stability and…

  Keywords: Pelagic food web, Equatorial Pacific, Size-dependent predation, Food-web complexity, Community stability, Functional group

  Authors: Ichinokawa M, Takahashi MM

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps313013

• Holocene variation in the Antarctic coastal food web: linking δD and δ¹³C in snow petrel diet and marine sediments

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 306:31-40 (2006)

  Here we present first time evidence for concordant variation in the isotopic signature at both the base and the upper levels of the Antarctic coastal food web during the Holocene. Laminae in…

  Keywords: Antarctica, Holocene climate change, Food webs, Isotopic analysis, Mumiyo, Pagodroma nivea, Sediment cores, Snow petrel

  Authors: Ainley DG, Hobson KA, Crosta X, Rau GH, Wassenaar LI, Augustinus PC

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps306031

• Development of a stable-isotope constraint system for estuarine food-web models

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 303:73-90 (2005)

  Since the mid-1970s, stable carbon isotopes have been used extensively to address diverse questions related to estuarine carbon cycling. Initially, the isotopic approach was used to identify sources…

  Keywords: Food webs, Stable isotopes, Estuarine processes, Carbon cycling

  Authors: Eldridge PM, Cifuentes LA, Kaldy JE

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps303073

• Fate of mangrove organic matter along a subtropical estuary: small-scale exportation and contribution to the food of crab communities

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 312:15-27 (2006)

  The export of mangrove primary production to adjacent habitats has long been regarded as playing a significant role in estuarine food webs. In the Logan River Estuary, a sub-tropical estuary situated…

  Keywords: Mangrove, Estuary, Fatty acids, Surface sediment, Ocypodid, Grapsid, Food web

  Authors: Meziane T, d’Agata F, Lee SY

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps312015

• Trophic ecology of Sargassum-associated fishes in the Gulf of Mexico determined from stable isotopes and fatty acids

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 313:249-259 (2006)

  Natural dietary markers (stable isotopes and fatty acids) were used to determine the trophic structure and characterize carbon source(s) of juvenile and adult fishes associated with floating Sargassum…

  Keywords: Food web, Diet, Pelagic ecosystem, Trophic position, Large pelagic fishes

  Authors: Rooker JR, Turner JP, Holt SA

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps313249

• Phytoplankton and macrophyte contributions to littoral food webs in the Galician upwelling estimated from stable isotopes

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 318:89-102 (2006)

  The natural abundance of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes was analysed in plankton and intertidal benthos at coastal sites of Galicia (NW Spain) to determine the relative importance of…

  Keywords: Food web, Nitrogen, Stable isotopes, Upwelling, Phytoplankton, Macroalgae

  Authors: Bode A, Álvarez-Ossorio MT, Varela M

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps318089

• Coupling of estuarine benthic and pelagic food webs to land-derived nitrogen sources in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, USA

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 307:37-48 (2006)

  The fact that land-derived sources of nutrients promote eutrophication in the receiving coastal waters implies coupling between land and marine environments. Increasing nitrogen inputs in the…

  Keywords: Eutrophication, Benthic coupling, Pelagic coupling, Land–estuary coupling, Food webs, Estuaries, Waquoit Bay

  Authors: Martinetto P, Teichberg M, Valiela I

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps307037

• Segregation along multiple resource axes in a tropical seagrass fish community

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 308:79-89 (2006)

  Segregation of resources is supposed to be a mechanism for coexistence of species and/or life stages when resources are limiting and competition between species occurs. In seagrass beds, fish species…

  Keywords: Resource segregation, Diet composition, Stable isotopes, Food web, Coastal habitats

  Authors: Nagelkerken I, Vvan der elde G, Verberk WCEP, Dorenbosch M

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps308079

• Role of microbial mats in Sulaibikhat Bay (Kuwait) mudflat food webs: evidence from δ¹³C analysis

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 308:27-36 (2006)

  Although microbial mats are known worldwide to contribute to trophic bases in shallow marine embayments, their role has yet to be ascertained for similar habitats in the Arabian Gulf region. In this…

  Keywords: Arabian Gulf, Microbial mats, Grazers, Gut/faecal analysis, Stable isotope, Food webs, Reclamation

  Authors: Al-Zaidan ASY, Kennedy H, Jones DA, Al-Mohanna SY

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps308027

• Trophic relationships and pelagic–benthic coupling during summer in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone, revealed by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 310:33-46 (2006)

  Food web structure and pathways from primary production were studied in pelagic, sympagic (ice-associated) and benthic communities during summer in a seasonally ice covered region of the northern…

  Keywords: Stable isotopes, δ¹³C, δ ¹⁵N, Food web, Arctic, Barents Sea, Marginal Ice Zone, Pelagic–benthic coupling

  Authors: Tamelander T, Renaud PE, Hop H, Carroll ML, Ambrose WG Jr, Hobson KA

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps310033

• Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: issues of scale and trophic complexity

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 311:285-294 (2006)

  Research on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is entering a new phase. The main driver behind this is an awareness that biodiversity loss operates at large spatial scales…

  Keywords: Food webs, Ecosystem services, Spatial scale, Species loss scenarios

  Authors: Raffaelli D

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps311285

• Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 311:233-250 (2006)

  Biodiversity at multiple levels—genotypes within species, species within functional groups, habitats within a landscape—enhances productivity, resource use, and stability of seagrass ecosystems.…

  Keywords: Food web, Habitat structure, Landscape, Production, Stability, Trophic transfer

  Authors: Duffy JE

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps311233