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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2020.26.5.493

Food-Web Structures in the Lower Trophic Levels of the Korean Seas (East Sea, West Sea, South Sea, and East China Sea) during the Summer Season: Using Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes  

Min, Jun-Oh (Department of Marine Science and Convergence Engineering Hanyang University)
Lee, Chang-Hwa (Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University)
Youn, Seok-Hyun (Oceanic climate and Ecology Research Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.26, no.5, 2020 , pp. 493-505 More about this Journal
Abstract
Food web structures in the lower trophic levels of the seas around the Korean peninsula were investigated in August 2019 using stable isotopes. There were variable ratios of the carbon (-26.18 ~ -20.61 ‰) and nitrogen stable (5.36 ~ 15.20 ‰) isotopes in the particulate organic matter (POM). Most of the organisms ingested micro-POM as a major food source, but this varied spatially. The chaetognaths (3.40 ± 0.61) occupied the highest trophic level. The isotope mixing model showed that the proportions (13 ~ 51 %) of some organisms (i.e., copepods and euphausiids) reflected the relative contributions as major food sources for chaetognaths at each site.
Keywords
Stable isotope; Food-web; Trophic position; SIAR; Diet source;
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