Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C data

To compare the trophic characteristics of pelagic- and bottom-dwelling fish in the western Chukchi Sea, isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen (δ13С and δ15N) is considered separately for the Subarctic water mass (invaded from the Bering Sea) and local Arctic water mass. In summer of 2018 and 2...

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Main Authors: K. M. Gorbatenko, I. V. Melnikov, A. P. Pedchenko
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Published: Transactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/890
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description To compare the trophic characteristics of pelagic- and bottom-dwelling fish in the western Chukchi Sea, isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen (δ13С and δ15N) is considered separately for the Subarctic water mass (invaded from the Bering Sea) and local Arctic water mass. In summer of 2018 and 2019, the proper water mass occupied mostly the area southward from 71оN and the latter one – northward from this latitude. The isotopic composition of both pelagic and bottom nekton in the southern area was characterized by higher values of δ13C (up to 2 % higher) and low values of δ15N (up to 1 % lower) in comparison with those in the northern area. That was interpreted that in the southern area, within the water from the Bering Sea, more than 90 % of the sampled bottom fish species were linked with prey from the bottom community. In the northern area, within the Arctic water, all samples of bottom fish were characterized by minimal content of heavy carbon δ13C isotope, comparable with the values in samples of pelagic fish that indicated a significant role of pelagic prey in nutrition of the bottom nekton.
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spelling doaj-art-e209bd776df840bdac877006adc5385b2025-08-20T03:39:48ZrusTransactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and OceanographyИзвестия ТИНРО1606-99192658-55102023-12-01203497698710.26428/1606-9919-2023-203-976-987781Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C dataK. M. Gorbatenko0I. V. Melnikov1A. P. Pedchenko2Pacific branch of VNIRO (TINRO)Pacific branch of VNIRO (TINRO)Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and OceanographyTo compare the trophic characteristics of pelagic- and bottom-dwelling fish in the western Chukchi Sea, isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen (δ13С and δ15N) is considered separately for the Subarctic water mass (invaded from the Bering Sea) and local Arctic water mass. In summer of 2018 and 2019, the proper water mass occupied mostly the area southward from 71оN and the latter one – northward from this latitude. The isotopic composition of both pelagic and bottom nekton in the southern area was characterized by higher values of δ13C (up to 2 % higher) and low values of δ15N (up to 1 % lower) in comparison with those in the northern area. That was interpreted that in the southern area, within the water from the Bering Sea, more than 90 % of the sampled bottom fish species were linked with prey from the bottom community. In the northern area, within the Arctic water, all samples of bottom fish were characterized by minimal content of heavy carbon δ13C isotope, comparable with the values in samples of pelagic fish that indicated a significant role of pelagic prey in nutrition of the bottom nekton.https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/890arcticnektonpreystable isotopenitrogencarbon
spellingShingle K. M. Gorbatenko
I. V. Melnikov
A. P. Pedchenko
Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C data
Известия ТИНРО
arctic
nekton
prey
stable isotope
nitrogen
carbon
title Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C data
title_full Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C data
title_fullStr Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C data
title_full_unstemmed Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C data
title_short Trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western Chukchi Sea, by δ15N and δ13C data
title_sort trophic characteristics of pelagic and bottom nekton in certain water masses in the western chukchi sea by δ15n and δ13c data
topic arctic
nekton
prey
stable isotope
nitrogen
carbon
url https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/890
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