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Tracing biogeochemical subsidies from glacier runoff into Alaska's coastal marine food webs

Overview of attention for article published in Global Change Biology, September 2017
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Title
Tracing biogeochemical subsidies from glacier runoff into Alaska's coastal marine food webs
Published in
Global Change Biology, September 2017
DOI 10.1111/gcb.13875
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Mayumi L. Arimitsu, Keith A. Hobson, D'Arcy N. Webber, John F. Piatt, Eran W. Hood, Jason B. Fellman

Abstract

Nearly half of the freshwater discharge into the Gulf of Alaska originates from landscapes draining glacier runoff, but the influence of the influx of riverine organic matter on the trophodynamics of coastal marine food webs is not well understood. We quantified the ecological impact of riverine organic matter subsidies to glacier-marine habitats by developing a multi-trophic level Bayesian three-isotope mixing model. We utilized large gradients in stable (δ(13) C, δ(15) N, δ(2) H) and radiogenic (Δ(14) C) isotopes that trace riverine and marine organic matter sources as they are passed from lower to higher trophic levels in glacial-marine habitats. We also compared isotope ratios between glacial-marine and more oceanic habitats. Based on isotopic measurements of potential baseline sources, ambient water and tissues of marine consumers, estimates of the riverine organic matter source contribution to upper trophic-level species including fish and seabirds ranged from 12-44%. Variability in resource use among similar taxa corresponded to variation in species distribution and life histories. For example, riverine organic matter assimilation by the glacier-nesting seabirds Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) was greater than that of the forest-nesting marbled murrelet (B. marmoratus). The particulate and dissolved organic carbon in glacial runoff and near surface coastal waters was aged (12100 to 1500 years BP (14) C-age) but dissolved inorganic carbon and biota in coastal waters were young (530 years BP (14) C-age to modern). Thus terrestrial-derived subsidies in marine food webs were primarily composed of young organic matter sources released from glacier ecosystems and their surrounding watersheds. Stable isotope compositions also revealed a divergence in food web structure between glacial-marine and oceanic sites. This work demonstrates linkages between terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and facilitates a greater understanding of how climate-driven changes in freshwater runoff have the potential to alter food web dynamics within coastal marine ecosystems in Alaska. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Unknown 90 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 21 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 12%
Student > Master 11 12%
Professor 7 8%
Student > Bachelor 2 2%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 28 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 25 28%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 14%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 11 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 2%
Other 6 7%
Unknown 30 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 October 2017.
All research outputs
#2,104,748
of 26,613,602 outputs
Outputs from Global Change Biology
#2,660
of 6,784 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#38,133
of 332,569 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Global Change Biology
#61
of 134 outputs
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