Compound-specific stable isotope analyses of fatty acids in primary production from the Bering Sea: a foundation for food web biomarker studies

Shiway W. Wang1,*, Suzanne M. Budge2, Rolf R. Gradinger1,3, Katrin Iken1,3, Laura E. Oxtoby1 and Matthew J. Wooller3,4

1School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA, shiway@gmail.com;

2Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University, PO Box 1000, Halifax, NS B3J 2X4 Canada;

3Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

4Alaska Stable Isotope Facility, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA;

Poster Presentation Alaska Marine Science Symposium 2011

PhD student poster winner .

Relative importance of sea ice algal primary production to Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) diets

Laura E Oxtoby1, Suzanne M. Budge2, Larissa A. Dehn3, Shiway W. Wang 1, Rolf R. Gradinger 3, Katrin Iken3 and Matthew J. Wooller1

1Institute of Marine Science and Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK 99775 USA

2 Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3J 2X4 Canada

3Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK 99775 USA

Poster Presentation Alaska Marine Science Symposium 2011.

Determining seasonal variation in trophic linkages in the Bering Sea using compound-specific stable isotope analysis of algal fatty acids

Oxtoby, LE1, Wang, SW1, Budge, SM2, Weems, J3, Dehn, LA3, Gradinger, RR3, Iken, K3, Quakenbush, L4, Rosa, C5, Wooller, MJ1

1Institute of Marine Science, and Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK 99775 USA

2 Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3J 2X4 Canada

3Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK 99775 USA

4Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, USA

5US Arctic Research Commission, Anchorage, AK 99501

Poster Presentation ISOECOL 2010