Reviews and syntheses: Insights into deep-sea food webs and global environmental gradients revealed by stable isotope (δ15N, δ13C) and fatty acid trophic biomarkers

Parzanini, Camilla; Parrish, Christopher C.; Hamel, Jean-François; Mercier, Annie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2837-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2837-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2837-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

Reviews and syntheses

|

18 Jul 2019

Reviews and syntheses |

| 18 Jul 2019

Reviews and syntheses: Insights into deep-sea food webs and global environmental gradients revealed by stable isotope (δ¹⁵N, δ¹³C) and fatty acid trophic biomarkers

Camilla Parzanini, Christopher C. Parrish, Jean-François Hamel, and Annie Mercier

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Response to the anonymous referee #1's comment', Camilla Parzanini, 05 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Interactive comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee#2', Camilla Parzanini, 18 Jun 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Jun 2019) by Jack Middelburg

AR by Camilla Parzanini on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 Jun 2019) by Jack Middelburg

AR by Camilla Parzanini on behalf of the Authors (27 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This review synthesized current knowledge of deep-sea food webs and provided a preliminary analysis of global geographic patterns in the biochemical composition of deep-water organisms. Our results revealed both latitudinal and depth wise trends in the biochemical composition of deep-sea animals. In addition, the link across latitudes between surface primary production and deep-water communities was highlighted, which has important implications in the face of global climate change.