Utilization and Importance of Sea Ice Derived Organic Carbon to Benthic Communities of the Chukchi Sea: Evidence from Highly Branched Isoprenoid Biomarkers

Chelsea Wegner1, Thomas A Brown2, Catherine Lalande3, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier1 and Lee W Cooper1, (1)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, United States, (2)Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, United Kingdom, (3)Laval University, Biology Department, Quebec City, QC, Canada