Benthic community patterns reflect water column processes in the Northeast Water Polynya (Greenland)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 467-482

  Piepenburg, Dieter ^a   Ambrose Jr , William G ^b   Brandt, Angelika ^a   Renaud, Paul E ^b   Ahrens, Michael J ^c   Jensen, Preben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; benthic pelagic coupling; benthos; community; Greenland; polynya

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POLYNYA; POLYNYAS; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREENLAND SEA, EAST GREENLAND SHELF, NORTHEAST WATER POLYNYA;

EID: 0030936103     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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