Ice scour disturbance to benthic communities in the Canadian High Arctic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-16

  Conlan, K E ^a   Lenihan, H S ^b,c   Kvitek, R G ^b,d   Oliver, J S ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Disturbance; Ice scour

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; COASTAL ZONE; ICE SCOUR; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

BARROW STRAIT; CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GASTROPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032574938     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166001     Document Type: Article

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