Macro- and megabenthic communities in the high Arctic Canada Basin: Initial findings

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-231

  Bluhm, B A ^a   MacDonald, I R ^b   Debenham, C ^a   Iken, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROBENTHOS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; NORTHWIND RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 17644425347     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0675-4     Document Type: Article

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