Nearshore macrobenthos of northern Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, with reference to local sewage disposal

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1665-1680

  Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Clough, Lisa M ^b   Blanchard, Arny L ^a   Ambrose, William G ^c   Feder, Howard M ^a   Hoberg, Max K ^a   Whiting, Alex V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Native Village of Kotzebue   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Kotzebue Sound; Organic enrichment; Sewage; Subtidal ecology; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MACROBENTHOS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALASKA; KOTZEBUE SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350614067     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0667-5     Document Type: Article

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