Benthic macrofauna and megafauna assemblages in the Arctic deep-sea Canada Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 136-152

  MacDonald, Ian R ^a   Bluhm, Bodil A ^b   Iken, Katrin ^b   Gagaev, Sergey ^c   Strong, Shannon ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Deep sea; Macrofauna; Megafauna; Photographic survey

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CANADA; BACTERIAL MATS; BENTHIC COMPONENTS; BENTHIC MACROFAUNA; CANADA BASIN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; DIVERSITY INDEX; MACROFAUNA; MEGAFAUNA; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SEA FLOOR; SOFT-BOTTOM; SPECIES NUMBER; TOTAL BIOMASS; WATER DEPTH; WET WEIGHT;

CAMERAS; DECISION MAKING; ICEBREAKERS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

BIOMASS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CRUSTACEAN; EPIFAUNA; ICE BREAKER; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPH; POCKMARK; POLYCHAETE; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; KOLGA HYALINA; METAZOA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 75349091551     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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