Arctic sea-ice ridges-Safe heavens for sea-ice fauna during periods of extreme ice melt?

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 86-95

  Gradinger, Rolf ^a   Bluhm, Bodil ^a   Iken, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Arctic; Meiofauna; Pressure ridges; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC SEA ICE; CANADA BASIN; GAMMARUS; HARPACTICOIDA; ICE CORE; ICE FAUNA; ICE RIDGES; ICE TYPE; IN-SITU; LEVEL ICE; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODA; PAN-ARCTIC; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE RIDGE; SALINITY STRESS; SALINITY WATER; SCUBA DIVING; WATER DEPTH;

ANIMALS; LOCATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; FLATWORM; FLUSHING; MEIOFAUNA; MELT; NEMATODE; SALINITY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; APHERUSA GLACIALIS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS WILKITZKII; HARPACTICOIDA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; ONISIMUS; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 75349104034     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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