Macrobenthic species composition and diversity in the Godthaabsfjord system, SW Greenland

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-431

  Sejr, Mikael K ^a   Włodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^b   Legeżyńska, Joanna ^b   Blicher, Martin E ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Biodiversity; Diversity; Macrofauna; Soft bottom; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COAST; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLACIER; HABITAT TYPE; MACROBENTHOS; POLAR REGION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROUGH;

ARCTIC; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND;

EID: 77952334412     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0717-z     Document Type: Article

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