Abundance, oxygen consumption and carbon demand of brittle stars in young sound and the NE Greenland shelf

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 422, Issue , 2011, Pages 139-144

  Blicher, Martin Emil ^a,b   Sejr, Mikael Kristian ^b  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Epifauna; Macrobenthos; Megafauna; Respiration; Sea floor photography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ECHINODERM; EPIFAUNA; MACROBENTHOS; OXYGEN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR; SHELF SEA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; YOUNG SOUND;

OPHIOCTEN SERICEUM; OPHIOPLEURA BOREALIS; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 79551692929     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08915     Document Type: Article

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