The first demersal trawl survey of benthic fish and invertebrates in the Beaufort Sea since the late 1970s

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-488

  Rand, Kimberly M ^a   Logerwell, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Boreogadus saida; Marine fishes; Polar cod; Snow crab

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRAB; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY SURVEY; GADOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CTENODISCUS CRISPATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ROBUSTUS; INVERTEBRATA; LIPARIDAE (FISHES); LIPARIS MARMORATUS; LYCODES; NAUTICHTHYS PRIBILOVIUS; OPHIURA SARSI; OPHIUROIDEA; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 79952706899     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0900-2     Document Type: Article

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