Megafaunal assemblages from two shelf stations west of svalbard

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 525-539

  Bergmann, Melanie ^a   Langwald, Nina ^a   Ontrup, Jörg ^b   Soltwedel, Thomas ^a   Schewe, Ingo ^a   Klages, Michael ^a   Nattkemper, Tim W ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Image analysis; Megafauna; Seafloor photograph; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; FJORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHOTOGRAPH; PHYTODETRITUS; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES INVENTORY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA; OPHIUROIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PALLIDUS;

EID: 79960906437     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2010.535834     Document Type: Article

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