Amphipod abundance in sediment trap samples at the long-term observatory HAUSGARTEN (Fram Strait, ~79°N/4°E). Variability in species community patterns

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-364

  Kraft, Angelina ^a,b   Bauerfeind, Eduard ^a   Nöthig, Eva Maria ^a  

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

^b HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Arctic Ocean; Atlantification; Sediment trap; Swimmers; Themisto

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAP; STRAIT; SWIMMING; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMPHIPODA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO ABYSSORUM; THEMISTO COMPRESSA; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 80051921933     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0052-1     Document Type: Article

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