Response of recent benthic foraminiferal assemblages to contrasting environments in baffin bay and the northern labrador sea, Northwest Atlantic

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-341

  Schröder Adams, Claudia J ^a   van Rooyen, Deanne ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin bay; Benthic foraminifera; Carbonate dissolution; Faunal patchiness; Labrador sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BOTTOM CURRENT; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; DISTURBANCE; ICE RAFTING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN BASIN; OPEN WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PATCHINESS; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SHALLOW WATER; SPICULE; SPONGE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; DAVIS STRAIT; LABRADOR SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 80052544985     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4122     Document Type: Article

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