Benthic fauna and functional traits along a Polar Front transect in the Barents Sea - Advancing tools for ecosystem-scale assessments

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 204-217

  Cochrane, S K J ^a   Pearson, T H ^a   Greenacre, M ^b   Costelloe, J ^c   Ellingsen, I H ^d   Dahle, S ^a   Gulliksen, B ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Aqua Fact Intl Services Ltd   (Ireland)

^d SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Macrobenthos; Polar Front; Primary productivity; Sediment profile imagery; Traits

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; MACROBENTHOS; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT PROFILE IMAGERY; TRAITS;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SLOPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84856261849     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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