Caloric content of dominant benthic species from the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas: Historical comparisons and the effects of preservation

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 637-644

  Hondolero, Dominic ^a,b   Bluhm, Bodil A ^a   Iken, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Bering Sea; Caloric content; Chukchi Sea; Preservation effects

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOLLUSC; NUTRITION; PREDATOR; PRESERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84858008385     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1107-x     Document Type: Article

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