Benthic infaunal community variability on the northern Svalbard shelf

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1259-1272

  Carroll, Michael L ^a   Ambrose Jr , William G ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic water; Atlantic water; Benthic community; Benthos; Chlorophyll a; Community structure; Macrofauna; Norwegian arctic; Pelagic benthic coupling; Phaeopigments; Sedimentary pigments

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD LIMITATION; PIGMENT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84864351875     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1171-x     Document Type: Article

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