Current state and trends in Canadian Arctic marine ecosystems: II. Heterotrophic food web, pelagic-benthic coupling, and biodiversity

Climatic Change

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-205

  Darnis, Gérald ^a   Robert, Dominique ^a   Pomerleau, Corinne ^b   Link, Heike ^b   Archambault, Philippe ^b   Nelson, R John ^c   Geoffroy, Maxime ^a   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^a   Lovejoy, Connie ^a   Ferguson, Steve H ^d   Hunt, Brian P V ^e   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC MARINE; ARCTIC SEA; BELUGA WHALES; BENTHIC ECOSYSTEMS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CLIMATE WARMING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOOD WEBS; HIGH ARCTIC; HOT SPOT; HUNTING GROUNDS; ICE ALGAE; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; KILLER WHALE; PELAGIC-BENTHIC COUPLING; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA FLOOR; SEA-ICE COVER; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; MAMMALS; PHENOLS; SEA ICE; WATER RECYCLING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; HUNTING; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEA ICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBARCTIC REGION; SUBSPECIES; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; LANCASTER SOUND; NORTH WATER POLYNYA; NUNAVUT;

ALGAE; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; MONODON; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84867679158     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0483-8     Document Type: Article

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