Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats of a Sub-Arctic Fjord: Gilbert Bay, Southern Labrador, Canada

Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 309-327

  Copeland, Alison ^a   Edinger, Evan ^a   Bell, Trevor ^a   LeBlanc, Philippe ^a   Wroblewski, Joseph ^b   Devillers, Rodolphe ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basin; Coralline algae; Epifauna; Fiord; Fjord; Infauna; Labrador; Marine Protected Area; Sill; Sub Arctic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884427205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00019-0     Document Type: Chapter

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