Baseline benthic foraminiferal assemblages and habitat conditions in a sub-Arctic region of increasing petroleum development

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-196

  Dijkstra, Noortje ^a   Junttila, Juho ^a   Carroll, JoLynn ^a,b   Husum, Katrine ^a   Hald, Morten ^a   Elvebakk, Georg ^a   Godtliebsen, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Foraminifera; Metals; Petroleum industry; Pollution monitoring; Pre impact baselines; Sediment characteristics

Indexed keywords

METALS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

BARENTS SEA; FORAMINIFERA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRE-IMPACT; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC;

SEDIMENTS;

METAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; METAL; PETROLEUM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

BARENTS SEA; FORAMINIFERA; METALS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRE-IMPACT BASELINES; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; PETROLEUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887239748     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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