Macrofaunal biomass distribution on the Canadian Beaufort Shelf

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-87

  Conlan, Kathleen ^a   Hendrycks, Ed ^a   Aitken, Alec ^b   Williams, Bill ^c   Blasco, Steve ^d   Crawford, Eric ^e  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ampeliscid; Beaufort; Benthic; Biomass; Macrofauna

Indexed keywords

AMPELISCID; BEAUFORT; BENTHIC; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MACROFAUNA; PELAGIC-BENTHIC COUPLING; UPWELLING REGION;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

BIOMASS;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; COUPLING; FORAGE; POLYCHAETE; RIVER; SHELF BREAK; TROUGH; UPWELLING;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BATHURST [NEW BRUNSWICK]; BEAUFORT SEA; BEAUFORT SHELF; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; MACKENZIE TROUGH; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

AMPELISCA; AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; BYBLIS; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; HAPLOOPS; MALDANE SARSI; OPHIOCTEN SERICEUM; OPHIUROIDEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84887409773     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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