The influence of the Mackenzie River plume on distribution and diversity of marine larval fish assemblages on the Canadian Beaufort Shelf

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-45

  Wong, Sally ^a   Walkusz, Wojciech ^a,b   Hanson, Mark ^c   Papst, Michael H ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Boreogadus saida; Clupea pallasii; Ecology; Fish larvae; Lumpeninae; Mackenzie River; Plume

Indexed keywords

BEAUFORT SEA; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CLUPEA PALLASII; FISH LARVAE; LUMPENINAE; PLUME;

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENGINEERING;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; FISH; FRESHWATER INPUT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER PLUME; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSECT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; ELEGINUS GRACILIS; STICHAEIDAE; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 84887411191     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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