The boulder Patch (North Alaska, Beaufort Sea) and its benthic algal flora

Arctic

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-56

  Wilce, R T ^a   Dunton, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Marine Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Arctic benthic algae; Arctic phytogeography; Boulder Patch

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLORISTICS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BOULDER PATCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896455918     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4360     Document Type: Article

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