Community structure of under-ice fauna in the Eurasian central Arctic Ocean in relation to environmental properties of sea-ice habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-32

  David, Carmen ^a,b   Lange, Benjamin ^a,b   Rabe, Benjamin ^a   Flores, Hauke ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apherusa glacialis; Arctic; Boreogadus saida; Calanus; Ice associated amphipods; Polar cod; Under ice habitats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TRAWLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; APHERUSA GLACIALIS; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CALANUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 84925255559     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11156     Document Type: Article

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