Spatial variability of epibenthic communities on the Alaska Beaufort Shelf

Polar Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1783-1804

  Ravelo, Alexandra M ^a   Konar, Brenda ^a   Bluhm, Bodil A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Beaufort Sea shelf; Community structure; Environmental drivers; Epibenthic fauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DATA ACQUISITION; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLLUSC; REMINERALIZATION; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BEAUFORT SHELF; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84945482349     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1741-9     Document Type: Article

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