Depth gradients of benthic standing stock and diversity on the continental margin at a high-latitude ice-free site (off Spitsbergen, 79°N)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1903-1914

  Wlodarska Kowalczuk, Maria ^a   Kendall, Michael A ^b   Marcin Weslawski, Jan ^a   Klages, Michael ^c   Soltwedel, Thomas ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Arctic; Biodiversity; Biomass; Deep water; Ice cover; Latitudinal variations; Polar waters; Svalbard; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC STANDING STOCK; DEPTH GRADIENTS; ICE COVER; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; WATER;

SEA ICE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ICE COVER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8844286160     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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