Document of dataset 3838

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Type
Dataset
title in English
Macrobenthos Chukchi Sea, 1986
Description in English
Macrobenthos in the southeastern Chukchi Sea, inclusive of the Chukchi Bight and Kotzebue Sound, were collected in 1985–1987 to determine factors influencing faunal distribution, abundance and biomass. Polychaetes, crustaceans, bivalve mollusks, and ophiuroid echinoderms dominated abundance. Polychaetes, bivalve mollusks, and ophiuroid echinoderms dominated carbon biomass with barnacles, amphipods, bryozoans, and tunicates occasionally dominant. Cluster analysis and ordination revealed relatively high faunal abundance and biomass under Bering Shelf Anadyr Water (BSAW) as well as under Alaska Coastal Water (ACW) in the Bight and Sound. Advected particulate carbon from the highly productive BSAWsupported the abundant macrobenthos that served as food for numerous epifauna, which in turn furnished food for resident and transient populations of demersal fishes and marine mammals.
Abstract in English
Macrobenthos in the southeastern Chukchi Sea collected in 1985 - 1987.
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bibliographicCitation
Originator: Howard M. Feder, Stephen C. Jewett, Arny L. Blanchard Publication_Date: 20060621Title: Southeastern Chukchi Sea (Alaska) macrobenthos Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database Series_Information: Series_Name: Polar Biology Issue_Identification: 30:261-275
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Dataset references

record
Arctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Document metadata

date created
2012-12-12
date modified
2012-12-12