Diversity, abundance and community structure of benthic macro- and megafauna on the Beaufort shelf and slope.

Diversity and community patterns of macro- and megafauna were compared on the Canadian Beaufort shelf and slope. Faunal sampling collected 247 taxa from 48 stations with box core and trawl gear over the summers of 2009-2011 between 50 and 1,000 m in depth. Of the 80 macrofaunal and 167 megafaunal ta...

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Main Authors: Jessica Nephin, S Kim Juniper, Philippe Archambault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4090152?pdf=render