MARINE MACROPLANKTON FROM THE CANADIAN EASTERN ARCTIC: I. AMPHIPODA AND SCHIZOPODA

Twenty-four amphipod species (one a new species), three euphausiids, and two mysids are recorded from the coastal water of the Canadian eastern Arctic. Most of the records are new.The list is representative of a high arctic plankton, giving no evidence of the intrusion of Atlantic water. This is in...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Research
Main Author: Dunbar, M. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1942
Subjects:
Pharmacology (medical)
Complementary and alternative medicine
Pharmaceutical Science
Arctic
Baffin Bay
Greenland
Lancaster Sound
Baffin
Disko Bay
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjr42d-004
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjr42d-004
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Summary:Twenty-four amphipod species (one a new species), three euphausiids, and two mysids are recorded from the coastal water of the Canadian eastern Arctic. Most of the records are new.The list is representative of a high arctic plankton, giving no evidence of the intrusion of Atlantic water. This is in agreement with the hydrographic observations made, and with available hydrographic data from other sources.The plankton is contrasted with that found in 1936 in Disko Bay, west Greenland, where there appears to be an upwelling of mixed Arctic and Atlantic water. The difference between the plankton of the two sides of Baffin Bay suggests the possibility of distinguishing water of Lancaster Sound (Canadian polar water) from that of west Greenland by means of their planktonic fauna.

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