Decapod Crustacea of the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Waters Eastward to Cambridge Bay, 1960–65

The CGS Salvelinus collections of decapod crustaceans from south Beaufort Sea to Cambridge Bay in 1960–65 comprised 1830 specimens of 15 species. Five of the species were not previously recorded from this area. Most abundant species were Sabinea septemcarinata and Eualus gaimardi. Eualus macilentus...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: Squires, H. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
Subjects:
General Medicine
Arctic
Pacific
Cambridge Bay
Bathurst Inlet
Beaufort Sea
Chionoecetes opilio
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-173
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-173
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Summary:The CGS Salvelinus collections of decapod crustaceans from south Beaufort Sea to Cambridge Bay in 1960–65 comprised 1830 specimens of 15 species. Five of the species were not previously recorded from this area. Most abundant species were Sabinea septemcarinata and Eualus gaimardi. Eualus macilentus and E. stoneyi were confined to Bathurst Inlet. Westward setting currents along the Beaufort Sea coast mediate against incursions by Pacific species but Chionoecetes opilio, Hyas coarctatus alutaceus, and a species of Pagurus seemed to have overcome this condition. The species in which the highest percentages of females presumably reproduced annually were Spirontocaris phippsi, S. spinus, and S. septemcarinata.

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