Depth Distributions of Benthic Polychaetes in Two Fiords on Ellesmere Island, N.W.T.

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Curtis, Mark A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: General Medicine; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Tanquary Fiord; Arctic Population
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f72-200; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f72-200

The benthic fauna of Hare and Tanquary fiords was collected in replicate grab samples taken at standardized depths from 6 to 100 m. From this collection, 68 polychaete species were identified. Two of these, Hartmania moorei Pettibone and Zeppelinia monostyla (Zeppelin), have not previously been repo...