Measurements of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Standing Crop from the Canadian Continental Shelf and Slope of Southern Davis Strait and Ungava Bay

Benthic macroinvertebrate standing crop at 14 stations on the Canadian continental shelf, southeast of Baffin Island, ranged from 19.8 to 479.9 g/m 2 and was about the same size for given depths, as reported for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, and higher than reported in more southerly portions of...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Main Author: Stewart, Patrick L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1983
Subjects:
Aquatic Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Baffin Island
Ungava Bay
Baffin
Davis Strait
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f83-087
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f83-087
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Summary:Benthic macroinvertebrate standing crop at 14 stations on the Canadian continental shelf, southeast of Baffin Island, ranged from 19.8 to 479.9 g/m 2 and was about the same size for given depths, as reported for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, and higher than reported in more southerly portions of the eastern North American continental shelf. Standing crop was correlated negatively with depth and sediment content of both fine and medium sand.

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