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

• 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

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.