Benthic Macrofaunal Production of Browns Bank, Northwest Atlantic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Wildish, D. J., Wilson, A. J., Frost, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Van Veen; Browns; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f89-075; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f89-075

Benthic macrofauna of the coarse sediments of Browns Bank, off southwest Nova Scotia, Canada were sampled with a modified 0.5-m 2 Van Veen grab; 29 stations from 1983 to 1985. Production was estimated from alcohol-stored biomass by multiplying by the annual turnover ratio, P:B, of each species. The...