A collection of zooplankton from Tuktoyaktuk Harbour, Northwest Territories

Forty-seven taxa of zooplankton were identified from collections taken during larval fish tows in the Tuktoyaktuk region. The zooplankton fauna consists of three components: a small number of common species characteristic of brackish water and a large number of rare species of either freshwater or m...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Sutherland, Ian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Northwest Territories
Canada
Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktoyaktuk Harbour
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z82-067
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z82-067
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Summary:Forty-seven taxa of zooplankton were identified from collections taken during larval fish tows in the Tuktoyaktuk region. The zooplankton fauna consists of three components: a small number of common species characteristic of brackish water and a large number of rare species of either freshwater or marine affinities. Eurytemora gracilicauda Akatova l949, E. raboti Richard 1897, and E. richingsi Heron &Damkaer 1976 are newly recorded from Canada.

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