A collection of zooplankton from Tuktoyaktuk Harbour, Northwest Territories

• 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

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...