Similarity analysis of hydroid assemblages along a latitudinal gradient in the western North Atlantic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Calder, Dale R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1992
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Belle Isle; Strait of Belle Isle; Arctic Archipelago; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z92-151; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z92-151

Shallow-water (0–100 m depth) hydroid faunas reported from 26 locations along the western North Atlantic coast between the high Canadian Arctic archipelago and the Caribbean Sea were compared. Species numbers varied widely between locations, but were highest in the tropics and subtropics, lowest in...