Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area
The Canadian Arctic is facing new issues with increased marine traffic, exploration and exploitation of resources. Knowledge of the environment is needed to address these issues. Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted a survey during summers 2012 to 2014 in the Canadian Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen...
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crpeerj:10.7287/peerj.preprints.26736 2024-06-02T07:54:58+00:00 Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area de Montety, Laure Archambault, Philippe Majewski, Andrew R Grant, Cindy Reist, James D 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26736 https://peerj.com/preprints/26736.pdf https://peerj.com/preprints/26736.xml https://peerj.com/preprints/26736.html unknown PeerJ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ posted-content 2018 crpeerj https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26736 2024-05-07T14:14:13Z The Canadian Arctic is facing new issues with increased marine traffic, exploration and exploitation of resources. Knowledge of the environment is needed to address these issues. Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted a survey during summers 2012 to 2014 in the Canadian Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf. The “BREA-MFP” Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment-Marine Fish Project ” objective was to improve knowledge of the composition of fish communities and their habitats in offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf. As an important part of the fish habitat and diet, the epibenthos was sampled to characterize and improve the knowledge of epibenthic community structure (diversity and abundance) in these areas. The benthos is ideal as an ecological indicator index because organisms are sessile, highly diverse, and long-lived. Moreover, environmental factors such as organic matter content, benthic Chla, and sediment grain size are known to influence the benthic community composition. Collected data are used to establish baselines for epibenthic diversity, abundances, and community compositions, and for comparisons among regions (Beaufort Sea, Amundsen Gulf) and gradients (nearshore-offshore depth, East-West). Furthermore, the study highlighted new occurrences of species for the area indicating additional studies are needed to assess benthic biodiversity in this area. Other/Unknown Material Amundsen Gulf Arctic Beaufort Sea PeerJ Publishing Arctic Canada |
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The Canadian Arctic is facing new issues with increased marine traffic, exploration and exploitation of resources. Knowledge of the environment is needed to address these issues. Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted a survey during summers 2012 to 2014 in the Canadian Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf. The “BREA-MFP” Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment-Marine Fish Project ” objective was to improve knowledge of the composition of fish communities and their habitats in offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf. As an important part of the fish habitat and diet, the epibenthos was sampled to characterize and improve the knowledge of epibenthic community structure (diversity and abundance) in these areas. The benthos is ideal as an ecological indicator index because organisms are sessile, highly diverse, and long-lived. Moreover, environmental factors such as organic matter content, benthic Chla, and sediment grain size are known to influence the benthic community composition. Collected data are used to establish baselines for epibenthic diversity, abundances, and community compositions, and for comparisons among regions (Beaufort Sea, Amundsen Gulf) and gradients (nearshore-offshore depth, East-West). Furthermore, the study highlighted new occurrences of species for the area indicating additional studies are needed to assess benthic biodiversity in this area. |
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de Montety, Laure Archambault, Philippe Majewski, Andrew R Grant, Cindy Reist, James D Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area |
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de Montety, Laure Archambault, Philippe Majewski, Andrew R Grant, Cindy Reist, James D |
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Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area |
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Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area |
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Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area |
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Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area |
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Characterization of epibenthic community structure in the Beaufort Sea area |
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characterization of epibenthic community structure in the beaufort sea area |
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