T HE purpose of this paper is to report an unusual occurrence of a kelp bed in arctic Alaskan waters, to describe its composition and its associated fauna, including a fish new to the Arctic, and to point out the significance of the lack of extensive kelp beds in the Alaskan Arctic for the developme...

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Main Authors: John L. Mohrl, Norman J. Wilimovsky, E. Yale Dawson
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.504.8124
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic10-1-45.pdf
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Summary:T HE purpose of this paper is to report an unusual occurrence of a kelp bed in arctic Alaskan waters, to describe its composition and its associated fauna, including a fish new to the Arctic, and to point out the significance of the lack of extensive kelp beds in the Alaskan Arctic for the development of the fauna. The studies on which this paper is based were aided by a contract