Diversity, abundance and community structure of benthic macro- and megafauna on the Beaufort shelf and slope.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Jessica Nephin, S Kim Juniper, Philippe Archambault
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Beaufort Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101556; https://doaj.org/article/4d68a0a80c5249f0b76d73fe2306a6df

Diversity and community patterns of macro- and megafauna were compared on the Canadian Beaufort shelf and slope. Faunal sampling collected 247 taxa from 48 stations with box core and trawl gear over the summers of 2009-2011 between 50 and 1,000 m in depth. Of the 80 macrofaunal and 167 megafaunal ta...