Plankton Distribution in the Barents Sea, July-August 1963

A total of 44 plankton samples was collected in the Barents Sea during a 1963 NAVOCEANO survey aboard USS TANNER (AGS 15). At least three groups of well-defined plankton associations in the Barents Sea are indicated from analysis of the samples. A new species of benthic mite, genus Copidognathus, wa...

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Main Author: Bruce, James A.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
*MARINE BIOLOGY
*PLANKTON
DISTRIBUTION
PROTOZOA
ARCTIC OCEAN
ANNELIDA
ARTHROPODA
MOLLUSCA
MITES
CLASSIFICATION
*BARENTS SEA
CHAETOGNATHA
CHORDATA
COELENTERATA
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Mite
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0860242
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Summary:A total of 44 plankton samples was collected in the Barents Sea during a 1963 NAVOCEANO survey aboard USS TANNER (AGS 15). At least three groups of well-defined plankton associations in the Barents Sea are indicated from analysis of the samples. A new species of benthic mite, genus Copidognathus, was discovered in the Barents Sea plankton samples. The name Copidognathus spenceri will be submitted for this species.

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