The Distribution and Ecology of the Benthic Ostracoda from the Central Arctic Ocean.

From the top 3 cm of 64 central Arctic Ocean sediment cores, 33 samples have been found to contain ostracodes. The cores were taken from depths between 1351 and 3812 m. Of the remaining 31 barren cores, 29 were taken from depths exceeding 3600 m in the Canada Basin. All 19 ostracode species constitu...

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Main Author: Joy,James Anthony
Other Authors: WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*CRUSTACEA
*PALEONTOLOGY
TEMPERATURE
DISTRIBUTION
THESES
PRESSURE
TABLES(DATA)
MARINE BIOLOGY
OCEANS
SALINITY
FOOD
SEDIMENTS
ECOLOGY
AQUATIC ANIMALS
OCEANOGRAPHY
*Ostracoda
Fossils
*Paleoecology
Alpha Cordillera
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Chukchi Rise
Pacific
canada basin
Central Arctic
Chukchi
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA008548
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Summary:From the top 3 cm of 64 central Arctic Ocean sediment cores, 33 samples have been found to contain ostracodes. The cores were taken from depths between 1351 and 3812 m. Of the remaining 31 barren cores, 29 were taken from depths exceeding 3600 m in the Canada Basin. All 19 ostracode species constitute a bathyal fauna which extends to approximately 3000 m. The bathyal fauna is found along Alpha Cordillera and Chukchi Rise. Only Cytheropteron bronwynae n. sp. and Krithe bartonensis (Jones) occur below approximately 3000 m. These two species compose the abyssal fauna. The central Arctic ostracode faunas are more similar to the faunas of Scandinavia than to faunas of the northern Pacific.

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