Diversity, Abundance and Community Structure of Benthic Macro- and Megafauna on the Beaufort Shelf and Slope

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Nephin, Jessica, Juniper, S. Kim, Archambault, Philippe
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Beaufort Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4090152; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25007347; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101556

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...