Current state and trends in Canadian Arctic marine ecosystems: II. Heterotrophic food web, pelagic-benthic coupling, and biodiversity

• Main Authors: Gérald Darnis, Dominique Robert, Corinne Pomerleau, Heike Link, Philippe Archambault, R. Nelson, Maxime Geoffroy, Jean-Éric Tremblay, Connie Lovejoy, Steve Ferguson, Brian Hunt, Louis Fortier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Lancaster Sound; Pacific; Arctic marine mammals; Beluga; Beluga*; ice algae; International Polar Year; IPY; narwhal*; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Subarctic; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10584-012-0483-8

As part of the Canadian contribution to the International Polar Year (IPY), several major international research programs have focused on offshore arctic marine ecosystems. The general goal of these projects was to improve our understanding of how the response of arctic marine ecosystems to climate...