Mollusks in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Feder, Howard M., Foster, Nora R., Jewett, Stephen C., Weingartner, Thomas J., Baxter, Rae
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal food; Animal population; Bottom sediments; Chemical properties; Marine ecology; Mollusks; Oceanography; Polynyas; Predation; Salinity; Seals (Animals); Submarine topography; Walruses; Biomass; Chukchi Sea; Bering Shelf; Gravier; Le Plateau; Arctic; Chukchi; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64340

Infaunal and epifaunal mollusks of the northeastern Chukchi Sea were sampled and 139 molluscan taxa were identified. The pattern of spatial distribution of molluscan species was determined by cluster analysis, which resulted in six infaunal and five epifaunal station groups. Species characterizing v...