Baffin Island Fjord Macrobenthos: Bottom Communities and Environmental Significance

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Syvitski, James P.M., Farrow, George E., Atkinson, R.J.A., Moore, P.G., Andrews, J.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Benthos; Bottom sediments; Fjords; Lamellibranchiata; Palaeoecology; Quaternary period; Sea level; Sedimentation; Baffin Island waters; Nunavut; Arctic; Baffin Island; Cambridge Fiord; Sunneshine Fiord; Arctique*; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64716

Cluster analysis of the benthos from ten Baffin Island fjords defines six faunal associations. The macrotidal Sunneshine Fiord has a shallow kelp-related Isopod Association. Cambridge Fiord supports a shallow Onuphid Association controlled by gravel from dropstones. A widespread Portlandia Associati...