Epibenthic and Demersal Fish Community Structure and the Effects of Environmental Conditions in the Sub-Arctic Fjords Vengsøyfjorden and Kaldfjorden

• Main Author: Dugan, Susan Frances
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; BIO-3950; Arctic; Norway; Vengsøyfjorden; Climate change; Kaldfjord*; Northern Norway; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19111

Epifauna are organisms that live on, or close to, the sediment surface and commonly consist of taxa such as sea anemones, sea/brittle stars, and crustaceans. These communities have an important role in redistributing and remineralizing marine organic matter, and as prey for commercially important sh...