New distribution records of kelp in the Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Passage, Canada, fill a pan-Arctic gap

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bluhm, Bodil, Brown, Kristina, Rotermund, Lina, Williams, William, Danielsen, Seth, Carmack, Eddy C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Bathurst Inlet; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Northwest Passage; Arctic Archipelago; Kitikmeot; Northwest passage; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25953; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03007-6

Kelps play important roles in ecosystems as they provide structural habitat and protection, and supply food. Given these beneficial roles and observed increases in seaweed biomass and distribution ranges across the Arctic, mapping kelp occurrence around Arctic coasts is both timely and necessary for...