The malacostracan fauna of two Arctic fjords (west Spitsbergen): the diversity and distribution patterns of its pelagic and benthic components

This study examines the performance of pelagic and benthic Malacostraca in two glacial fjords of west Spitsbergen: Kongsfjorden, strongly influenced by warm Atlantic waters, and Hornsund which, because of the strong impact of the cold Sørkapp Current, has more of an Arctic character. The material wa...

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Main Authors: Joanna Legeżyńska, Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Marta Gluchowska, Mateusz Ormańczyk, Monika Kędra, Jan Marcin Węsławski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Oceanologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323417300180