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The composition and distribution of benthic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in the southern Barents Sea

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The composition and distribution of near-bottom amphipods in the southern part of the central Barents Sea were studied based on quantitative materials collected by expeditions of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute in 1996–1997. A total of 144 amphipod species (on average 13 ± 1 species per station) were found; the average biomass was 0.49 ± 0.07 g/m2, average abundance 106 ± 15 specimens/m2. Boreal-Arctic (46%), Arctic (17%), and boreal (21%) species were predominant among the amphipod fauna. The present results were compared with the data for 1968–1970.

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Lyubina, O.S., Bryazgin, V.F. & Raznovskaya, S.V. The composition and distribution of benthic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in the southern Barents Sea. Russ J Mar Biol 40, 241–254 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074014040063

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