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Biodiversity in the American Arctic Ken Dunton and Susan Schonberg University of Texas Marine Science Institute

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Biodiversity in the American Arctic. Ken Dunton and Susan Schonberg University of Texas Marine Science Institute. Boulder Patch 1986 H’ = 2.5. Beaufort Sea. Chukchi Sea. Colville River. Alaska. Yukon River. Shannon Index H’. Bering Sea. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Biodiversity in the American Arctic

Biodiversity in the American ArcticBiodiversity in the American Arctic

Ken Dunton and Susan SchonbergUniversity of Texas Marine Science Institute

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Alaska

Chukchi Sea

Beaufort Sea

Bering Sea Shannon Index H’

Colville River

Yukon River

Boulder Patch1986 H’ = 2.5

Data were collected by A.C. Broad (OCSEAP) 1975-1980

Shannon H’ Values for the Alaskan Nearshore

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Alaska

Chukchi Sea

Beaufort Sea

Bering SeaShannon Index H’

Colville River

Yukon River Alaska

Beaufort Sea

Chukchi Sea

Bering Sea

Biomass g m-2

Data were collected by A.C. Broad (OCSEAP) 1975-1980

Relationship Between Species Diversity & Biomass

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Stefansson Sound Boulder Patch

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158 Taxa Have Been Identified from the Boulder Patch