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Main Title An annotated checklist of the marine macroinvertebrates of Alaska /
Author Drumm, David T.
Other Authors
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Maslenikov, Katherine P.,
Van Syoc, Robert,
Orr, James W.,
Lauth, Robert Russell,
Stevenson, Duane E.,
Pietsch, Theodore W.,
Publisher United States Deaprtment of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service,
Year Published 2016
OCLC Number 978252439
Subjects Marine invertebrates--Alaska ; Sponges--Alaska ; Marine animals--Alaska
Internet Access
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http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ProfPaper19.pdf
ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/noaa_documents.lib/NMFS/PP_NMFS/PP_NMFS_19.pdf
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ELBM  QL365.4.U6D78 2016 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 09/12/2017
Collation xiv, 289 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
"November 2016." Print format not distributed to depository libraries. Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-289). This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license. The University of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
Contents Notes
A current and comprehensive species list of marine invertebrates of Alaska is essential for effective management of living marine resources, sustainable fisheries, conservation of vulnerable ecosystems, and advancement of our knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem function. Furthermore, the most current checklist available to resource managers and scientists is quite dated and limited in that it only includes the marine invertebrates of the southern coast of Alaska to California. Since that checklist was published, many new species have been described, many range extensions have been discovered, and considerable changes in higher-level systematics have been made. The checklist that we have compiled lists 3708 species and presents for each species the currently accepted scientific name and its significant synonyms, common names, type localities, geographic and depth distributions, a general statement of abundance in Alaska when known (e.g., rare, uncommon, common, abundant), and general remarks. It includes species recorded in the marine waters of Alaska from the intertidal zone, continental shelf, and upper continental slope to abyssal depths, from the Beaufort Sea at the Arctic border with Yukon, Canada; the eastern Chukchi Sea, the eastern Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands to the western border with Russia; and the Gulf of Alaska to Dixon Entrance at the southern border with British Columbia. Sound and reliable taxonomic identifications are necessary to monitor and predict changes in the distribution and abundance of marine species. The current status and future direction of the study of Alaskan marine invertebrate biodiversity are briefly discussed.