Friday, February 22, 2008

Just 1970

Just J. 1970. Amphipoda from Jørgen Brønlund fjord, north Greenland. Denmark, Kommissionen For Videnskabelige Undersøgelser I Grønland 184 (6): 39 pages.

This author describes the amphipods collected by two expeditions to north-east Greenland, including 28 species, one newly described. Many other species had not been previously reported from Greenland, or from north-east Greenland. Many specimens were collected from the stomach contents of Salvelinus alpinus, arctic char. Species identification is typically based on fine characteristics of the appendages, suggesting that even being consumed by a fish is not sufficient to immediately destroy an amphipod in some cases. Other specimens were collected from various depths, from 5 cm to deeper than 100 m in the fjord, using dredges and benthic grabs; one specimen was collected by hand from the shore.

I am unsure how to cite this work properly. It appears to be somewhere between a regular report (it has an apparent volume and issue number) and a monograph. I was able to check this out as a book from the University of Guelph library; I think I am the first person ever to do so, as I had to separate several pages that had not been properly separated when this work was printed and bound.

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