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Figure 6-4.— Composite of Areas of Abundance for Selected Invertebrates Superimposed With 



Known Areas of Higfi Mineral Potential 



Known Potential 

 Gold Q) 1 



Platinum © 2 



Other places @ 3 



Composite of Areas of Abundance for Selected Benthic Invertebrates 



Number of Species 



H-1; ^-2,3; ED - 4,5; ■-6,7,8 



NOTES: Map constructed by combining areas of abundance (i.e., major aduit areas and major adult concentrations) from maps of species indicated. Boundaries tiave 

 been smoothed. Areas depict the number of individual species with relatively high abundance; they do not necessarily reflect the distribution of total biomass. 



Species included; Small Crangonid Shrimp (Crangon communis, C. dallf), Large crangonid shrimp (Argis dentata, Sclerocrangon 

 boreas). Northern Pink Shrimp, Korean Hair Crab, Red King Crab, Golden King Crab, Blue King Crab, Bairdi Tanner Crab, Opilio 

 Tanner Crab, Chalky Macoma, Greenland Cockle, Iceland Cockle. 



SOURCE: strategic Assessment Branch, NOAA. 



compiling databases on coastal areas and the Ex- 

 clusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (see Ch. 7 for more 

 information on this program). These data are be- 

 ing used to develop a series of atlases and can be 



used to identify potential conflicts among the mul- 

 tiple uses of resources with given offshore areas (see 

 figures 6-3 and 6-4). 



