Benthic Habitats Around Iceland Investigated During the IceAGE Expeditions
Abstract During the IceAGE ( Icelandic marine Animals – Genetics and Ecology ) expeditions in waters around Iceland and the Faroe Islands in 2011 and 2013, visual assessments of habitats and the study of surface sediment characteristics were undertaken in 119–2750 m water depth. Visual inspection wa...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/popore-2014-0016 2023-05-15T16:00:39+02:00 Benthic Habitats Around Iceland Investigated During the IceAGE Expeditions Meißner, Karin Brenke, Nils Svavarsson, Jörundur 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0016 https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/35/2/article-p177.xml https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2014.35.issue-2/popore-2014-0016/popore-2014-0016.pdf unknown Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND Polish Polar Research volume 35, issue 2, page 177-202 ISSN 2081-8262 Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2014 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0016 2022-04-14T05:00:58Z Abstract During the IceAGE ( Icelandic marine Animals – Genetics and Ecology ) expeditions in waters around Iceland and the Faroe Islands in 2011 and 2013, visual assessments of habitats and the study of surface sediment characteristics were undertaken in 119–2750 m water depth. Visual inspection was realized by means of an epibenthic sled equipped with a digital underwater video camcorder and a still camera. For determination of surface sediment characteristics a subsample of sediment from box corer samples or different grabs was collected and analyzed in the lab. Muddy bottoms predominated in the deep basins (Iceland Basin, Irminger Basin, deep Norwegian and Iceland Seas), while sand and gravel dominated on the shelves and the ridges, and in areas with high currents. Organic contents were highest in the deep Norwegian and Iceland Seas and in the Iceland Basin, and at these sites dense aggregations of mobile epibenthic organisms were observed. Large dropstones were abundant in the Iceland Sea near the shelf and in the Denmark Strait. The dropstones carried diverse, sessile epibenthic fauna, which may be underestimated using traditional sampling gear. The paper supplies new background information for studies based on IceAGE material, especially studies related to ecology and taxonomy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Denmark Strait Faroe Islands Iceland Polar Research De Gruyter (via Crossref) Faroe Islands Irminger Basin ENVELOPE(-36.000,-36.000,61.000,61.000) Polish Polar Research 35 2 177 202 |
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Abstract During the IceAGE ( Icelandic marine Animals – Genetics and Ecology ) expeditions in waters around Iceland and the Faroe Islands in 2011 and 2013, visual assessments of habitats and the study of surface sediment characteristics were undertaken in 119–2750 m water depth. Visual inspection was realized by means of an epibenthic sled equipped with a digital underwater video camcorder and a still camera. For determination of surface sediment characteristics a subsample of sediment from box corer samples or different grabs was collected and analyzed in the lab. Muddy bottoms predominated in the deep basins (Iceland Basin, Irminger Basin, deep Norwegian and Iceland Seas), while sand and gravel dominated on the shelves and the ridges, and in areas with high currents. Organic contents were highest in the deep Norwegian and Iceland Seas and in the Iceland Basin, and at these sites dense aggregations of mobile epibenthic organisms were observed. Large dropstones were abundant in the Iceland Sea near the shelf and in the Denmark Strait. The dropstones carried diverse, sessile epibenthic fauna, which may be underestimated using traditional sampling gear. The paper supplies new background information for studies based on IceAGE material, especially studies related to ecology and taxonomy. |
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Meißner, Karin Brenke, Nils Svavarsson, Jörundur |
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Benthic Habitats Around Iceland Investigated During the IceAGE Expeditions |
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Benthic Habitats Around Iceland Investigated During the IceAGE Expeditions |
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Benthic Habitats Around Iceland Investigated During the IceAGE Expeditions |
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Benthic Habitats Around Iceland Investigated During the IceAGE Expeditions |
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Benthic Habitats Around Iceland Investigated During the IceAGE Expeditions |
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benthic habitats around iceland investigated during the iceage expeditions |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0016 https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/35/2/article-p177.xml https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2014.35.issue-2/popore-2014-0016/popore-2014-0016.pdf |
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