Soft bottom macrofauna of an All Taxa Biodiversity Site: Hornsund (77○N, Svalbard)

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Kędra, Monika, Gromisz, Sławomira, Jaskuła, Radomir, Legeżyńska, Joanna, Maciejewska, Barbara, Malec, Edyta, Opanowski, Artur, Ostrowska, Karolina, Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria, Węsławski, Jan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2010
• Subjects: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Hornsund; Svalbard; Van Veen; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183-010-0008-y; https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/31/4/article-p309.xml; https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2010.31.issue-4/v10183-010-0008-y/v10183-010-0008-y.pdf

Soft bottom macrofauna of an All Taxa Biodiversity Site: Hornsund (77○N, Svalbard) Hornsund, an Arctic fjord in the west coast of Spitsbergen (Svalbard), was selected as All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) site under EU 5th Framework Concerted Action BIOMARE (2000-2002), especially due to its pristine, undisturbed natural character. On the base of large material (89 stations located throughout the fjord and 129 Van Veen grab samples) collected during cruises of RV Oceania in July in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007 and literature search a comprehensive list of species recorded within Hornsund area, on the soft bottom with depth range of 30-250 m is provided. Over 220 species were identified including 93 species of Polychaeta, 62 species of Mollusca and 58 species of Crustacea. Species list is supported by information on the zoogeographical status, body length and biological traits of dominant species. Need for further research on Hornsund soft bottom fauna with more sampling effort is highlighted.