Combining data from different sampling methods to study the development of an alien crab Chionoecetes opilioinvasion in the remote and pristine Arctic Kara Sea

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Zalota, Anna K., Zimina, Olga L., Spiridonov, Vassily A.
• Other Authors: Russian Foundation for Basic Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Kara Sea; Yamal Peninsula; Chionoecetes opilio; Novaya Zemlya; Snow crab
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7952; https://peerj.com/articles/7952.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/7952.xml; https://peerj.com/articles/7952.html

Data obtained using three different types of sampling gear is compared and combined to assess the size composition and density of a non-indigenous snow crab population Chionoecetes opilio in the previously free of alien species Kara Sea benthos. The Sigsbee trawl has small mesh and catches even rece...