Two contrasting production regimes drive benthic processes and biodiversity in the Filchner-Ronne Outflow System in the Southern Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Pineda Metz, Santiago, Gerdes, Dieter, Isla, Enrique, Piepenburg, Dieter
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Filchner Trough; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Western Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43408/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49872

The Filchner-Rønne Outflow System (FROS) in the southernmost Weddell Sea is unique, as sea ice persists longer there than in any other region in the Southern Ocean (SO), strongly determining the ecological processes in the water column and on the seabed. It consists of the deep Filchner Trough (>...