Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean)
The early life-history stages of deep-sea invertebrates are understudied, particularly in polar regions. It is especially difficult to estimate growth rates for species which may grow just millimeters per year and are, therefore, difficult to monitor in situ. A long-term (1999 – 2017) colonization e...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:46845 2024-09-15T17:50:16+00:00 Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) Meyer, Kirstin Bergmann, Melanie Soltwedel, Thomas 2018 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46845/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.9c9db251-5def-4e7e-a6b1-946e035d6330 unknown Meyer, K. , Bergmann, M. orcid:0000-0001-5212-9808 and Soltwedel, T. orcid:0000-0002-8214-5937 (2018) Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) , 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium . hdl:10013/epic.9c9db251-5def-4e7e-a6b1-946e035d6330 EPIC315th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium Conference notRev 2018 ftawi 2024-06-24T04:19:47Z The early life-history stages of deep-sea invertebrates are understudied, particularly in polar regions. It is especially difficult to estimate growth rates for species which may grow just millimeters per year and are, therefore, difficult to monitor in situ. A long-term (1999 – 2017) colonization experiment at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN in the Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean) provides valuable insights into the recruitment and growth of polar deep-sea invertebrates, and how these processes are influenced by environmental factors. After 18 years on the Svalbard continental slope (79⁰ N, 04° E, 2500 m water depth), panels were colonized by 13 metazoan species as well as calcareous and agglutinating foraminiferans. Significant differences in the community composition and abundance of recruits on panels made from different materials (i.e. stone, plastic), at different altitudes off bottom, and at different angles to the predominant bottom current reveal species-specific microhabitat preferences of the recruits. We calculated maximum growth rates for two common species, the crinoid Bathycrinus carpenterii and the sponge Cladorhiza gelida, and used these rates to calculate the ages for most recruits. In years with higher estimated recruitment, there was a predominantly westerly bottom current (average bearing 270 – 280⁰), which might indicate that a densely-populated rocky reef located at similar water depths to the east of the experimental site may have served as a source population. Conference Object Arctic Arctic Ocean Foraminifera* Fram Strait Svalbard Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) |
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The early life-history stages of deep-sea invertebrates are understudied, particularly in polar regions. It is especially difficult to estimate growth rates for species which may grow just millimeters per year and are, therefore, difficult to monitor in situ. A long-term (1999 – 2017) colonization experiment at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN in the Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean) provides valuable insights into the recruitment and growth of polar deep-sea invertebrates, and how these processes are influenced by environmental factors. After 18 years on the Svalbard continental slope (79⁰ N, 04° E, 2500 m water depth), panels were colonized by 13 metazoan species as well as calcareous and agglutinating foraminiferans. Significant differences in the community composition and abundance of recruits on panels made from different materials (i.e. stone, plastic), at different altitudes off bottom, and at different angles to the predominant bottom current reveal species-specific microhabitat preferences of the recruits. We calculated maximum growth rates for two common species, the crinoid Bathycrinus carpenterii and the sponge Cladorhiza gelida, and used these rates to calculate the ages for most recruits. In years with higher estimated recruitment, there was a predominantly westerly bottom current (average bearing 270 – 280⁰), which might indicate that a densely-populated rocky reef located at similar water depths to the east of the experimental site may have served as a source population. |
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Meyer, Kirstin Bergmann, Melanie Soltwedel, Thomas Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) |
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Meyer, Kirstin Bergmann, Melanie Soltwedel, Thomas |
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Meyer, Kirstin |
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Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) |
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Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) |
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Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) |
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Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) |
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Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) |
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recruitment and growth of arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the hausgarten observatory (fram strait, arctic ocean) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Foraminifera* Fram Strait Svalbard |
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Meyer, K. , Bergmann, M. orcid:0000-0001-5212-9808 and Soltwedel, T. orcid:0000-0002-8214-5937 (2018) Recruitment and growth of Arctic deep-sea invertebrates in a long-term (18-year) colonization experiment at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) , 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium . hdl:10013/epic.9c9db251-5def-4e7e-a6b1-946e035d6330 |
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