Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
Knowledge on the causes and consequences that structure benthic communities is essential to understand and conserve Arctic ecosystems. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the effects of abiotic and biotic factors on species interactions and community traits, i.e. diversity, struct...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:50092 2023-05-15T14:28:01+02:00 Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard Molis, Markus Beuchel, Frank Laudien, Jürgen Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria Buschbaum, Christian Hop, Haakon Wiencke, Christian 2019 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/50092/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.e6d75e30-5908-424d-a4ee-1f7b6152c8b1 unknown Springer International Publishing Molis, M. orcid:0000-0002-0194-5984 , Beuchel, F. , Laudien, J. orcid:0000-0003-2663-4821 , Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. and Buschbaum, C. orcid:0000-0002-0223-1916 (2019) Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard / H. Hop and C. Wiencke (editors) , In: The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Springer International Publishing, 59 p., ISBN: 978-3-319-46425-1 . doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46425-1_11 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46425-1_11> , hdl:10013/epic.e6d75e30-5908-424d-a4ee-1f7b6152c8b1 EPIC3The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Springer International Publishing, 59 p., pp. 423-481, ISBN: 978-3-319-46425-1 Inbook peerRev 2019 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46425-1_11 2021-12-24T15:44:53Z Knowledge on the causes and consequences that structure benthic communities is essential to understand and conserve Arctic ecosystems. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the effects of abiotic and biotic factors on species interactions and community traits, i.e. diversity, structure, and functioning of Arctic coastal hard- and soft-bottom habitats, with emphasis on Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Current evidence indicates that descriptive and mensurative studies on the distribution of species prevail and few studies allow inferences on the underlying processes generating observed patterns. Furthermore, Arctic hard- and soft-bottom communities show some fundamental differences in their ecology. The recovery in hard-bottom communities from disturbance, for instance, takes exceptionally long (i.e. > decadal) due to slow growth and/or sporadic recruitment, while it is considerably shorter in soft-bottom communities. Also, Arctic hard-bottom communities display strong competitive hierarchies that appear negligible in communities populating sedimentary shores. This review concludes with a suggestion to shift the focus in Arctic benthos research from pattern to processes and the identification of major research gaps. These include (i) the apparent demarcation of studies being devoted to either rocky or to sedimentary shores, which hamper studies on habitat connectivity, (ii) the lack of studies addressing the effects of pathogens and diseases on community ecology, and (iii) the incomplete assessment of potentially significant drivers of community ecology, such as trophic interactions, recruitment success, and competition. Book Part Arctic Arctic Kongsfjord* Kongsfjorden Svalbard Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Svalbard 423 481 |
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Knowledge on the causes and consequences that structure benthic communities is essential to understand and conserve Arctic ecosystems. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the effects of abiotic and biotic factors on species interactions and community traits, i.e. diversity, structure, and functioning of Arctic coastal hard- and soft-bottom habitats, with emphasis on Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Current evidence indicates that descriptive and mensurative studies on the distribution of species prevail and few studies allow inferences on the underlying processes generating observed patterns. Furthermore, Arctic hard- and soft-bottom communities show some fundamental differences in their ecology. The recovery in hard-bottom communities from disturbance, for instance, takes exceptionally long (i.e. > decadal) due to slow growth and/or sporadic recruitment, while it is considerably shorter in soft-bottom communities. Also, Arctic hard-bottom communities display strong competitive hierarchies that appear negligible in communities populating sedimentary shores. This review concludes with a suggestion to shift the focus in Arctic benthos research from pattern to processes and the identification of major research gaps. These include (i) the apparent demarcation of studies being devoted to either rocky or to sedimentary shores, which hamper studies on habitat connectivity, (ii) the lack of studies addressing the effects of pathogens and diseases on community ecology, and (iii) the incomplete assessment of potentially significant drivers of community ecology, such as trophic interactions, recruitment success, and competition. |
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Molis, Markus Beuchel, Frank Laudien, Jürgen Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria Buschbaum, Christian Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Molis, Markus Beuchel, Frank Laudien, Jürgen Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria Buschbaum, Christian |
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Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Ecological Drivers of and Responses by Arctic Benthic Communities, with an Emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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ecological drivers of and responses by arctic benthic communities, with an emphasis on kongsfjorden, svalbard |
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EPIC3The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Springer International Publishing, 59 p., pp. 423-481, ISBN: 978-3-319-46425-1 |
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