"MARINE BIODIVERSITY UNDER CHANGE" Shallow winter and summer macrofauna in a high Arctic fjord (79°N, Spitsbergen)

• Main Authors: Monika Kędra, Joanna Legeżyńska, Wojciech Walkusz
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Kongsbreen; Ny-Ålesund; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Ny Ålesund; Phytoplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1050.6153; http://www.iopan.gda.pl/projects/MarineNight/Kedra_etal2011.pdf

Abstract Very little is known about benthic organisms surviving strategies in extreme winter conditions in polar areas. Most of the research conducted in Arctic has been carried out during the summer from depths available to research vessels. Our study is the first one conducted in winter within a h...