Density and distribution of megafauna at the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (the Barents Sea) based on image analysis

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: E. Rybakova (Goroslavskaya), S. Galkin, M. Bergmann, T. Soltwedel, A. Gebruk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Barents Sea; Bear Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3359-2013; https://doaj.org/article/1d6bc3e1be914ea3aa87d6bbde718ead

During a survey of the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (HMMV), located on the Bear Island fan in the southwest Barents Sea at ∼1250 m water depth, different habitats inside the volcano caldera and outside it were photographed using a towed camera platform, an Ocean Floor Observation System (OFOS). Three tra...