Epibenthic diversity and productivity on a heavily trawled Barents Sea bank (Tromsøflaket)

• Published in: Oceanologia
• Main Authors: Monika Kędra, Paul E. Renaud, Hector Andrade
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Epibenthos; Benthic secondary production; Shallow banks; Trawling impacts; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Barents Sea; Tromsøflaket
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2016.12.001; https://doaj.org/article/3ce3ba91e05d444aa9f57f21985e65e1

Shallow Arctic banks have been observed to harbour rich communities of epifaunal organisms, but have not been well-studied with respect to composition or function due to sampling challenges. In order to determine how these banks function in the Barents Sea ecosystem, we used a combination of video a...