The malacostracan fauna of two Arctic fjords (west Spitsbergen): the diversity and distribution patterns of its pelagic and benthic components

• Published in: Oceanologia
• Main Authors: Joanna Legeżyńska, Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Marta Gluchowska, Mateusz Ormańczyk, Monika Kędra, Jan Marcin Węsławski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Malacostraca; Arctic; Svalbard; Diversity; Distribution; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Hornsund; glacier; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Themisto abyssorum; Themisto; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2017.01.004; https://doaj.org/article/ddafe16f65414c02944e976aceb050b9

This study examines the performance of pelagic and benthic Malacostraca in two glacial fjords of west Spitsbergen: Kongsfjorden, strongly influenced by warm Atlantic waters, and Hornsund which, because of the strong impact of the cold Sørkapp Current, has more of an Arctic character. The material wa...