Functional Pattern of Benthic Epifauna in the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic Deep Sea

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Irina Zhulay, Bodil A. Bluhm, Paul E. Renaud, Renate Degen, Katrin Iken
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: Arctic deep sea; benthic epifauna; biological trait analysis; functional composition; ROV; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Chukchi Borderland; Chukchi; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.609956; https://doaj.org/article/eef8a865da27493583885bddfb66cec5

Assessment of Arctic deep-sea ecosystem functioning is currently an urgent task considering that ongoing sea-ice reduction opens opportunities for resource exploitation of yet understudied deep-sea regions. We used Biological Trait Analysis to evaluate ecosystem functioning and test if common paradi...