Environmental Change at Deep-Sea Sponge Habitats Over the Last Half Century: A Model Hindcast Study for the Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Annette Samuelsen, Corinna Schrum, Veli Çağlar Yumruktepe, Ute Daewel, Emyr Martyn Roberts
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: water masses; biogeochemistry; hydrography; ocean modeling; North Atlantic; decadal variability; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Reykjanes; Climate change; East Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.737164; https://doaj.org/article/fcf6079eb691473e9e975f42ea0618e7

Deep-sea sponges inhabit multiple areas of the deep North Atlantic at depths below 250 m. Living in the deep ocean, where environmental properties below the permanent thermocline generally change slowly, they may not easily acclimatize to abrupt changes in the environment. Until now consistent monit...