Traits and drivers: Functioning of macrobenthic communities across the deep Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean)

• Published in: Ecological Indicators
• Main Authors: Melissa Käß, Margarita Chikina, Andrey Vedenin, Santiago E.A. Pineda-Metz, Thomas Soltwedel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Biological trait analysis (BTA); Ecological function; Deep Sea; Macrofauna; Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER); HAUSGARTEN; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Molloy; Molloy Deep; Svalbard; Climate change; Fram Strait
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107324; https://doaj.org/article/fe0b59e65dd44b549cb272d7e486cc6f

Deep-sea regions provide vast ecosystem services such as biological habitat and nutrient cycling. Even though being threatened by climate change and facing possible biodiversity loss, these deep-sea ecosystems are poorly understood. So are macrobenthic communities and their functions within these ec...