Beyond the tip of the seamount: Distinct megabenthic communities found beyond the charismatic summit sponge ground on an arctic seamount (Schulz Bank, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge)

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Meyer, Heidi Kristina, Davies, A.J., Roberts, Emyr Martyn, Xavier, Joana R., de Azevedo Ribeiro, Pedro Miguel, Glenner, Henrik, Birkely, sten richard, Rapp v/dødsbo, Hans Tore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Schulz Bank
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3048833; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103920

Our understanding of the benthic communities on arctic seamounts and descriptions of such communities in habitat classification systems are limited. In recent years, Schulz Bank (73°52′N 7°30′E), a seamount on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR), has become well studied but the work has primarily focu...