Do benthic meiofaunal and macrofaunal communities respond to seasonality in pelagial processes in an Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen)?

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria, Górska, Barbara, Deja, Kajetan, Morata, Nathalie
• Other Authors: Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Akvaplan-Niva Tromsø, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), ANR-10-LABX-0019,LabexMER,LabexMER Marine Excellence Research: a changing ocean(2010), ANR-11-PDOC-0018,ECOTAB,Effet des changements climatiques sur le benthos en Arctique(2011)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: ACL; Arctic fjords; barents sea; biomass; diversity; dynamic sedimentary environments; food bank; glacial fjord; macrobenthic fauna; macrofauna; Meiofauna; organic-matter; polar night; river estuary adventfjorden; Seasonality; shelf; Svalbard; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Adventfjorden; Arctic; Barents Sea; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Polar Biology; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01483206; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1982-2

WOS:000390030500014 International audience This study explores whether the marked seasonality in pelagic productivity and phytodetritus fluxes to the sea bottom in an Arctic fjord is reflected in variability of benthic communities in terms of taxonomic composition and standing stocks. Three stations...