Seafloor warm water temperature anomalies impact benthic macrofauna communities of a high-Arctic cold-water fjord

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Jorda Molina, Eric, Renaud, Paul Eric, Silberberger, Marc J., Sen, Arunima, Bluhm, Bodil, Carroll, Michael Leslie, Ambrose, William, Cottier, Finlo Robert, Reiss, Henning
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Rijpfjorden; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Rijpfjord*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3085513; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106046

Amid the alarming atmospheric and oceanic warming rates taking place in the Arctic, western fjords around the Svalbard archipelago are experiencing an increased frequency of warm water intrusions in recent decades, causing ecological shifts in their ecosystems. However, hardly anything is known abou...