Habitat characteristics and energy budget of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)

• Main Authors: Begum, Salma, Basova, Larisa, Heilmayer, Olaf, Philipp, Eva E R, Abele, Doris, Brey, Thomas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Kattegat; White Sea; Arctica islandica; Iceland; International Polar Year; Ocean quahog
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807346; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807346

We compared lifetime and population energy budgets of the extraordinary long-lived ocean quahog Arctica islandica from 6 different sites - the Norwegian coast, Kattegat, Kiel Bay, White Sea, German Bight, and off northeast Iceland - covering a temperature and salinity gradient of 4-10°C (annual mean...