Litter trends at three stations of the HAUSGARTEN observatory

• Main Authors: Parga Martínez, Karla B, Tekman, Mine Banu, Bergmann, Melanie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: Area; ARK-XVIII/1; ARK-XX/1; ARK-XXII/1c; ARK-XXIX/2.2; ARK-XXVI/2; ARK-XXVII/2; ARK-XXVIII/2; ARK-XXX/1.2; ARK-XXXI/2; Calculated; deep seafloor; Event label; Fauna interaction with litter; Hausgarten; HAUSGARTEN 2013; HG_IV; Image number/name; Interaction; megafauna; Interaction with litter; Actinia indeterminata; Actiniaria; Bathycrinus carpenterii; Bathyphellia margaritacea; Birsteiniamysis inermis; Bythocaris sp.; Caulophacus arcticus; Caulophacus debris; cf. Pachastrellidae; Cladorhiza gelida; Gersemia fruticosa; Holothuridae; Hormathiidae; Verum striolatum; Maria S. Merian; marine litter; Arctic; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.912471; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912471

The deep sea is considered a major sink for debris even in regions as secluded as the Arctic Ocean. Here, we assess the variability of litter over a latitudinal gradient at the HAUSGARTEN observatory by adding imagery from the southernmost station S3 to previously published data from the northernmos...