Combining data from different sampling methods to study the development of an alien crab Chionoecetes opilio invasion in the remote and pristine Arctic Kara Sea

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Zalota, Anna K., Zimina, Olga L., Spiridonov, Vassily A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019
• Subjects: Ecology; Arctic; Barents Sea; Kara Sea; Yamal Peninsula; Chionoecetes opilio; Novaya Zemlya; Snow crab
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6842564/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31720105; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7952

Data obtained using three different types of sampling gear is compared and combined to assess the size composition and density of a non-indigenous snow crab population Chionoecetes opilio in the previously free of alien species Kara Sea benthos. The Sigsbee trawl has small mesh and catches even rece...