Under-ice observations by trawls and multi-frequency acoustics in the Central Arctic Ocean reveals abundance and composition of pelagic fauna

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Ingvaldsen, Randi B., Eriksen, Elena, Gjøsæter, Harald, Engås, Arill, Schuppe, Birte Katarina, Assmann, Karen M., Cannaby, Heather, Dalpadado, Padmini, Bluhm, Bodil A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
• Subjects: Article; Amundsen Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; amundsen basin; Boreogadus saida; Nansen Basin; Subarctic; Zooplankton; Copepods; ice covered waters
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9849409/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27957-x

The rapid ongoing changes in the Central Arctic Ocean call for baseline information on the pelagic fauna. However, sampling for motile organisms which easily escape vertically towed nets is challenging. Here, we report the species composition and catch weight of pelagic fishes and larger zooplankton...