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

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Jordà-Molina, Èric, Renaud, Paul e., Silberberger, Marc j., Sen, Arunima, Bluhm, Bodil a., Carroll, Michael l., Ambrose, William g., Cottier, Finlo, Reiss, Henning
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Benthic communities; Marine Heatwaves (MHWs); Fjord; Coastal Environment; Community change; Time series; Ecosystem disturbance; Rijpfjorden; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Rijpfjord*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/9e443de4-8381-4840-9fd5-bf63e13c7e75; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106046; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/41706409/1_s2.0_S0141113623001745_main.pdf; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0141113623001745

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...