Large-scale variation in macrofaunal communities along the eastern Nordic Seas continental margin:a comparison of four stations with contrasting food supply.

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Shields, Mark A, Hughes, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STEREOBALANUS-CANADENSIS SPENGEL; FRAM STRAIT; NE-ATLANTIC; NORWEGIAN SEA; LONG-TERM CHANGE; BENTHIC COMMUNITY; DEEP-SEA; Oceanography; NORTH-CAROLINA; STANDING STOCK; Bear Island; Norwegian Sea; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Fram Strait; Nordic Seas; Svalbard margin; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/d75a1879-2f4d-4d56-b04a-788da524085b; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.05.001

A hypothesis-driven approach was used to examine the relative importance of pelagic and advective organic flux as drivers of macrofaunal community structure at mid-slope (900-1400 m) depths along the eastern Nordic Seas margin. Ice-free stations were sampled on the Voting Plateau (VP, mainly pelagic...