Observation of a living macroalga at 166 m in a high Arctic fjord
Still photos of the seafloor in Raudfjorden, Spitsbergen, recorded in 2011, showed an abundant macroalga at a depth of 166 m. The macroalga was observed attached to stones of varying size and streaming in the bottom current, which would imply that the alga was alive and growing in situ. The alga lik...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/fda925a4-6fe7-44ab-9906-ad4d20903e7c 2024-02-04T09:56:22+01:00 Observation of a living macroalga at 166 m in a high Arctic fjord Meyer, Kirstin S. Sweetman, Andrew K. 2015-04-08 https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/fda925a4-6fe7-44ab-9906-ad4d20903e7c https://doi.org/10.1017/S175526721500038X http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84993995818&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84993995818&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Meyer , K S & Sweetman , A K 2015 , ' Observation of a living macroalga at 166 m in a high Arctic fjord ' , Marine Biodiversity Records , vol. 8 , e58 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S175526721500038X arctic deep algae fjord image analysis Svalbard article 2015 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1017/S175526721500038X 2024-01-11T23:21:39Z Still photos of the seafloor in Raudfjorden, Spitsbergen, recorded in 2011, showed an abundant macroalga at a depth of 166 m. The macroalga was observed attached to stones of varying size and streaming in the bottom current, which would imply that the alga was alive and growing in situ. The alga likely experiences very low-light conditions, as it is present in a turbid fjord influenced by glacial sedimentation. Arctic macroalgae are often adapted to low-light conditions, but to the authors' knowledge, the present report is the deepest record of living macroalgae in the high Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Arctic Svalbard Raudfjorden ENVELOPE(12.079,12.079,79.775,79.775) Marine Biodiversity Records 8 |
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Still photos of the seafloor in Raudfjorden, Spitsbergen, recorded in 2011, showed an abundant macroalga at a depth of 166 m. The macroalga was observed attached to stones of varying size and streaming in the bottom current, which would imply that the alga was alive and growing in situ. The alga likely experiences very low-light conditions, as it is present in a turbid fjord influenced by glacial sedimentation. Arctic macroalgae are often adapted to low-light conditions, but to the authors' knowledge, the present report is the deepest record of living macroalgae in the high Arctic. |
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Observation of a living macroalga at 166 m in a high Arctic fjord |
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