Environmental Change at Deep-Sea Sponge Habitats Over the Last Half Century: A Model Hindcast Study for the Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Samuelsen, Annette, Schrum, Corinna, Yumruktepe, Veli Caglar, Daewel, Ute, Roberts, Emyr Martyn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Reykjanes; Climate change; East Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2996498; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.737164

Deep-sea sponges inhabit multiple areas of the deep North Atlantic at depths below 250 m. Living in the deep ocean, where environmental properties below the permanent thermocline generally change slowly, they may not easily acclimatize to abrupt changes in the environment. Until now consistent monit...