Impact of early food input on the Arctic benthos activities during the polar night

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Morata, Nathalie, Michaud, Emma, Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria
• Other Authors: Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences = Académie polonaise des sciences (PAN), ANR-11-PDOC-0018,ECOTAB,Effet des changements climatiques sur le benthos en Arctique(2011)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: ACL; Svalbard; Pelagic-benthic coupling; Bioturbation; Biogeochemical fluxes; Feeding experiment; Ecosystem functioning; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Arctic; Rijpfjorden; Climate change; Phytoplankton; Polar Biology; polar night; Rijpfjord*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02558581; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1414-5

In Arctic areas where benthic primary production does not occur or is not sufficient, the benthos depends on episodic events of food inputs from overlying waters, in particular spring ice algal and phytoplankton blooms. Climate change is expected to lead to earlier ice melts and subsequently to earl...