The role of substrate attributes as a driver for benthic epifaunal communities investigated applying OBIA techniques and image analysis on the Norskebanken cold seep site (Arctic Ocean)

• Main Authors: Hemmateenejad, Fereshteh, Fallati, Luca, Panieri, Giuliana, Ribeiro, Pedro A., Fusca, Chiara, Ferré, Benedicte, Savini, Alessandra
• Other Authors: Hemmateenejad, F, Fallati, L, Panieri, G, Ribeiro, P, Fusca, C, Ferré, B, Savini, A
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Cold seep; Photogrammetry; Image analysis; Habitat characterisation; Seafloor substrate; Geomorphological mapping; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Norskebanken
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10281/497559; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-911

Cold seeps are hotspots of biodiversity and can deeply impact the local sediment geochemistry in marine environments (e.g., promoting the formation of authigenic carbonate crusts) throughout all the oceans. Natural gas seepage can lead to changes in sediment properties and nutrient cycling supportin...