Towards a pan-Arctic inventory of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenthic fauna of the Arctic shelf seas
Although knowledge of Arctic seas has increased tremendously in the past decade, benthic diversity was investigated at regional scales only, and no attempt had been made to examine it across the entire Arctic. We present a first pan-Arctic account of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenth...
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ftunivquebecchic:oai:constellation.uqac.ca:3361 2023-05-15T14:01:26+02:00 Towards a pan-Arctic inventory of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenthic fauna of the Arctic shelf seas Piepenburg, Dieter Archambault, Philippe Ambrose, William G. Blanchard, Arny L. Bluhm, Bodil A. Carroll, Michael L. Conlan, Kathleen E. Cusson, Mathieu Feder, Howard M. Grebmeier, Jacqueline M. Jewett, Stephen C. Lévesque, Mélanie Petryashev, Victor V. Sejr, Mikael K. Sirenko, Boris I. Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria 2011 application/pdf https://constellation.uqac.ca/3361/1/Piepenburg_et_al_MarineBiod2011.pdf en eng https://constellation.uqac.ca/3361/ http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/s12526-010-0059-7 doi:10.1007/s12526-010-0059-7 https://constellation.uqac.ca/3361/1/Piepenburg_et_al_MarineBiod2011.pdf Piepenburg Dieter, Archambault Philippe, Ambrose William G., Blanchard Arny L., Bluhm Bodil A., Carroll Michael L., Conlan Kathleen E., Cusson Mathieu, Feder Howard M., Grebmeier Jacqueline M., Jewett Stephen C., Lévesque Mélanie, Petryashev Victor V., Sejr Mikael K., Sirenko Boris I. et Włodarska-Kowalczuk Maria. (2011). Towards a pan-Arctic inventory of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenthic fauna of the Arctic shelf seas. Marine Biodiversity, 41, (1), p. 51-70. Océanographie Biologie et autres sciences connexes Article publié dans une revue avec comité d'évaluation PeerReviewed 2011 ftunivquebecchic https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0059-7 2021-03-08T12:02:40Z Although knowledge of Arctic seas has increased tremendously in the past decade, benthic diversity was investigated at regional scales only, and no attempt had been made to examine it across the entire Arctic. We present a first pan-Arctic account of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenthic fauna of the Arctic marginal shelf seas. It is based on an analysis of 25 published and unpublished species-level data sets, together encompassing 14 of the 19 marine Arctic shelf ecoregions and comprising a total of 2636 species, including 847 Arthropoda, 668 Annelida, 392 Mollusca, 228 Echinodermata, and 501 species of other phyla. For the four major phyla, we also analyze the differences in faunal composition and diversity among the ecoregions. Furthermore, we compute gross estimates of the expected species numbers of these phyla on a regional scale. Extrapolated to the entire fauna and study area, we arrive at the conservative estimate that 3900 to 4700 macro- and megabenthic species can be expected to occur on the Arctic shelves. These numbers are smaller than analogous estimates for the Antarctic shelf but the difference is on the order of about two and thus less pronounced than previously assumed. On a global scale, the Arctic shelves are characterized by intermediate macro- and megabenthic species numbers. Our preliminary pan-Arctic inventory provides an urgently needed assessment of current diversity patterns that can be used by future investigations for evaluating the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities in the Arctic. Text Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Arctic Climate change Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC): Constellation Antarctic Arctic The Antarctic Marine Biodiversity 41 1 51 70 |
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Although knowledge of Arctic seas has increased tremendously in the past decade, benthic diversity was investigated at regional scales only, and no attempt had been made to examine it across the entire Arctic. We present a first pan-Arctic account of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenthic fauna of the Arctic marginal shelf seas. It is based on an analysis of 25 published and unpublished species-level data sets, together encompassing 14 of the 19 marine Arctic shelf ecoregions and comprising a total of 2636 species, including 847 Arthropoda, 668 Annelida, 392 Mollusca, 228 Echinodermata, and 501 species of other phyla. For the four major phyla, we also analyze the differences in faunal composition and diversity among the ecoregions. Furthermore, we compute gross estimates of the expected species numbers of these phyla on a regional scale. Extrapolated to the entire fauna and study area, we arrive at the conservative estimate that 3900 to 4700 macro- and megabenthic species can be expected to occur on the Arctic shelves. These numbers are smaller than analogous estimates for the Antarctic shelf but the difference is on the order of about two and thus less pronounced than previously assumed. On a global scale, the Arctic shelves are characterized by intermediate macro- and megabenthic species numbers. Our preliminary pan-Arctic inventory provides an urgently needed assessment of current diversity patterns that can be used by future investigations for evaluating the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities in the Arctic. |
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Piepenburg, Dieter Archambault, Philippe Ambrose, William G. Blanchard, Arny L. Bluhm, Bodil A. Carroll, Michael L. Conlan, Kathleen E. Cusson, Mathieu Feder, Howard M. Grebmeier, Jacqueline M. Jewett, Stephen C. Lévesque, Mélanie Petryashev, Victor V. Sejr, Mikael K. Sirenko, Boris I. Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria |
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Towards a pan-Arctic inventory of the species diversity of the macro- and megabenthic fauna of the Arctic shelf seas |
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