Reduced efficiency of pelagic–benthic coupling in the Arctic deep sea during lower ice cover

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Zhulay, Irina, Iken, Katrin, Renaud, Paul Eric, Kosobokova, Ksenia, Bluhm, Bodil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Chukchi Borderland; Chukchi; ice algae; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/30126; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33854-0

Pelagic–benthic coupling describes the connection between surface-water production and seafloor habitats via energy, nutrient and mass exchange. Massive ice loss and warming in the poorly studied Arctic Chukchi Borderland are hypothesized to affect this coupling. The strength of pelagic–benthic coup...