Seasonal variability of meio- and macrobenthic standing stocks and diversity in an Arctic fjord (Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Pawlowska, J., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria, Zajaczkowski, Marek, Nygård, Henrik Andreas, Berge, Jørgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2011
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488; Adventfjorden; Arctic; arctic marine biota; Phytoplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4001; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0940-7

Strong environmental seasonality is a basic feature of the Arctic system, still there are few published records of the seasonal variability of the Arctic marine biota. This study examined the year-round seasonal changes of soft bottom macro- and meiobenthic standing stocks and diversity on a station...