Sponges from the 2010-2014 Paamiut Multispecies Trawl Surveys, Eastern Arctic and Subarctic: Class Demospongiae, Subclass Heteroscleromorpha, Order Poecilosclerida, Families Microcionidae, Acarnidae and Esperiopsidae

• Main Authors: Bouchard Marmen, Mariève, Tompkins, Gabrielle, Harrington, Nicole, Savard-Drouin, Alexis, Wells, Molly, Baker, Emily, Odenthal, Brighid, Walkusz, Wojciech, Siferd, Tim, Kenchington, Ellen
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Trawl survey; Demospongiae; Taxonomy; European Union; Horizon 2020; Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: An integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation; SponGES; Grant Agreement No 679849; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Canada; Détroit de Davis; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Paamiut; Baffin; Davis Strait; North Atlantic; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3831235; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831235

ABSTRACT. Sponges (phylum Porifera) are benthic filter feeding animals that play an important role in nutrient cycling and habitat provision in the deep sea. Sponges collected between 2010 and 2014 during annual multispecies trawl surveys conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Baffin Bay, Davis...