Colonisation of hard substrata along a channel system in the deep Greenland Sea
Colonisation of hard substrata along a channel system in the deep Greenland Sea
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格陵兰海深水道系统沿线硬质基质的殖民化
DOI:
10.1007/s00300-010-0825-9
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发表时间:
2010
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
T. Soltwedel
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作者:
Miriam Schulz;M. Bergmann;K. Juterzenka;T. Soltwedel
The colonisation of hard substrata (HS) by epibenthic megafauna was studied by photographic surveys along the Ardencaple Canyon in the deep western Greenland Sea in 2000. Seven transects at 2,700–3,200 m water depth showed generally low densities of dropstones, sunken wood, and other substrata including anthropogenic material (range: 2–11 HS km−1). Overall, 30 different taxa and morphotypes were found on or associated with HS. While the sea anemone Bathyphellia margaritacea and the pantopod Ascorhynchus abyssi dominated the fauna on the substrate surfaces, a ball-shaped morphotype of uncertain taxonomic origin characterised assemblages marginally associated with HS. Community analysis revealed differences in faunal patterns near the continental rise and towards the deep sea, but diversity and evenness did not differ significantly between the various regions. However, we conclude that dropstones and other hard substrata at the seafloor serve as colonisation islands and thereby generally increase small-scale habitat diversity in polar deep-sea environments.
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00359.x
发表时间:
2010-03-01
影响因子:
1.1
作者:
Buhl-Mortensen, Lene;Vanreusel, Ann;Raes, Maarten
通讯作者:
Raes, Maarten