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Arctic deep-sea benthos: biodiversity, biological traits, and food webs
Zhulay, Irina (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2022-06-24)Understanding Arctic deep-sea ecosystem structure and functioning is an urgent task because ongoing sea-ice reduction modifies and opens up these regions for resource exploitation. This thesis aims to increase knowledge on epibenthos in the Chukchi Borderland (deep Arctic Ocean). Paper I documents low epifaunal densities and biomass, a total of 152 taxa, and dominance of Echinodermata, Arthropoda ...