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dc.contributor.authorKokarev, Valentin
dc.contributor.authorTachon, Mathieu
dc.contributor.authorAustad, Marthe
dc.contributor.authorMcgovern, Maeve
dc.contributor.authorReiss, Henning
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-04T06:14:32Z
dc.date.available2021-08-04T06:14:32Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-16
dc.description.abstractFjords play an important role in carbon cycling and sequestration, but the burial of organic matter in sediments strongly depends on the composition of macrobenthic communities. We studied three deep, sub-Arctic fjords located in northern Norway to assess the community differentiation of neighbouring fjords and the underlying environmental drivers. The fjords have relatively deep depositional basins (370–570 m), but they differ in sill depth and water exchange. In all fjords studied, the silty sediments were characterised by organic matter of mostly marine origin. We found that each basin was inhabited by a distinct benthic community, with pronounced differences in total abundance, biomass and species diversity. Only in one fjord (Skjerstadfjord), with a shallow sill, a slight mouth-to-head pattern of the community was found. The strong differentiation of macrobenthos among different fjords seems not to be directly associated with environmental drivers such as organic matter input, water masses or depth.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKokarev VN, Tachon M, Austad, Mcgovern M, Reiss H. Strong macrobenthic community differentiation among sub-Arctic deep fjords on small spatial scales. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2021;252en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1906887
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107271
dc.identifier.issn0272-7714
dc.identifier.issn1096-0015
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/21904
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497en_US
dc.titleStrong macrobenthic community differentiation among sub-Arctic deep fjords on small spatial scalesen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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