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dc.contributor.authorBluhm, Bodil
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Kristina
dc.contributor.authorRotermund, Lina
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, William
dc.contributor.authorDanielsen, Seth
dc.contributor.authorCarmack, Eddy C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-04T11:52:28Z
dc.date.available2022-08-04T11:52:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.description.abstractKelps play important roles in ecosystems as they provide structural habitat and protection, and supply food. Given these beneficial roles and observed increases in seaweed biomass and distribution ranges across the Arctic, mapping kelp occurrence around Arctic coasts is both timely and necessary for future conservation. Here, we fill spatial gaps in the knowledge of kelp distribution in the southern Northwest Passage, Canadian Arctic Archipelago; specifically, we report the occurrence of Laminaria solidungula, Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta from Victoria and Dease straits and Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region at depths mostly from 10 to 30 m (max. 40 m; upper extent vessel-limited). Kelp specimens were found at bottom water temperatures from sub-zero to 1 °C (surface-T to ~ 6 °C) and bottom water salinities of ~ 28 (surface-S < 20) in August–September. Kelp sites were characterized by both strong tidal currents (max. estimates from a tidal model 20–70 cm s−1 in center of passages) and hard substrates, interspersed with finer sediments. Co-occurring identifiable epibenthos was dominated by suspension-feeders preferring currents (sea cucumbers, soft corals, Hiatella clams), potential kelp consumers (sea urchins Strongylocentrotus sp., Margarites snails, limpets) and predatory invertebrates (sea stars, lyre crabs). At the same and some deeper nearby sites, loose kelp fragments were also found at the seabed, suggesting that kelps contribute to the regional detrital food web by supplying carbon to less productive sites. Kelps in the region may expand their ranges and/or growing season with reduced ice cover and warming, although constraints through local turbidity sources, extreme temperatures, low salinity and low nutrient concentrations are also recognized.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBluhm, Brown, Rotermund, Williams, Danielsen, Carmack. New distribution records of kelp in the Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Passage, Canada, fill a pan-Arctic gap. Polar Biology. 2022;45(4):719-736en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2027179
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00300-022-03007-6
dc.identifier.issn0722-4060
dc.identifier.issn1432-2056
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25953
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.journalPolar Biology
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleNew distribution records of kelp in the Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Passage, Canada, fill a pan-Arctic gapen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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