Functional Pattern of Benthic Epifauna in the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic Deep Sea

Assessment of Arctic deep-sea ecosystem functioning is currently an urgent task considering that ongoing sea-ice reduction opens opportunities for resource exploitation of yet understudied deep-sea regions. We used Biological Trait Analysis to evaluate ecosystem functioning and test if common paradi...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Irina Zhulay, Bodil A. Bluhm, Paul E. Renaud, Renate Degen, Katrin Iken
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Subjects:	Arctic deep sea benthic epifauna biological trait analysis functional composition ROV
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.609956/full