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Distribution and diversity of sipunculan fauna in high Arctic fjords (west Svalbard)
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Citation_Information: Originator: Monica Kedra Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Distribution and diversity of sipunculan fauna in high Arctic fjords (west Svalbard) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Polar biology Issue_Identification: 31:1181-1190 https://doi.org/10.15468/rjjvjn

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Dataset of sipunculan abundance of 5 species found during ten cruises from 1997 to 2006 in the Barents Sea. more

This dataset comprises 199 records of sipunculan abundance representing 5 species found in the Barents Sea. During this study sipunculan species distribution patterns in four fjords of west Spitsbergen (Kongsfjorden, Hornsund, Isfjorden and van Mijenfjorden) were examined. Material was collected during ten cruises undertaken from 1997 to 2006. A total of 381 samples were taken at 132 stations located in the four fjords and, a total number of 920 sipunculans specimens were found in 114 of those samples. The highest sipunculan species richness was observed in Hornsund (six species), followed by Kongsfjorden and Isfjorden (five species in each fjord). Sipunculan fauna in all fjords was strongly dominated by Golfingia vulgaris (80% of all sipunculan individuals in Kongsfjorden), and Golfingia margaritacea (84% in van Mijenfjorden and 40% in Hornsund) or Nephasoma diaphanes (54% in Isfjorden). Locally, sipunculans were found in high densities (max. 62 ind. 0.1 m¡2 and up to 11% of macrobenthic densities) and biomass (max. 110.87 g 0.1 m¡2 and up to 80% of total fauna biomass).

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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2012-12-12
Information last updated: 2012-12-12
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