Arctic kelp forest decline -- a consequence of melting glaciers?
Luisa Düsedau,
Stein Fredriksen,
Markus Brand
et al.
Abstract:The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard is a hotspot of global warming and
many fjords experience a continuous increase in seawater temperature and
glacial melt while sea-ice cover declines. In 1996/98 and 2012-14
macroalgal biomass and species diversity were quantified at the study
site Hansneset, Kongsfjorden (W-Spitsbergen) in order to identify
potential changes over time. In 2021, we repeated the earlier studies by
stratified random sampling (1x1 m2, n=3) along a sublittoral depth
transect (0, 2.5, 5, 10 and 15… Show more
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