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The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea)
SIMPLE SUMMARY: The warming of Arctic regions has led to an increase in extended ice-free periods in the continental shelf of the northeastern Barents Sea. A study on the Makarov Strait in the southwestern part of the St. Anna Trough in autumn 2019 investigated the effect of this process on the stru...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10376377/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13142320 |
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author | Pavlova, Lyudmila V. Dvoretsky, Alexander G. Frolov, Alexander A. Zimina, Olga L. Evseeva, Olga Yu. Dikaeva, Dinara R. Rumyantseva, Zinaida Yu. Panteleeva, Ninel N. |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: The warming of Arctic regions has led to an increase in extended ice-free periods in the continental shelf of the northeastern Barents Sea. A study on the Makarov Strait in the southwestern part of the St. Anna Trough in autumn 2019 investigated the effect of this process on the structure and functioning of benthic communities. It was found that the biodiversity and structure of local macrozoobenthos were connected with the duration of ice-free periods because this variable influenced vertical carbon flux and was found to be the primary predictor for faunal abundance and diversity indices. Two faunal groups were identified, corresponding to short and long open-water periods. Our results may have important implications for the conservation and monitoring of this region. ABSTRACT: The continental shelf of the northeastern Barents Sea is presently experiencing a weak influx of Atlantic water from the west. In recent times, warming in Arctic regions has led to an increase in extended ice-free periods in this area, instead of significantly elevating water temperatures. The implications of this phenomenon on the structure and functioning of benthic communities were investigated during the autumn of 2019 within the Makarov Strait, located in the southwestern part of the St. Anna Trough. The macrozoobenthic communities exhibited a clear connection with the duration of ice-free periods. This variable influenced a vertical carbon flux, which subsequently served as the primary predictor for faunal abundance and diversity, as demonstrated by redundancy and correlation analyses. Two faunal groups were identified, corresponding to short and long open-water periods. Both groups had similar alpha diversity (65 ± 6 and 61 ± 9 species per station) and biomasses (39 ± 13 and 47 ± 13 g m(−2)) but displayed differing abundances (1140 ± 100 vs. 4070 ± 790 ind. m(−2)) and other diversity indices. We observed a decline in the proportion of polychaetes, accompanied by an increase in the proportion and diversity of bivalves, as well as a rise in the abundance of infaunal species, sub-surface deposit feeders, and mobile suspension feeders, in response to the increasing vertical carbon flux. The potential increase in anthropogenic pressures related to oil development in the northeastern Barents Sea highlights the importance of our study for conservation and monitoring efforts in the region. |
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spelling | pubmed-103763772023-07-29 The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea) Pavlova, Lyudmila V. Dvoretsky, Alexander G. Frolov, Alexander A. Zimina, Olga L. Evseeva, Olga Yu. Dikaeva, Dinara R. Rumyantseva, Zinaida Yu. Panteleeva, Ninel N. Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: The warming of Arctic regions has led to an increase in extended ice-free periods in the continental shelf of the northeastern Barents Sea. A study on the Makarov Strait in the southwestern part of the St. Anna Trough in autumn 2019 investigated the effect of this process on the structure and functioning of benthic communities. It was found that the biodiversity and structure of local macrozoobenthos were connected with the duration of ice-free periods because this variable influenced vertical carbon flux and was found to be the primary predictor for faunal abundance and diversity indices. Two faunal groups were identified, corresponding to short and long open-water periods. Our results may have important implications for the conservation and monitoring of this region. ABSTRACT: The continental shelf of the northeastern Barents Sea is presently experiencing a weak influx of Atlantic water from the west. In recent times, warming in Arctic regions has led to an increase in extended ice-free periods in this area, instead of significantly elevating water temperatures. The implications of this phenomenon on the structure and functioning of benthic communities were investigated during the autumn of 2019 within the Makarov Strait, located in the southwestern part of the St. Anna Trough. The macrozoobenthic communities exhibited a clear connection with the duration of ice-free periods. This variable influenced a vertical carbon flux, which subsequently served as the primary predictor for faunal abundance and diversity, as demonstrated by redundancy and correlation analyses. Two faunal groups were identified, corresponding to short and long open-water periods. Both groups had similar alpha diversity (65 ± 6 and 61 ± 9 species per station) and biomasses (39 ± 13 and 47 ± 13 g m(−2)) but displayed differing abundances (1140 ± 100 vs. 4070 ± 790 ind. m(−2)) and other diversity indices. We observed a decline in the proportion of polychaetes, accompanied by an increase in the proportion and diversity of bivalves, as well as a rise in the abundance of infaunal species, sub-surface deposit feeders, and mobile suspension feeders, in response to the increasing vertical carbon flux. The potential increase in anthropogenic pressures related to oil development in the northeastern Barents Sea highlights the importance of our study for conservation and monitoring efforts in the region. MDPI 2023-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10376377/ /pubmed/37508097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13142320 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pavlova, Lyudmila V. Dvoretsky, Alexander G. Frolov, Alexander A. Zimina, Olga L. Evseeva, Olga Yu. Dikaeva, Dinara R. Rumyantseva, Zinaida Yu. Panteleeva, Ninel N. The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea) |
title | The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea) |
title_full | The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea) |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea) |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea) |
title_short | The Impact of Sea Ice Loss on Benthic Communities of the Makarov Strait (Northeastern Barents Sea) |
title_sort | impact of sea ice loss on benthic communities of the makarov strait (northeastern barents sea) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10376377/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13142320 |
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