Biogeography, diversity and environmental relationships of shelf and deep-sea benthic Amphipoda around Iceland.

ABSTRACT: The waters around Iceland, bounding the Northern North Atlantic and the Nordic seas, are a region characterized by complex hydrography and seabed topography. This and the presence of the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe-Scotland ridge (GIFR) are likely to have a major impact on the diversity and distribution of the benthic fauna there. Biodiversity in this region is also under increasing threat from climate-induced changes, ocean warming and acidification in particular, affecting the marine realm. The aim of the present study was to investigate the biodiversity and distributional patterns of amphipod crustaceans in Icelandic waters and how it relates to environmental variables and depth. A comprehensive data set from the literature and recent expeditions was compiled constituting distributional rec

SUBMITTER: Lorz AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364320 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature