Cold-seep benthic communities in the Arctic exist at the nexus of two extreme environments;
one reflecting the harsh physical extremes of the Arctic environment and another reflecting …

In the Russian Arctic seas and adjacent areas of the Arctic basin, 120 sites of siboglinid
records are currently known. Individuals belonging to 15 species have been collected. The …

With increasing socio-economic importance of the rare earth elements and yttrium (REY),
Norway has laid out plans for REY mining, from land-based to deep-sea mining, thereby …

Background Methane seeps support unique benthic ecosystems in the deep sea existing
due to chemosynthetic organic matter. In contrast, in shallow waters there is little or no effect …

Quantitative camera surveys of benthic megafauna were carried out during the expedition
ARK-XXVII/3 to the Eastern Central Arctic Basins with the research icebreaker Polarstern in …

Chorological structure of ichthyofauna of the Arctic Region is described. Distribution patterns
of 504 fish-like vertebrates and fish species are characterized. One hundred and eighty-nine …

Permanent sea-ice cover and low primary productivity in the mostly ice-covered Central
Arctic ocean basins result in significantly lower biomass and density of macrobenthos in the …

This unique group of authors from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St.
Petersburg, Russia, have all achieved individual doctoral theses on various aspects of Arctic …

Epifaunal communities from the poorly studied Arctic deep sea of the Chukchi Borderland
region were investigated to:(1) determine differences in community structure among ridges …

Vertical distribution of macrobenthos in sediments remains poorly studied; data from higher
latitudes are especially scarce. At the same time, it is believed to contain important …