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TI Meiofauna in the southeastern Bering Sea: community composition and structuring environmental factors
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AF TACHIBANA, Kazuki
   SHIMANAGA, Motohiro
   LANGLET, Dewi
   SEIKE, Koji
   MIYAZAKI, Masayuki
   YOSHIDA, Mitsuhiro
   NUNOURA, Takuro
   NOMAKI, Hidetaka
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C1 Kumamoto Univ, Grad Sch Sci & Technol, Kumamoto, Japan.
   Kumamoto Univ, Ctr Water Cycle Marine Environm & Disaster Managem, Kumamoto, Japan.
   X star, Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan.
   Okinawa Inst Sci & Technol OIST, Evolut Cell Biol & Symbiosis Unit, Onna, Japan.
   Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Geol Survey Japan, Tsukuba, Japan.
   Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Frontier Sci, Dept Nat Environm Studies, Kashiwa, Japan.
   Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol JAMSTEC, Res Ctr Biosci & Nanosci CeBN, Yokosuka, Japan.
C2 UNIV KUMAMOTO, JAPAN
   UNIV KUMAMOTO, JAPAN
   JAMSTEC, JAPAN
   OIST, JAPAN
   GEOL SURVEY JAPAN, JAPAN
   UNIV TOKYO, JAPAN
   JAMSTEC, JAPAN
IN DOAJ
IF 3.7
TC 0
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00865/97673/106622.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00865/97673/106623.zip
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Bering Sea;ecology;metazoan meiofauna;standing stock;environment factors
AB The Bering Sea is the second largest marginal sea in the North Pacific and is one of the areas with highest biological productivity in high-latitude waters. The continental shelf of the Bering Sea hosts large populations of marine mammals and fishery resources. However, the smaller organisms in benthic ecosystems, including meiofauna, have been largely overlooked in this area, despite their potential importance in ecosystem functioning and the resultant biogeochemical cycles. This study analyzed spatial differences in the total abundance and community structure of the metazoan meiofauna at five stations around the Bering Canyon, located at the southeastern margin of the Bering Sea. Their association with environmental factors in sediments was also studied. The results confirmed that the investigated stations had meiofaunal standing stocks that were comparable to those of other Arctic seas. Among the investigated sediment biological and geochemical parameters (total organic carbon, median grain size, prokaryotic cell numbers, etc.), multivariate analyses showed that the C/N of organic matter in sediments was the main factor associated with meiofaunal community structure. 
PY 2023
PD APR
SO Frontiers In Marine Science
SN 2296-7745
PU Frontiers Media Sa
VL 10
UT 000985295900001
DI 10.3389/fmars.2023.996380
ID 97673
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