TY - JOUR
T1 - Zooplankton at deep Red Sea brine pools
AU - Kaartvedt, Stein
AU - Antunes, Andre
AU - Røstad, Anders
AU - Klevjer, Thor Aleksander
AU - Vestheim, Hege
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2016/3/2
Y1 - 2016/3/2
N2 - The deep-sea anoxic brines of the Red Sea comprise unique, complex and extreme habitats. These environments are too harsh for metazoans, while the brine–seawater interface harbors dense microbial populations. We investigated the adjacent pelagic fauna at two brine pools using net tows, video records from a remotely operated vehicle and submerged echosounders. Waters just above the brine pool of Atlantis II Deep (2000 m depth) appeared depleted of macrofauna. In contrast, the fauna appeared to be enriched at the Kebrit Deep brine–seawater interface (1466 m).
AB - The deep-sea anoxic brines of the Red Sea comprise unique, complex and extreme habitats. These environments are too harsh for metazoans, while the brine–seawater interface harbors dense microbial populations. We investigated the adjacent pelagic fauna at two brine pools using net tows, video records from a remotely operated vehicle and submerged echosounders. Waters just above the brine pool of Atlantis II Deep (2000 m depth) appeared depleted of macrofauna. In contrast, the fauna appeared to be enriched at the Kebrit Deep brine–seawater interface (1466 m).
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/606086
UR - http://www.plankt.oxfordjournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1093/plankt/fbw013
U2 - 10.1093/plankt/fbw013
DO - 10.1093/plankt/fbw013
M3 - Article
SN - 0142-7873
VL - 38
SP - 679
EP - 684
JO - Journal of Plankton Research
JF - Journal of Plankton Research
IS - 3
ER -