Benthos investigations in the Lena Delta

According to monitoring data gained between 1982-1992, macrobenthos in the Tiksi Bay is characterized by low indices of the total abundance, biomass and taxonomic diversity. 30 macrobenthic species have been recorded in the Tiksi Bay. The bottom biocenoses within the estuarine-arctic water mass consist of widespread eurybiontic boreal-arctic and brackish-water species. The maximal number of species was observed at a depth of 8.5 m. The maximum biomass was recorded on muddy grounds. The studied bottom fauna is characterized by a high population density (from 1160-600 ind/m2) and low biomass of 15.5-22.4 g/m2.The predominant benthic animals of the main Lena River channel 4.7 km upstream Stolb Island are Chironomidae, Plecoptera and Oligochaeta. In total, 48 species of macrobenthos were registered here. In spring the average density of macrozoobenthos in the channel is 680, in summer 770, in autumn 720 and in winter 380 ind/m2, with the average biomass varying between 2.9 g/m2 in spring, 7.06 in summer, 4.4 in autumn, and 2.6 in winter.

Supplement to: Gukov, Aleksander Yu (2002): Monitoring of macro-zoobenthos in the Lena River mouth. Polarforschung, 70, 107-114

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758018
PID https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.29863.d001
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.758018
Provenance
Creator Gukov, Aleksander Yu
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2002
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 2 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (126.733W, 71.650S, 129.067E, 72.367N); Lena Delta, Siberia, Russia