Description
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 380 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Åström, E., Bluhm, B., Rasmussen, T. (2026). Taxon occurrence data of benthic macrofauna and megafauna from the Barents Sea, and associated stable carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values [Data set]. NIRD RDA. https://doi.org/10.11582/2026.8nzv4vvl
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is The Nansen Legacy Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 89f4e968-2eed-4897-9fea-d99e878210c2. The Nansen Legacy Project publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.
Keywords
Benthos; seep; stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Barents Sea; Svalbard; Observation
Contacts
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Post-Doc
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2416-7879
- Originator
- Professor
Geographic Coverage
Barents Sea including west and north of Svalbard
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [74.9, 10.15], North East [80.483, 34] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda, Nemertea, Sipunculida, Annelida, Chordata, Priapulida, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Porifera, Cnidaria |
| Class | Holothuroidea, Polychaeta, Bivalvia, Octocorallia, Pycnogonida, Gastropoda, Demospongiae, Echinoidea, Cephalopoda, Ophiuroidea, Malacostraca, Asteroidea, Teleostei |
| Order | Nudibranchia, Cardiida, Pectinida, Amphipoda, Ophiurida, Decapoda, Gadiformes, Apodida, Carditida, Tetractinellida, Valvatida, Myida, Sabellida, Euphausiacea, Sipuncula, Ophioscolecida, Arcida, Osmeriformes, Cumacea, Nuculanida, Neogastropoda, Molpadida, Pantopoda, Perciformes, Phyllodocida, Malacalcyonacea, Echiuroidea, Littorinimorpha, Eunicida, Paxillosida, Terebellida, Amphilepidida, Pleuronectiformes, Camarodonta, Octopoda, Lucinida |
| Family | Trichobranchidae, Bathypolypodidae, Arcidae, Agonidae, Travisiidae, Yoldiidae, Nymphonidae, Hyperiidae, Thoridae, Nephtheidae, Euphausiidae, Myriotrochidae, Bonelliidae, Epimeriidae, Uristidae, Pectinidae, Ophiuridae, Colidae, Eusiridae, Cardiidae, Dendronotidae, Benthopectinidae, Osmeridae, Hyalogyrinidae, Buccinidae, Pleuronectidae, Nephtyidae, Golfingiidae, Tellinidae, Stegocephalidae, Maldanidae, Eupyrgidae, Ampeliscidae, Scalibregmatidae, Pandalidae, Zoarcidae, Sebastidae, Gammaridae, Ophioscolecidae, Calliopiidae, Crangonidae, Polynoidae, Theneidae, Cuspidariidae, Solasteridae, Opheliidae, Cottidae, Alcyoniidae, Astartidae, Phyllodocidae, Siboglinidae, Propeamussiidae, Lumbrineridae, Ctenodiscidae, Terebellidae, Myidae, Naticidae, Gadidae, Molpadiidae, Strongylocentrotidae, Flabelligeridae, Rissoidae, Diastylidae, Ophiopholidae, Thyasiridae |
Project Data
AeN: https://arvenetternansen.com/; CAGE: https://site.uit.no/cage/ VISTA: https://vista.no/content/governance-vista-programme
| Title | The Nansen Legacy project; VISTA; CAGE |
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| Identifier | AeN; VISTA; CAGE |
| Funding | Nansen Legacy with support from the Norwegian Research Council (grant number 276730); VISTA (grant number 6172); CAGE Center of Excellence from the Norwegian Research Council (grant number 223259). |
| Study Area Description | Barents Sea including west and north of Svalbard |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Sampling of benthic macro- and megafauna was conducted inside and outside of cold seeps. Seeps were identified based on acoustic signals from flares visible on an echosounder, and/or visually from camera systems where gas bubbles, microbial mats and methane-derived carbonate outcrops were seen. Fauna were sieved from sediment, sorted and identified to lowest possible taxon, names standardized to WoRMS, and frozen at -20 deg C.
| Study Extent | Barents Sea including west and north of Svalbard |
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Method step description:
- Tissues were freeze-dried for 24 h, pulverized, weighed into tin capsules, and analyzed for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition at the University of Oslo in a Thermo Fisher Scientific EA IsoLink IRMS system. Details in Åström et al. 2022 Frontiers in Marine Science, Sec. Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology, Volume 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.910558
Bibliographic Citations
- Åström et al. (2022) Chemosynthetic and photosynthetic trophic support from cold seeps in Arctic benthic communities. Frontiers in Marine Science, Sec. Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology, Volume 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.910558 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.910558
Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://doi.org/10.11582/2026.8nzv4vvl |