Communities of Benthic Fauna in the Western Bering Sea (Soovshchestva Donnoi Fauny Zapadnoi)
Abstract
The data on the composition and distribution of the bottom fauna in the western Bering Sea were received in 1950-1952. During that period 256 stations were occupied. One hundred seventy-three quantitative samples of the bottom fauna were taken with large bottom-sampler 'Ocean-50' and Petersen grab and 64 samples were gathered with Sigsbye trawl. Forty-six of the stations were occupied at the depths exceeding 1000m and 38 of them - at depths exceeding 2000m. Eighteen communities of the bottom fauna were established in western Bering Sea. True oceanic deep-sea species are dominant in the abyssal bottom-fauna communities of the western Bering Sea. Some species living presumably on the slope of the shelf are the leading forms of bathyal communities. A great many arctic-circumpolar, arctic-boreal, and north-boreal Pacific species of the bottom fauna are part of the composition of the shallow-water communities of the western Bering Sea.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0699863
Entities
People
- N. G. Barsanova
- Z. A. Filatova
Organizations
- Naval Oceanographic Office