Project title Ð Study
of the Arctic benthic and pelagic biota
Project web site Ð www.arctic.noaa.gov/aro/russian-american/
, www.zin.ru/projects/
Activity leader(s) (name, affiliation, email address) Ð Boris Sirenko, Zoological Institute of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, marine@zin.ru
Project goals (1-2 sentences) Ð This study will investigate the composition,
distribution and autecology of bottom and plankton organisms occupying the
Arctic basin and adjacent seas. The goal for the resulting data will be to
address the following: 1)
clarification of Arctic biodiversity; 2) determination of quantitative characteristics
of spatial distribution of macrobenthos; 3) influence of the abiotic factors on
distribution of the Arctic organisms; 4) creation of basis for realization of
biological monitoring in the research regions.
Geographic focus Ð The Arctic basin and adjacent seas
Taxonomic focus Ð Arctic benthic and planktonic biota
Countries involved in activity Ð Russia, Germany, United States
Expedition dates and vessels
- "Sever" Sept. 2007, "Prof. Lavrentev"
July to October 2008
IPY Activity #814