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