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Table 5.3
Biomass and abundance of selected benthos in the deep Atlantic Ocean 1
Location
Water depth (m)
Meiofauna
Density
(m −2 )
Biomass 2
(g m −2 )
Macrofauna
Density
(m −2 )
Biomass 2
(g m −2 )
Megafauna
Density
(m −2 )
Biomass 2
(g m −2 )
References
NORWEGIAN–GREENLAND SEA
Vøring Plateau
1200–1500
110 000
0.89
610
(500 mm)
3.28
4 (top 3
taxa)
7
Romero-Wetzel and Gerlach
(1991)
export stn
1325–1424
0.20–0.57
13.06–25.48
Jensen et al. (1992b)
import stn
1325–1424
0.6–1.00
17.21–32.10
Jensen et al. (1992b)
1245
172 000
0.007 (C)
Jensen (1988)
1255
204 000
0.006 (C)
Jensen (1988)
1426
107 000
0.010 (C)
Jensen (1988)
Norwegian Basin
2725
6440
Dahl et al. (1976)
2992
1848
Dahl et al. (1976)
2998
1026
Dahl et al. (1976)
3665
54–74
Dahl et al. (1976)
2600–3600
71 000
740
0.61
Sibuet et al. (1989)
3062
200 000
0.010
Jensen (1988)
SE Jan Mayen
2133
60 000
0.004
Jensen (1988)
Lofoten Basin
2957
187–264
(250 mm)
Dahl et al. (1976)
3213
422
Dahl et al. (1976)
3294
20 000
0.003
Jensen (1988)
Spitzbergen Basin
3203
355
Dahl et al. (1976)
3209
3188
Dahl et al. (1976)
Greenland Basin
2465
288
Dahl et al. (1976)
2492
829
Dahl et al. (1976)
2904
1944
Dahl et al. (1976)
2941
759
Dahl et al. (1976)
3294
1292
Dahl et al. (1976)
3306
4509
Dahl et al. (1976)
3606
388
Dahl et al. (1976)
3718
4654
Dahl et al. (1976)
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