Type
ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionComputational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)
Marine Science Program
Office of the VP
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Date
2016-03-02Online Publication Date
2016-03-02Print Publication Date
2016-05Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/606086
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The deep-sea anoxic brines of the Red Sea comprise unique, complex and extreme habitats. These environments are too harsh for metazoans, while the brine–seawater interface harbors dense microbial populations. We investigated the adjacent pelagic fauna at two brine pools using net tows, video records from a remotely operated vehicle and submerged echosounders. Waters just above the brine pool of Atlantis II Deep (2000 m depth) appeared depleted of macrofauna. In contrast, the fauna appeared to be enriched at the Kebrit Deep brine–seawater interface (1466 m).Citation
Zooplankton at deep Red Sea brine pools 2016:fbw013 Journal of Plankton ResearchPublisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal
Journal of Plankton Researchae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/plankt/fbw013