Chondrichthyans in the Arctic Ocean

OCCURRENCE OF CHONDRICHTHYAN FISHES IN
THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS

Lynghammar et al. 2011

Introduction:

The sea ice cover decreases and human activity increases in Arctic
waters. Fisheries (by-catch issues), shipping and petroleum exploitation
(pollution issues) make it imperative to establish biological baselines
for the marine fishes inhabiting the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas (AOAS).

As a first step towards credible conservation actions for the Arctic
marine fish faunae, we examine the species-richness of chondrichthyan
fishes (class Chondrichthyes) pertaining to 16 regions within the AOAS:
chimaeras, sharks and skates.

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1 Comment

  1. Let’s see what the effects of this are over the coimng decade, maybe get a better feel for the data . . .Don’t change anything else, mind you, keep driving vehicles that burn fossil fuels, keep building coal fired power plants to generate electricity, and keep dumping toxic shit in the ocean, air and ground at ever increasing rates ’cause that has NO effect whatsoever . . .

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