TY - SER ID - kraft2012dpac T1 - Dominant pelagic amphipods collected as swimmers from a mooring time-series at AWI HAUSGARTEN AU - Kraft, Angelina AU - Bauerfeind, Eduard AU - Nöthig, Eva-Maria AU - Bathmann, Ulrich PY - 2012 T2 - Supplement to: Kraft, A et al. (2012): Size structure and life cycle patterns of dominant pelagic amphipods collected as swimmers in sediment traps in the eastern Fram Strait. Journal of Marine Systems, 95, 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.12.006 PB - PANGAEA DO - 10.1594/PANGAEA.809084 UR - https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809084 N2 - Time series length-frequency data are presented for Themisto amphipods collected as swimmers by moored sediment traps since 2000 at the AWI deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN (79°N/4°E) in the eastern Fram Strait. Amphipod occurrences increased significantly from 2000 to 2009 at 200-300 m depth, and the North Atlantic species Themisto compressa was continuously present in the samples starting in 2004. We present year-round records of large adult Themisto amphipods, including the appearance of Themisto libellula with a total body length of up to 56.7 mm and juveniles starting from 4.0 mm. The length of Themisto abyssorum ranged from 4.2 to 25.6 mm, whereas it varied for Themisto compressa from 8.8 to 24.4 mm. Length-frequency analysis indicated a life span of 2 years for T. abyssorum and at least 3 years for T. libellula. The absence of juveniles for T. compressa suggested its reproduction in southern subarctic areas and its occasional northward migration with warmer Atlantic water into the eastern Fram Strait. The seasonal and long-term size structures of the three pelagic species were consistent over the course of the study, indicating no changes occurred in cohort development due to increasing abundances or warming water temperatures. ER -