Sponges on the Arctic seafloor (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Sponges on the Arctic seafloor

Caption

The Alfred Wegener Institute’s Ocean Floor Observation System (OFOS), operated from the research icebreaker POLARSTERN, depicts a community of dozens of sponges, ranging in diameter from the size of one centimeter to half a meter, so dense it almost cover Langseth Ridge’s upper peaks.

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Alfred-Wegener-Institut / PS101 AWI OFOS system

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