The impact on the Chapeltonmoss Spring of the Burn of Mosset Flood Alleviation Scheme

Earth Sciences;Hydrology

MacDonald, Alan M.

British Geological Survey

来源: NERC Open Research Archive

【 摘 要 】

This report covers the work of the SERPENT project at the deep water exploration well Dalsnuten in the Norwegian Sea (1452 m depth). The study was designed to investigate the general benthic diversity (mega- and macrofauna) at the location and the disturbance on the seabed resulting from drilling activities and the effects of these activities on the benthic environment, the megafaunal and macrofaunal organisms. The seabed at Dalsnuten experiences a low current regime with the sediment consisting of homogeneous fine silt. A total of 78 species, of which 35 are megafauna (