Ecosystem Reference
Ecosystem Iceland Shelf and Sea
Type Sea/Bay/Gulf
Salinity saltwater
Other Names SAU name: Iceland Shelf and Sea.
Location
LME SAU No 59. North Atlantic, shelf around Iceland. Overlaps with Denmark strait (137). LME2002, Modified LME 2006, SAUP 2008. 71° N 62° N - 29° W 7° W
Location Map iceland-shelf.jpg
Size Ref
River Length Area 476481 km2 Drainage Area
Depth
Average Depth Max Depth Ref
Temperature
Surface 6.0 °C Map71.gif
100 Meters Depth 5.0 °C Map72.gif
Description Surrounding Iceland is the Iceland Shelf/Sea LME, a unique area with a wide volcanic margin marked by broad valleys; the slope is generally sharply defined, with wider rises to the south. Its hydrography is complex, with warm, saline, northward-flowing Atlantic water on the east, and cold, fresh, southward-flowing Arctic water on the west, as well as a clockwise circulation gyre around the island. Cod and redfish are the most important commercial species in this LME (http://www.na.nmfs.gov/lme/text/lme19.htm; formerly Iceland Shelf). Contains all marine fishes of Iceland.
Comments on faunal list Area from SAU (November 2015).
URL 1 http://www.seaaroundus.org/lme/19.aspx
URL 2
Ecosystem Checklist Link
Total
FishBase Literature
Species Families Species Families Reference
152 77 35388
Froese, Rainer on 12.05.00
Modified by Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen on 08.12.16
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