Arctic Ocean and Sea Ice Ecology
Research Focus
- Nutrient, carbon and nitrogen cycles
- Primary and secondary production, vertical flux
- Habitat (sea ice, plankton, benthos) ecology including linkages
- Arctic year-round seasonality
- Polar night ecology
- Biodiversity (from microbes to bacteria and algae)
- Pan Arctic Integration
Research projects
- Arctic ABC programme
- Arctic SIZE
- A-TWAIN (Long term variability and trends in the Atlantic Water Inflow region)
- BREATHE (Bottom sea ice Respiration and nutrient Exchanges Assessed for THE Arctic)
- CLEAN (Cumulative impact of multiple stressors in high north ecosystems)
- HAVOC (Ridges - a MOSAiC project)
- Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
- The Nansen Legacy (NFR, 2018-2024)
- SUDARCO- Sustainable development of the Arctic Ocean
People and expertise
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Jørgen Berge, polar night, DVM, climate change
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Bodil Bluhm, sea ice ecology, benthos, pan-Arctic integration
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Marit Reigstad, Vertical carbon flux, nitrate fluxs, arctic marine ecosystems
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Paul Wassmann (emeritus - Pan Arctic Integration)
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Rolf Gradinger, sea ice ecology, phytoplankton, primary production with link
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Camilla Svensen, Zooplankton Seasonality, production and connection to the biological pump
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Malin Daase, zooplankton, seasonal studies, polar night ecology
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Fredrika Norrbin, zooplankton vertical zonation and habitat choice
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Karley Campbell, sea ice microbiology
Key National and International Partners
- SAMS
- NPI
- IMR
- UiO
- UiB
- IOPAN
- UAF
- AWI
- UNIS
- NTNU