Fjord and Coastal Ecology
Research Focus
- Ecosystem modelling of North Norwegian fjords
- Zooplankton community ecology, life cycles, productivity and phenology
- The biological pump and regulation mechanisms in coastal ecosystems
- Ramfjorden/Balsfjorden ecosystems
- Impact of freshwater inflow on sub-Arctic and Arctic marine systems
- Fast ice ecology
- Experimental ecology on species interactions of rocky and sedimentary shores
Research Projects (ongoing)
- TUNU Euro-Arctic marine fishes – diversity and adaptation
- C2C Catchment to Coast (2022 - 2027) - climate change modulated connectivity among terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems
- Kitikmeot Sea Science study
- Blueforesting
- SFI Harvest (2020-2027) Pioneering lower-trophic level fisheries
- Polar Front Ecosystem (2021-2024)
- Crabconnect
- STRESSOR (2019-2022) multiple stressor effects on zooplankton and fish resources
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BlueArc (Nov 2022 - Oct 2025) - impact of climate change on Arctic carbon cycling
Research Projects (previous)
- MICROSNOW: Marine snow, pelagic-benthic coupling and the impact of the harpacticoid copepod Microsetella norvegica, and other agents in a high-latitude fjord (2017-2019), C. Svensen, F. Norrbin, I. Wiedmann
- ArtAktiv; studentaktiv læring av marine arter gjennom bruk av ny teknologi (2017-2018), Svensen, Bluhm, Seuthe, Gradinger
- Pelagic ecosystems in ice-covered and ice-free fjords under climate change (2012-2014)
- Panarctic connectivity of zooplankton populations: the case of Pseudocalanus (2017)
- Impact of massive Winter Herring Abundances on the Kaldfjorden Environment (2017-2019)
People and expertise
- Sünnje Basedow (zooplankton ecology, biophysical interactions, spatial patterns)
- Bodil Bluhm (Arctic benthic food webs, marine invertebrate ecology, biodiversity, pan-Arctic integration)
- Rolf Gradinger (phytoplankton, sea ice ecology, primary production, Arctic)
- Markus Molis (experimental ecology, species interactions & community ecology of intertidal benthos)
- Fredrika Norrbin (zooplankton ecology, small copepod life histories, phenology, Video Plankton Recorder)
- Torstein Pedersen (fish ecology and fisheries, ecopath modelling of fjord and coastal ecosystem)
Key National and International Partners
- Akvaplan-niva, Tromsø, Norway
- Alfred-Wegener Institut (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Tromsø, Norway
- Nord University, Bodø, Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway
- The Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN), Poland
- The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Norway
- The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA