Fjord and Coastal Ecology
Research Focus
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Ecosystem modelling of North Norwegian fjords
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Effects of the invasive species Red King Crab on Norwegian coastal ecosystems
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Zooplankton community ecology, life cycles, productivity and phenology
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The biological pump and regulation mechanisms in coastal ecosystems
Research Projects
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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, Norrbin, Wiedmann
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ArtAktiv; studentaktiv læring av marine arter gjennom bruk av ny teknologi (2017-2018), Svensen, Bluhm, Seuthe, Gradinger
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Pelagic ecosystems in ice-covered and ice-free fjords under climate change (2012-2014)
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TUNU Euro-Arctic marine fishes – diversity and adaptation
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Panarctic connectivity of zooplankton populations: the case of Pseudocalanus (2017)
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Impact of massive Winter Herring Abundances on the Kaldfjorden Environment (2017-2019)
People and expertise
- Markus Molis
- Jørgen Schou Christiansen (fish physiology, ecology of Arctic fishes, Greenland fjords)
- Inger-Britt Falk-Petersen
- Einar Magnus Nilssen (benthic and epibenthic crustaceans, population studies, Red King Crab
- 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, )
- Angelika Renner (physical oceanography)
- Camilla Svensen (zooplankton ecology, small copepod ecology and life history, biological pump)
- Ingrid Wiedmann (pelagic-benthic coupling, short-term sediment traps, drivers of the biological pump)
- Bodil Bluhm
- Ulf Lindstrøm
Key National and International Partners
- Murmansk …
- The Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
- Alfred-Wegener Institut (AWI)
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)
- The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
- MARUM