• Age class composition and growth of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the shallow water zone of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard 

      Brand, Markus; Spotowitz, Lisa; Mark, Felix; Berge, Jørgen; Langhelle, Erlend; Weslawski, Jan Marcin; Godiksen, Jane Aanestad; Fischer, Philipp (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Although Atlantic cod has been observed in Svalbard waters since the 1880s, knowledge about the presence in the Arctic shallow water zone is limited. The regular catch of juvenile Atlantic cod in Kongsfjorden since 2008 ...
    • Benthic scavenger community composition and carrion removal in Arctic and Subarctic fjords 

      Dunlop, Katherine Mary; Renaud, Paul Eric; Berge, Jørgen; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Harbour, Rob P.; Tandberg, Anne Helene S.; Sweetman, Andrew K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In high latitude coastal regions, benthic scavenger communities are largely composed of invertebrates that play a key role in the cycling of organic matter. Factors including temperature and depth can structure Arctic and ...
    • Biological introduction risks from shipping in a warming Arctic 

      Ware, Christopher; Berge, Jørgen; Jelmert, Anders; Olsen, Steffen M.; Pellisier, Loic; Wisz, Mary S; Kriticos, Darren J.; Semenov, Georgy; Kwasniewski, Sawomir; Alsos, Inger Greve (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-14)
      Several decades of research on invasive marine species have yielded a broad understanding of the nature of species invasion mechanisms and associated threats globally. However, this is not true of the Arctic, a region where ...
    • Climate change, non-indigenous species and shipping: assessing the risk of species introduction to a high-Arctic archipelago 

      Ware, Chris; Berge, Jørgen; Sundet, Jan H.; Kirkpatrick, Jamie B.; Coutts, Ashley D. M.; Jelmert, Anders; Olsen, Steffen M.; Floerl, Oliver; Wisz, Mary S.; Alsos, Inger G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-12)
      Anticipated changes in the global ocean climate will affect the vulnerability of marine ecosystems to the negative effects of non-indigenous species (NIS). In the Arctic, there is a need to better characterize present and ...
    • Dense mesopelagic sound scattering layer and vertical segregation of pelagic organisms at the Arctic-Atlantic gateway during the midnight sun 

      Priou, Pierre; Nikolopoulos, Anna; Flores, Hauke; Gradinger, Rolf; Kunisch, Eirin; Katlein, Christian; Castellani, Giulia; Linders, Torsten Theodor; Berge, Jørgen; Fisher, Jonathan A.D.; Geoffroy, Maxime (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Changes in vertical and spatial distributions of zooplankton and small pelagic fish impact the biological carbon pump and the distribution of larger piscivorous fish and marine mammal species. However, their distribution ...
    • Evidence of separate influence of moon and sun on light synchronization of mussel's daily rhythm during the polar night 

      Tran, Damien; Andrade Rodriguez, Hector Antonio; Camus, Lionel; Leopold, Peter; Ballantine, Carl; Berge, Jørgen; Durier, Guillaume; Sow, Mohamedou; Ciret, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Marine organisms living at high latitudes are faced with a light climate that undergoes drastic annual changes, especially during the polar night (PN) when the sun remains below the horizon for months. This raises the ...
    • Exitomelita sigynae gen. et sp. nov.: a new amphipod from the Arctic Loki Castle vent field with potential gill ectosymbionts 

      Tandberg, Anne Helene; Rapp, Hans Tore; Schander, Christoffer; Vader, Wim; Sweetman, Andrew K.; Berge, Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-11-02)
      The newly discovered deep-sea hydrothermal vent field ‘‘Loki’s Castle’’ at 2,350 m depth at 70 N on the Knipovich Ridge north of the island Jan Mayen is the only known black smoker field from the Arctic Ridge system. This ...
    • Growth and metabolism of adult polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in response to dietary crude oil 

      Nahrgang, Jasmine; Bender, Morgan Lizabeth; Meier, Sonnich; Nechev, Jordan; Berge, Jørgen; Frantzen, marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The increasing human presence in the Arctic shelf seas, with the expansion of oil and gas industries and maritime shipping, poses a risk for Arctic marine organisms such as the key species polar cod (Boreogadus saida). The ...
    • Growth and metabolism of adult polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in response to dietary crude oil 

      Nahrgang, Jasmine; Bender, Morgan Lizabeth; Meier, Sonnich; Nechev, Jordan; Berge, Jørgen; Frantzen, marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The increasing human presence in the Arctic shelf seas, with the expansion of oil and gas industries and maritime shipping, poses a risk for Arctic marine organisms such as the key species polar cod (Boreogadus saida). The ...
    • Growth and metabolism of adult polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in response to dietary crude oil 

      Nahrgang, Jasmine; Bender, Morgan Lizabeth; Meier, Sonnich; Nechev, Jordan; Berge, Jørgen; Frantzen, marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The increasing human presence in the Arctic shelf seas, with the expansion of oil and gas industries and maritime shipping, poses a risk for Arctic marine organisms such as the key species polar cod (Boreogadus saida). The ...
    • Macroalgal detritus and food-web subsidies along an Arctic fjord depth-gradient 

      Renaud, Paul; Løkken, Therese Smelnor; Jørgensen, Lis Lindal; Berge, Jørgen; Johnson, Beverly J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-05)
      Tight coupling between pelagic and benthic communities is accepted as a general principle on Arctic shelves. Whereas this paradigm has been useful for guiding ecological research, it has perhaps led to a disproportionate ...
    • Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence 

      Berge, Jørgen; Johnsen, Geir; Nilsen, Frank; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Slagstad, Dag (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005-11-21)
      We report the first observations of settled blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. in the high Arctic archipelago of Svalbard for the first time since the Viking Age. A scattered population was discovered at a single site at the ...
    • Pelagic occurrences of the ice amphipod Apherusa glacialis throughout the Arctic 

      Kunisch, Erin; Bluhm, Bodil; Daase, Malin; Gradinger, Rolf; Hop, Haakon; Melnikov, Igor A.; Øystein, Varpe; Berge, Jørgen (Others, 2020)
      Apherusa glacialis is a common, sea ice-associated amphipod found throughout the Arctic Ocean and has long been considered permanently associated with the sea ice habitat. However, pelagic occurrences of A. glacialis have ...
    • Photoperiodism and overwintering in boreal and sub-Arctic Calanus finmarchicus populations 

      Coguiec, Estelle; Last, Kim S.; Cohen, Jonathan H.; Hobbs, Laura; Choquet, Marvin; Ershova, Elizaveta; Berge, Jørgen; Daase, Malin (Journal article, 2023)
    • Seasonal Variability in the Zooplankton Community Structure in a Sub-Arctic Fjord as Revealed by Morphological and Molecular Approaches 

      Coguiec, Estelle; Ershova, Elizaveta; Daase, Malin; Vonnahme, Tobias R.; Wangensteen, Owen S.; Gradinger, Rolf; Præbel, Kim; Berge, Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Phyto- and zooplankton in Arctic and sub-Arctic seas show very strong seasonal changes in diversity and biomass. Here we document the seasonal variability in the mesozooplankton community structure in a sub-Arctic fjord ...
    • Still Arctic? — The changing Barents Sea 

      Gerland, Sebastian; Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær; Reigstad, Marit; Sundfjord, Arild; Bogstad, Bjarte; Chierici, Melissa; Hop, Haakon; Renaud, Paul Eric; Smedsrud, Lars Henrik; Stige, Leif Christian; Årthun, Marius; Berge, Jørgen; Bluhm, Bodil Annikki Ulla Barbro; Borgå, Katrine; Bratbak, Gunnar; Divine, Dmitry V; Eldevik, Tor; Eriksen, Elena; Fer, Ilker; Fransson, Agneta; Gradinger, Rolf Rudolf; Granskog, Mats A.; Haug, Tore; Husum, Katrine; Johnsen, Geir; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Jørgensen, Lis Lindal; Kristiansen, Svein; Larsen, Aud; Lien, Vidar Surén; Lind, Sigrid; Lindstrøm, Ulf Ove; Mauritzen, Cecilie; Melsom, Arne; Mernild, Jacob Sebastian Haugaard; Müller, Malte; Nilsen, Frank; Primicerio, Raul; Søreide, Janne; van der Meeren, Gro Ingleid; Wassmann, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Barents Sea is one of the Polar regions where current climate and ecosystem change is most pronounced. Here we review the current state of knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological systems in the Barents Sea. ...
    • Still Arctic? — The changing Barents Sea 

      Gerland, Sebastian; Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær; Reigstad, Marit; Sundfjord, Arild; Bogstad, Bjarte; Chierici, Melissa; Hop, Haakon; Renaud, Paul Eric; Smedsrud, Lars Henrik; Stige, Leif Christian; Årthun, Marius; Berge, Jørgen; Bluhm, Bodil Annikki Ulla Barbro; Borgå, Katrine; Bratbak, Gunnar; Divine, Dmitry V; Eldevik, Tor; Eriksen, Elena; Fer, Ilker; Fransson, Agneta; Gradinger, Rolf Rudolf; Granskog, Mats A.; Haug, Tore; Husum, Katrine; Johnsen, Geir; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Jørgensen, Lis Lindal; Kristiansen, Svein; Larsen, Aud; Lien, Vidar Surén; Lind, Sigrid; Lindstrøm, Ulf Ove; Mauritzen, Cecilie; Melsom, Arne; Mernild, Sebastian H.; Müller, Malte; Nilsen, Frank; Primicerio, Raul; Søreide, Janne; van der Meeren, Gro Ingleid; Wassmann, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Barents Sea is one of the Polar regions where current climate and ecosystem change is most pronounced. Here we review the current state of knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological systems in the Barents Sea. ...
    • The circumpolar impacts of climate change and anthropogenic stressors on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and its ecosystem 

      Geoffroy, Maxime; Bouchard, Caroline; Flores, Hauke; Robert, Dominique; Gjøsæter, Harald; Hoover, Carie; Hop, Haakon; Hussey, Nigel E.; Nahrgang, Jasmine; Steiner, Nadja; Bender, Morgan; Berge, Jørgen; Castellani, Giulina; Chernova, Natalia; Copeman, Louise; David, Carmen; Deary, Alison; Divoky, George; Dolgov, Andrey; Duffy-Anderson, Janet; Dupont, Nicolas; Durant, Joël M.; Elliott, Kyle; Gauthier, Stéphane; Goldstein, Esther D.; Rolf, Gradinger; Hedges, Kevin; Herbig, Jennifer; Laurel, Ben; Loseto, Lisa; Maes, Sarah; Mark, Felix; Mosbech, Anders; Pedro, Sara; Petitt-Wade, Harri; Prokopchuk, Irina; Paul E, Renaud; Schembri, Sarah; Vestfals, Cathleen; Walkusz, Wojciech (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Arctic cod biomass are predicted. In most Arctic seas, the relative abundance of Arctic cod within the fish community will likely fluctuate in accordance with cold and warm periods. A reduced abundance of Arctic cod will ...
    • The circumpolar impacts of climate change and anthropogenic stressors on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and its ecosystem 

      Geoffroy, Maxime; Bouchard, Caroline; Flores, Hauke; Robert, Dominique; Gjøsæter, Harald; Hoover, Carie; Hop, Haakon; Hussey, Nigel E.; Nahrgang, Jasmine; Steiner, Nadja; Bender, Morgan; Berge, Jørgen; Castellani, Giulina; Chernova, Natalia; Copeman, Louise; David, Carmen; Deary, Alison; Divoky, George; Dolgov, Andrey; Duffy-Anderson, Janet; Dupont, Nicolas; Durant, Joël; Elliott, Kyle; Gauthier, Stéphane; Goldstein, Esther D.; Gradinger, Rolf Rudolf; Hedges, Kevin; Herbig, Jennifer; Laurel, Ben; Loseto, Lisa; Maes, Sarah; Mark, Felix; Mosbech, Anders; Pedro, Sara; Petitt-Wade, Harri; Prokopchuk, Irina; Paul E, Renaud; Schembri, Sarah; Vestfals, Cathleen; Walkusz, Wojciech (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Arctic cod biomass are predicted. In most Arctic seas, the relative abundance of Arctic cod within the fish community will likely fluctuate in accordance with cold and warm periods. A reduced abundance of Arctic cod will ...