• Meroplankton Diversity, Seasonality and Life-History Traits Across the Barents Sea Polar Front Revealed by High-Throughput DNA Barcoding 

      Descoteaux, Raphaelle; Ershova, Elizaveta; Wangensteen, Owen S.; Præbel, Kim; Renaud, Paul Eric; Cottier, Finlo Robert; Bluhm, Bodil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In many species of marine benthic invertebrates, a planktonic larval phase plays a critical role in dispersal. Very little is known about the larval biology of most species, however, in part because species identification ...
    • Origin of marine invertebrate larvae on an Arctic inflow shelf 

      Descoteaux, Raphaelle; Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen; Jørgensen, Lis Lindal; Renaud, Paul Eric; Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær; Ershova, Elizaveta; Bluhm, Bodil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Many benthic invertebrate taxa possess planktonic early life stages which drift with water currents and contribute to dispersal of the species, sometimes reaching areas beyond the current ranges of the adults. Until recently, ...