• Benthic community zonation from mesophotic to deep sea: Description of first deep-water kelp forest and coral gardens in the Madeira archipelago (central NE Atlantic) 

      Braga-Henriques, Andreia; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Tokat, Erdal; Martins, Ana; Silva, Teresa; Jakobsen, Joachim; Canning-Clode, João; Jakobsen, Kirsten; Delgado, João; Voirand, Thibaut; Biscoito, Manuel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Madeira archipelago has a unique underwater landscape that is characterised by narrow shelves, steep slopes and a large submarine tributary system that boosts primary productivity in oligotrophic waters and thus offers ...
    • Borealization of the Arctic Ocean in response to anomalous advection from sub-Arctic seas. 

      Polyakov, Igor V.; Alkire, Mattew; Bluhm, Bodil; Brown, Kristina; Carmack, Eddy C.; Chierici, Melissa; Danielson, Seth L.; Ellingsen, Ingrid H.; Ershova, Elizaveta; Gardfeldt, Katrin; Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær; Pnyushkov, Andrey V.; Slagstad, Dag; Wassmann, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      An important yet still not well documented aspect of recent changes in the Arctic Ocean is associated with the advection of anomalous sub-Arctic Atlantic- and Pacific-origin waters and biota into the polar basins, a process ...
    • Carbon export in the seasonal sea ice zone north of Svalbard from winter to late summer 

      Dybwad, Christine; Assmy, Philipp; Olsen, Lasse Mork; Peeken, Ilka; Nikolopoulos, Anna; Krumpen, Thomas; Randelhoff, Achim; Tatarek, Agnieszka; Wiktor, Józef M.; Reigstad, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Phytoplankton blooms in the Arctic Ocean's seasonal sea ice zone are expected to start earlier and occur further north with retreating and thinning sea ice cover. The current study is the first compilation of phytoplankton ...
    • Changes in humpback whale song structure and complexity reveal a rapid evolution on a feeding ground in Northern Norway 

      Tyarks, Saskia C.; Aniceto, Ana Sofia; Ahonen, Heidi; Pedersen, Geir; Lindstrøm, Ulf Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Singing behaviour by male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) has traditionally been associated with low-latitude breeding grounds. However, in recent years, this vocal behaviour has been increasingly reported outside ...
    • Changes in Sea-Ice Protist Diversity With Declining Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean From the 1980s to 2010s 

      Hop, Haakon; Vihtakari, Mikko; Bluhm, Bodil; Assmy, Philipp; Poulin, Michel; Gradinger, Rolf; Peeken, Ilka; von Quillfeldt, Cecilie; Olsen, Lasse Mork; Zhitina, Ludmila; Melnikov, Igor A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The large declines in Arctic sea-ice age and extent over the last decades could have altered the diversity of sea-ice associated unicellular eukaryotes (referred to as sea-ice protists). A time series from the Russian ...
    • Changing nutritional seascapes of kelp forests 

      Shalders, Tanika C.; Champion, Curtis; Benkendorff, Kirsten; Davis, Tom; Wernberg, Thomas; Morris, Stephen; Coleman, Melinda A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ocean warming and short-term extreme events (e.g. marine heatwaves) are becoming more intense and frequent and have had major impacts on ecosystems. Seaweeds are foundational components of temperate reefs, providing nutrition ...
    • Classification and Mapping of Benthic Biotopes in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Norwegian Waters 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Dolan, Margaret; Ross, Rebecca; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún; Albretsen, Jon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this paper, we describe the species composition of biotopes occurring in a wide range of environments and present their geographic distribution based on results from quantitative analyses of video-records collected as ...
    • Climate change and new potential spawning sites for Northeast Arctic cod 

      Sandø, Anne Britt; Johansen, Geir Odd; Aglen, Asgeir; Stiansen, Jan Erik; Renner, Angelika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this study we investigate both historical and potential future changes in the spatial distribution of spawning habitats for Northeast Arctic cod (NEA cod) based on a literature study on spawning habitats and different ...
    • Climate change with increasing seawater temperature will challenge the health of farmed Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua L.) 

      Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Falconer, Lynne; Krasnov, Aleksei; Johansen, Lill-Heidi; Timmerhaus, Gerrit; Johansson, Gunhild Seljehaug; Afanasyev, Sergey; Høst, Vibeke; Hjøllo, Solfrid Sætre; Hansen, Øyvind J; Lazado, Carlo C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors in the world and further expansion is expected throughout the 21st century. However, climate change is threatening the development of the sector and action ...
    • Coastal Research Seen Through an Early Career Lens—A Perspective on Barriers to Interdisciplinarity in Norway 

      Deininger, Anne; Martin, Angela Helen; Pardo, Juan; Berg, Paul Ragnar; Bhardwaj, Jyotirmoy; Catarino, Diana; Fernández-Chacón, Albert; Martinez-Swatson, Karen Agatha; Ono, Kotaro; Oomen, Rebekah Alice; Sodeland, Marte; Sørdalen, Tonje Knutsen; Synnes, Ann-Elin; Thorbjørnsen, Susanna Huneide; Thormar, Jonas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The value of interdisciplinarity for solving complex coastal problems is widely recognized. Many early career researchers (ECRs) therefore actively seek this type of collaboration through choice or necessity, for professional ...
    • Coincident mass occurrence of gelatinous zooplankton in Northern Norway 

      Knutsen, Tor; Hosia, Aino; Falkenhaug, Tone; Skern-Mauritzen, Rasmus; Wiebe, Peter H.; Larsen, Roger B.; Aglen, Asgeir; Berg, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      In autumn 2015, several sources reported observations of large amounts of gelatinous material in a large north Norwegian fjord system, either caught when trawling for other organisms or fouling fishing gear. The responsible ...
    • Combining Distribution and Dispersal Models to Identify a Particularly Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem 

      Ross, Rebecca; Wort, Edward JG; Howell, Kerry L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Habitat suitability models are being used worldwide to help map and manage marine areas of conservation importance and scientific interest. With groundtruthing, these models may be found to successfully predict patches of ...
    • Combining Ecosystem and Single-Species Modeling to Provide Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Advice Within Current Management Systems. 

      Howell, Daniel; Schueller, Amy M.; Bentley, Jacob W.; Buchheister, Andre; Chagaris, David; Cieri, Matthew; Drew, Katie; Lundy, Mathieu; Pedreschi, Debbi; Reid, David; Townsend, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Although many countries have formally committed to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM), actual progress toward these goals has been slow. This paper presents two independent case studies that have combined strategic ...
    • Comparative Modeling of Cod-Capelin Dynamics in the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves and Barents Sea Ecosystems 

      Koen-Alonso, Mariano; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Cuff, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stocks in the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves (NL) and Barents Sea (BS) ecosystems have shown divergent trajectories over the last 40 years. Both stocks experienced either an important decline ...
    • Comparing Deep-Sea Larval Dispersal Models: A Cautionary Tale for Ecology and Conservation 

      Ross, Rebecca; Nimmo-Smith, W. Alex M.; Torres, Ricardo; Howell, Kerry L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Larval dispersal data are increasingly sought after in ecology and marine conservation, the latter often requiring information under time limited circumstances. Basic estimates of dispersal [based on average current speeds ...
    • Comparison of Otolith Microstructure of Herring Larvae and Sibling Adults Reared Under Identical Early Life Conditions 

      Tonheim, Susanne; Slotte, Aril; Andersson, Leif; Folkvord, Arild; Berg, Florian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a euryhaline species, occupying fully marine habitats (35 psu) in the North Atlantic, as well as brackish waters (<20 psu) such as in the adjacent Baltic Sea. We co-reared Atlantic ...
    • Consequences of Atlantification on a Zooplanktivorous Arctic Seabird 

      Descamps, Sebastien; Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna; Jakubas, Dariusz; Vihtakari, Mikko; Steen, Harald; Karnovsky, Nina J.; Welcker, Jorg; Hovinen, Johanna Emilia Heidi; Bertrand, Philip; Strzelewicz, Agnieszka; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Kidawa, Dorota; Boehnke, Rafał; Błachowiak-Samołyk, Katarzyna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Global warming, combined with an increasing influence of Atlantic Waters in the European Arctic, are causing a so-called Atlantification of the Arctic. This phenomenon is affecting the plankton biomass and communities with ...
    • Context matters when using climate model projections for aquaculture 

      Falconer, Lynne; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Goris, Nadine; Lauvset, Siv Kari; Sandø, Anne Britt; Hjøllo, Solfrid Sætre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      At present, specific guidance on how to choose, assess and interpret climate model projections for the aquaculture sector is scarce. Since many aspects of aquaculture production are influenced by the local farm-level ...
    • Data interoperability between elements of the global ocean observing system 

      Snowden, Derrick P.; Tsontos, Vardis; Handegard, Nils Olav; Zarate, Marcos; O'Brien, Kevin M.; Casey, Kenneth S.; Smith, Neville; Sagen, Helge; Bailey, Kathleen; Lewis, Mirtha; Arms, Sean (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The data management landscape associated with the Global Ocean Observing System is distributed, complex, and only loosely coordinated. Yet interoperability across this distributed landscape is essential to enable data to ...
    • Differences in nutrient and undesirable substance concentrations in Maurolicus muelleri across the Bay of Biscay, Norwegian fjords, and the North Sea 

      Zhu, Yiou; Mahjour Azad, Atabak; Kjellevold, Marian; Bald, Carlos; Iñarra, Bruno; Alvarez, Paula; Boyra, Guillermo; Berntssen, Marc HG; Madsen, Lise; Wiech, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We are having pressing issues of global food insecurity and malnutrition. Mesopelagic communities in the North Atlantic have been estimated to have high biomasses of organisms. Some of these low-trophic organisms are known ...