• 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 (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-20)
      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, it had been difficult to identify planktonic larvae to species level due to lack of distinguishing features, preventing detection of expatriate species. Here, we used DNA ...
    • Trans-polar drift-pathways of riverine European microplastic 

      Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen; Hattermann, Tore; Broms, Cecilie; Albretsen, Jon (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-17)
      High concentrations of microplastic particles are reported across the Arctic Ocean–yet no meaningful point sources, suspension timelines, or accumulation areas have been identified. Here we use Lagrangian particle advection simulations to model the transport of buoyant microplastic from northern European rivers to the high Arctic, and compare model results to the flux of sampled synthetic particles ...