• Lack of strong seasonality in macrobenthic communities from the northern Barents Sea shelf and Nansen Basin 

      Jorda Molina, Eric; Sen, Arunima; Bluhm, Bodil Annikki Ulla Barbro; Renaud, Paul Eric; Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria; Legeżyńska, Joanna; Oleszczuk, Barbara; Reiss, Henning (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-12)
      The Barents Sea has been coined ‘the Arctic hotspot’ of climate change due to the rapidity with which environmental changes are taking place. This transitional domain from Atlantic to Arctic waters is home to highly productive benthic communities. This system strongly fluctuates on a seasonal basis in its sympagic-pelagicbenthic coupling interactions, with potential effects on benthic standing ...
    • Seasonal constancy (summer vs. winter) of benthic size spectra in an Arctic fjord 

      Mazurkiewicz, Mikołaj; Górska, Barbara; Renaud, Paul Eric; Legeżyńska, Joanna; Berge, Jørgen; Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-08)
      Size spectra are important descriptors of community structure and can indicate changes in community functioning in response to shifts in environmental conditions. There are relatively few assessments of benthic size spectra, and most are based on summer samples alone. Processes influencing size spectra, such as recruitment and predation pressure, vary seasonally, and understanding this variation is ...