• Sea-ice associated carbon flux in Arctic spring 

      Ehrlich, Julia; Bluhm, Bodil; Peeken, Ilka; Massicotte, P.; Schaafsma, Fokje L.; Castellani, Guilia; Brandt, Angelika; Flores, Hauke (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-13)
      The Svalbard region faces drastic environmental changes, including sea-ice loss and “Atlantification” of Arctic waters, caused primarily by climate warming. These changes result in shifts in the sea-ice-associated (sympagic) community structure, with consequences for the sympagic food web and carbon cycling. To evaluate the role of sympagic biota as a source, sink, and transmitter of carbon, we ...
    • Sympagic fauna in and under Arctic pack ice in the annual sea ice system of the new Arctic Frontiers in Marine Science 

      Ehrlich, Julia; Schaafsma, Fokje L.; Bluhm, Bodil; Peeken, Ilka; Castellani, Guilia; Brandt, Angelika; Flores, Hauke (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-19)
      A strong decline and thinning of the Arctic sea-ice cover over the past five decades has been documented. The former multiyear sea-ice system has largely changed to an annual system and with it the dynamics of sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. Less sea ice is reaching the Fram Strait and more ice and ice-transported material is released in the northern Laptev Sea and the central Arctic ...