Quantitative imaging instruments produce a large number of images of plankton and marine
snow, acquired in a controlled manner, from which the visual characteristics of individual …

Increasing pollution of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) has caused widespread
concern worldwide. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are natural organic polymers …

Autonomous and cabled platforms are revolutionizing our understanding of ocean systems
by providing 4D monitoring of the water column, thus going beyond the reach of ship‐based …

Plankton imaging systems supported by automated classification and analysis have
improved ecologists' ability to observe aquatic ecosystems. Today, we are on the cusp of …

At high latitudes, the biological carbon pump, which exports organic matter from the surface
ocean to the interior, has been attributed to the gravitational sinking of particulate organic …

Large amounts of atmospheric carbon can be exported and retained in the deep sea on
millennial time scales, buffering global warming. However, while the Barents Sea is one of …

Eukaryotic phytoplankton, also known as algae, form the basis of marine food webs and
drive marine carbon sequestration. Algae must regulate their motility and gravitational …

In marine ecosystems, most physiological, ecological, or physical processes are size
dependent. These include metabolic rates, the uptake of carbon and other nutrients …

Abstract The northern Barents Sea is a productive Arctic inflow shelf with a seasonal ice
cover and as such, a location with an efficient downward export of particulate organic matter …

In the face of the global biodiversity crisis, collecting comprehensive data and making the
best use of existing data are becoming increasingly important to understand patterns and …