In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her
bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old boy repeatedly falls asleep in class, exhausted from …

The principal features of the marine ecosystems in the Barents and Norwegian Seas and
some of their responses to climate variations are described. The physical oceanography is …

Within the framework of the physical forcing, we describe and quantify the key ecosystem
components and basic food web structure of the Barents Sea. Emphasis is given to the …

During recent decades, environmental conditions have deteriorated in the Black Sea.
Population explosions of phytoplankton and jellyfish have become frequent and several fish …

Temporal and spatial dynamics of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Barents Sea have
been investigated during the last three decades using remote sensing and in situ …

Sexually mature Arcto-Norwegian female cod, Gadus morhua, were sampled off northern
Norway either during spawning migration (Vesterålen) or at spawning sites (Lofoten) from …

This paper compares and contrasts the ecosystems of the Barents and Chukchi Seas.
Despite their similarity in a number of features, the Barents Sea supports a vast biomass of …

An inter-comparison and evaluation of methods for sampling and determination of
zooplankton distribution and biomass was conducted in a fjord environment (Storfjorden at …

Copepods from the genus Calanus are crucial prey for fish, seabirds and mammals in the
Nordic and Barents Sea ecosystems. The objective of this study is to determine the …

This paper reviews the current knowledge on the ecology of widely distributed pelagic fish
stocks in the North Atlantic basin with emphasis on their role in the food web and the factors …