Several recent lines of evidence indicate that the polar night is key to understanding Arctic
marine ecosystems. First, the polar night is not a period void of biological activity even …

While meta-analyses are common in the health and some biological sciences, there is a lack
of such analyses for petroleum-related marine research. Oil is a highly complex substance …

The current understanding of Arctic ecosystems is deeply rooted in the classical view of a
bottom-up controlled system with strong physical forcing and seasonality in primary …

Microfibers (MF) are one of the major classes of microplastic found in the marine
environment on a global scale. Very little is known about how they move and distribute from …

Meroplankton is often neglected in Arctic zooplankton studies, so our knowledge about their
seasonal dynamics is limited. To investigate the highly dynamic nature of meroplankton, we …

Abstract Zooplankton in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, is shaped by irregular advection of
seawater from the West Spitsbergen Current as well as input of freshwater of glacial and …

Phyto-and zooplankton in Arctic and sub-Arctic seas show very strong seasonal changes in
diversity and biomass. Here we document the seasonal variability in the mesozooplankton …

Pelagic larval stages (meroplankton) of benthic invertebrates seasonally make up a
significant proportion of planktonic communities, as well as determine the distribution of their …

The copepod species Calanus glacialis is an important component of arctic marine food
webs, where it is the numerically dominant zooplankton grazer and serves as a major prey …

Zooplankton abundance and community structures were studied in three west Spitsbergen
fjords at the beginning of the warm phase, which seem to have entered in 2006. Sampling …