The shallow continental shelves and slope of the Amerasian Arctic are strongly influenced
by nutrient-rich Pacific waters advected over the shelves from the northern Bering Sea into …

Polar sea ice is one of the largest ecosystems on Earth. The liquid brine fraction of the ice
matrix is home to a diverse array of organisms, ranging from tiny archaea to larger fish and …

In this article, we review evidence of how climate change has already resulted in clearly
discernable changes in marine Arctic ecosystems. After defining the term 'footprint'and …

Plastic pollution has become ubiquitous with very high quantities detected even in
ecosystems as remote as Arctic sea ice and deep-sea sediments. Ice algae growing …

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 …

A rigorous synthesis of the sea-ice ecosystem and linked ecosystem services highlights that
the sea-ice ecosystem supports all 4 ecosystem service categories, that sea-ice ecosystems …

In recent years, a novel proxy for the past occurrence of Arctic sea ice has been proposed
that is based on the variable marine sedimentary abundance of an organic geochemical …

Sea ice primary production is considered a valuable energy source for Arctic marine food
webs, yet the extent remains unclear through existing methods. Here we quantify ice algal …

Mercury (Hg) is a ubiquitous toxic metal that biomagnifies in food webs, and can reach high
concentrations in top predators. Evaluating Hg biomagnification in Arctic marine food webs …

Tight coupling between pelagic and benthic communities is accepted as a general principle
on Arctic shelves. Whereas this paradigm has been useful for guiding ecological research, it …