Although knowledge of Arctic seas has increased tremendously in the past decade, benthic
diversity was investigated at regional scales only, and no attempt had been made to …

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 large-scale stomach sampling program was carried out in 2015 where 27.627 stomachs
from 70 fish species (including two genera) were collected and analysed. This provided a …

We assessed the digestibility and utilization of ice algae and phytoplankton by the shallow,
subtidal benthos in Ny Ålesund (Kongsfjord) on Svalbard (79 N, 12 E) using chlorophyll a …

Benthos plays a significant role as substrate, refuge from predation and food for a wide
variety of fish and invertebrates of all life stages and should therefore be considered in the …

Environmental gradients and their influence on benthic community structure vary over
different spatial scales; yet, few studies in the Arctic have attempted to study the influence of …

There is an increasing number of studies reporting microplastic (MP) contamination in the
Arctic environment. We analysed MP abundance in samples from a marine Arctic ecosystem …

Benthic faunal assemblages were analysed from 47 stations in the central and southern
parts of the Barents Sea, together with sedimentary and water column parameters, daily ice …

Abstract The Barents Sea region is influenced by an increased inflow of warm Atlantic water,
which impacts all components of the local ecosystem. Information on the state of benthic …

Species numbers tend to increase with both the area surveyed (species–area relationship,
SAR) and the number of samples taken (species–sampling effort relationship, SSER). These …