[HTML][HTML] In the dark: a review of ecosystem processes during the Arctic polar night

J Berge, PE Renaud, G Darnis, F Cottier, K Last… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Ice-associated amphipods in a pan-Arctic scenario of declining sea ice

H Hop, M Vihtakari, BA Bluhm, M Daase… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sea-ice macrofauna includes ice amphipods and benthic amphipods, as well as mysids.
Amphipods are important components of the sympagic food web, which is fuelled by the …

Identifying trophic relationships within the high Arctic benthic community: how much can fatty acids tell?

J Legeżyńska, M Kędra, W Walkusz - Marine biology, 2014 - Springer
Multivariate analysis of fatty acids (FA) profiles proved to be a useful tool for demonstrating
feeding preferences of Arctic invertebrates belonging to several taxonomic groups collected …

Trophic interactions in the benthic boundary layer of the Beaufort Sea shelf, Arctic Ocean: combining bulk stable isotope and fatty acid signatures

TL Connelly, D Deibel, CC Parrish - Progress in Oceanography, 2014 - Elsevier
The food web structure and diets of 26 taxa of benthic boundary layer (BBL) zooplankton on
the Beaufort Sea shelf were studied using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes and fatty …

DNA metabarcoding reveals a diverse, omnivorous diet of Arctic amphipods during the polar night, with jellyfish and fish as major prey

A Dischereit, J Beermann, B Lebreton… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Currently, Arctic marine ecosystems are witnessing the most rapid physical
changes worldwide, leading to shifts in pelagic and benthic communities and food web …

Bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and hexachlorobenzene by three Arctic benthic species from Kongsfjorden (Svalbard …

AS Szczybelski, MJ van den Heuvel-Greve… - Marine Pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
The predicted expansion of oil and gas (O&G) activities in the Arctic urges for a better
understanding of impacts of these activities in this region. Here we investigated the influence …

In the darkness of the polar night, scallops keep on a steady rhythm

D Tran, M Sow, L Camus, P Ciret, J Berge… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Although the prevailing paradigm has held that the polar night is a period of biological
quiescence, recent studies have detected noticeable activity levels in marine organisms. In …

[HTML][HTML] Are abyssal scavenging amphipod assemblages linked to climate cycles?

T Horton, MH Thurston, R Vlierboom… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Scavenging amphipods are a numerically dominant and taxonomically diverse group that
are key necrophages in deep-sea environments. They contribute to the detrital food web by …

Comparison between trophic positions in the Barents Sea estimated from stable isotope data and a mass balance model

T Pedersen - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The trophic position concept is central in system ecology, and in this study, trophic position
(TP) estimates from stable-isotopes and an Ecopath mass-balance food web model for the …

Benthic scavenger community composition and carrion removal in Arctic and Subarctic fjords

K Dunlop, PE Renaud, J Berge, DOB Jones… - Polar Biology, 2021 - Springer
In high latitude coastal regions, benthic scavenger communities are largely composed of
invertebrates that play a key role in the cycling of organic matter. Factors including …