Jellyfish blooms can represent a significant but largely overlooked source of organic matter
(OM), in particular at the local and regional scale. We provide an overview of the current …

Cold-seep benthic communities in the Arctic exist at the nexus of two extreme environments;
one reflecting the harsh physical extremes of the Arctic environment and another reflecting …

Filter-feeding gelatinous macrozooplankton (FFGM), namely salps, pyrosomes and doliolids,
are increasingly recognized as an essential component of the marine ecosystem. Unlike …

Benthic communities below the photic zone are largely reliant on the export of surface-water
primary production and the flux of partially degraded organic matter to the seabed, ie …

With increasing socio-economic importance of the rare earth elements and yttrium (REY),
Norway has laid out plans for REY mining, from land-based to deep-sea mining, thereby …

Introduction Currently, Arctic marine ecosystems are witnessing the most rapid physical
changes worldwide, leading to shifts in pelagic and benthic communities and food web …

Seasonal cycles of primary production and freshwater run-off contribute to elevated
particulate matter fluxes of marine and terrestrial origin in fjords. In Norwegian fjords …

In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean ca. 30 billion tonnes
of polymetallic nodules, rich in metals critical for frontier technologies, lay on the sediment …

In the deep sea, benthic communities largely depend on organic material from the overlying
water column for food. The remains of organisms on the seafloor (food falls) create areas of …

Fjordic systems in temperate and Arctic regions often feature extensive kelp forests at their
shallow coastal margins as well as extensive terrestrial forests. Detrital export from these …