Distribution and biomass transport of ice amphipods in drifting sea ice around Svalbard

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 20-21, 2008, Pages 2292-2307

  Hop, Haakon ^a   Pavlova, Olga ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Carbon flux; Fram Strait; Ice fauna; Svalbard; Sympagic ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEA ICE;

BARENTS SEA; CARBON FLUX; FRAM STRAIT; SVALBARD; SYMPAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

ICE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; CRUSTACEAN; ICE DRIFT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMPHIPODA; APHERUSA GLACIALIS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS WILKITZKII;

EID: 56949098323     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Arndt C.E., and Beuchel F. Life cycle and population dynamics of the Arctic sympagic amphipods Onisimus nanseni SARS and O. glacialis SARS (Gammaridea: Lysianassidae). Polar Biology 29 (2006) 239-248
2. Arndt, C.E., Lønne, O.J., 2002. Transport of bioenergy by large scale Arctic drift. In: Squire, V., Langhorne, P. (Eds.), Ice in the Environment. Proceedings of the 16th International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) International Symposium on Ice, Dunedin, pp. 382-390.
3. Arndt C.E., and Pavlova O. Origin and fate of ice fauna in the Fram Strait and Svalbard area. Marine Ecology Progress Series 301 (2005) 55-66
4. Beuchel F., and Lønne O.J. Population dynamics of the sympagic amphipods Gammarus wilkitzkii and Apherusa glacialis in sea ice north of Svalbard. Polar Biology 25 (2002) 241-250
5. Borgå K., Poltermann M., Polder A., Pavlova O., Gulliksen B., Gabrielsen G.W., and Skaare J.U. Influence of diet and sea ice drift on organochlorine bioaccumulation in Arctic ice-associated amphipods. Environmental Pollution 117 (2002) 47-60
6. Cavalieri D., Parkinson C., Gloersen P., and Zwally H.J. Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I Passive Microwave Data [lists dates of temporal coverage used] (1996, updated 2006), National Snow and Ice Data Center, Digital media, Boulder, CO, USA
7. Comiso, J., 1990, updated 2005. DMSP SSM/I daily and monthly polar gridded sea ice concentrations [list dates used]. In: Maslanik, J., Stroeve, J. Boulder (Eds.), National Snow and Ice Data Center, Digital media, Colorado, USA.
8. Comiso J.C. Abrupt decline in the Arctic winter sea ice cover. Geophysical Research Letters 33 (2006) L18504 10.1029/2006GL027341
9. Comiso J.C., Parkinson C.L., Gersten R., and Stock L. Acceleration decline in the Arctic Sea ice cover. Geophysical Research Letters 35 (2008) L01703 10.1029/2007GL031972
10. Cota G.F., Legendre L., Gosselin M., and Ingram R.G. Ecology of bottom ice algae: I. Environmental controls and variability. Journal of Marine Systems 2 (1991) 257-277
11. Eicken H. From microscopic, to the macroscopic, to the regional scale: growth, microstructure and properties of sea ice. In: Thomas D.N., and Dieckmann G.S. (Eds). Sea Ice: An Introduction to its Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geology (2003), Blackwell Publishers, Oxford 22-81
12. Falk-Petersen S., Hop H., Budgell W.P., Hegseth E.N., Korsnes R., Løyning T.B., Ørbæk J.B., Kawamura T., and Shirasawa K. Physical and ecological processes in the Marginal Ice Zone of the northern Barents Sea during the summer melt period. Journal of Marine Systems 27 (2000) 131-159
13. Fowler C. Polar Pathfinder daily 25 km EASE-grid sea ice motion vectors (2003), National Snow and Ice Data Center, Digital media, Boulder, CO, USA
14. Francis J.A., Hunter E., Key J.R., and Wang X. Clues to variability in Arctic minimum sea ice extent. Geophysical Research Letters 32 (2005) L21501 10.1029/2005GL024376
15. Fütterer D.K., and Galimov E.M. Siberian river run-off into the Kara Sea: characterization, quantification, variability and environmental significance-an introduction. In: Stein R., Fahl K., Fütterer D.K., Galimov E., and Stepanets O. (Eds). Siberian River Run-off in the Kara Sea: Characterization, Quantification, Variability, and Environmental Significance. Proceedings in Marine Science (2003), Elsevier, Amsterdam 1-8
16. Gerland S., Aars J., Bracegirdle T., Carmack E., Hop H., Hovelsrud G.K., Kovacs K., Lydersen C., Perovich D.K., Richter-Menge J., Rybråten S., Strøm H., and Turner J. Ice in the Sea. Global Outlook for Ice & Snow (2007), United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi 63-96 (Chapter 5)
17. Hegseth E.N. Sub-ice algal assemblages of the Barents Sea: species composition, chemical composition, and growth rates. Polar Biology 12 (1992) 485-496
18. Hegseth E.N. Primary production of the northern Barents Sea. Polar Research 17 (1998) 113-123
19. Hop H., Poltermann M., Lønne O.J., Falk-Petersen S., Korsnes R., and Budgell W.P. Ice amphipod distribution relative to ice density and under-ice topography in the northern Barents Sea. Polar Biology 23 (2000) 357-367
20. Hop H., Falk-Petersen S., Svendsen H., Kwasniewski S., Pavlov V., Pavlova O., and Søreide J.E. Physical and biological characteristics of the pelagic system across Fram Strait to Kongsfjorden. Progress in Oceanography 71 (2006) 182-231
21. Horner R., Ackley S.F., Dieckmann G.S., Gulliksen B., Hoshiai T., Legendre L., Melnikov I.A., Reeburgh W.S., Spindler M., and Sullivan C.W. Ecology of sea ice biota. 1. Habitat, terminology and methodology. Polar Biology 12 (1992) 417-427
22. IPCC. Climate Change 2007: the physical science basis. In: Solomon S., Quin D., Manning M., Chan X., Marquis M.C., Averyt K., Tignor M., and Miller H.L. (Eds). Contribution of Working Group 1 to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge and New York
23. Koc N., Pavlov V., Gerland S., Pavlova O., Olsen O.M., Nicolaus A., Løset S., and Høyland K. Sea ice data for the Greenland and Barents Seas. Scientific Report for StatoilHydro (2007), Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway 115pp
24. Kwok R., and Rothrock D.A. Variability of Fram Strait ice flux and North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters 27 (1999) 775-778
25. Kwok R. Near zero replenishment of the Arctic multiyear sea ice cover at the end of 2005 summer. Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2007) L05501 10.1029/2006GL028737
26. Kwok R., Cunningham G.F., and Pang S.S. Fram Strait sea ice outflow. Journal of Geophysical Research 109 (2004) C01009 10.1029/2003JC001785
27. Kwok R., Maslowski W., and Laxon S.W. On large outflows of Arctic sea ice into the Barents Sea. Geophysical Research Letters 32 (2005) L22503 10.1029/2005GL024485
28. Lønne O.J. A diver-operated electric suction sampler for sympagic (=under-ice) invertebrates. Polar Research 6 (1988) 135-136
29. Lønne O.J., and Gabrielsen G.W. Summer diet of seabirds feeding in sea-ice-covered waters near Svalbard. Polar Biology 12 (1992) 685-692
30. Lønne O.J., and Gulliksen B. Size, age and diet of polar cod, Boreogadus saida (Lepechin 1773), in ice covered waters. Polar Biology 9 (1989) 187-191
31. Lønne O.J., and Gulliksen B. Occurrence and ecological importance of sympagic fauna in the Fram Strait, Svalbard area, and western Barents Sea. Rapports et Procès-Verbeaux des Réunions du Conceil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer 188 (1989) 170
32. Lønne O.J., and Gulliksen B. On the distribution of sympagic macro-fauna in the seasonally ice covered Barents Sea. Polar Biology 11 (1991) 457-469
33. Lønne O.J., and Gulliksen B. Source, density and composition of sympagic fauna in the Barents Sea. Polar Research 10 (1991) 289-294
34. Lønne O.J., and Gulliksen B. Sympagic macro-fauna from multiyear sea-ice near Svalbard. Polar Biology 11 (1991) 471-477
35. Martin S., and Cavalieri D.J. Contributions of the Siberian shelf polynyas to the Arctic Ocean intermediate and deep water. Journal of Geophysical Research (C Oceans) 94 (1989) 12725-12738
36. Maslanik J.A., Flowler C., Stroeve J., Drobot S., Zwally J., Yi D., and Emry E. A younger, thinner Arctic ice cover: increased potential for rapid, extensive ice loss. Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2007) L24501 10.1029/2007GL032043
37. McMinn A., and Hegseth E.N. Quantum yield and photosynthetic parameters of marine microalgae from the southern Arctic Ocean, Svalbard (Thin Ice Project). Journal of Marine Biological Association, UK 84 (2004) 865-871
38. McMinn A., and Hegseth E.N. Sea ice primary productivity in the northern Barents Sea, spring 2004. Polar Biology 30 (2007) 249-254
39. Nghiem S.V., Chao Y., Neumann G., Li P., Perovich D.K., Street T., and Clemente-Colón P. Depletion of perennial sea ice in the East Arctic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters 33 (2006) L17501 10.1029/2006GL027198
40. Omori M. Weight and chemical composition of some important oceanic zooplankton in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology 3 (1969) 3-10
41. Pavlov V., Pavlova O., and Korsnes R. Sea ice fluxes and drift trajectories from potential pollution sources, computed with a statistical sea ice model of the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems 48 (2004) 133-157
42. Pfirman S., Colony R., Nurnberg D., Eicken H., and Rigor I. Reconstructing the origin and trajectory of drifting Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research 102 C6 (1997) 12575-12586
43. Pfirman S., Kogler J., and Rigor I. Potential for rapid transport of contaminants from the Kara Sea. The Science of the Total Environment 202 (1997) 111-122
44. Pfirman S., Haxby W.F., Colony R., and Rigor I. Variability in Arctic sea ice drift. Geophysical Research Letters 31 (2004) L16402 10.1029/2004GL020063
45. Pfirman S.L., Bauch D., and Gammelsrød T. The northern Barents Sea: water mass distribution and modification. In: Johannessen O.M., Muench R.D., and Overland J.E. (Eds). The Polar Oceans and their Role in shaping the Global Environment (1994), American Geophysical Union, Washington 77-94
46. Poltermann M. Abundance, biomass and small-scale distribution of cryopelagic amphipods in the Franz Josef Land area (Arctic). Polar Biology 20 (1998) 134-138
47. Poltermann M. Arctic sea ice as feeding ground for amphipods-food sources and strategies. Polar Biology 24 (2001) 89-96
48. Poltermann M., Hop H., and Falk-Petersen S. Life under Arctic sea ice-reproduction strategies of two sympagic (ice-associated) amphipod species, Gammarus wilkitzkii and Apherusa glacialis. Marine Biology 136 (2000) 913-920
49. Richter-Menge, J., Overland, J., Proshutinsky, A., Romanovsky, V., Bengtsson, L., Brigham, L., Dyrgerov, M., Gascard, J.C., Gerland, S., Graversen, R., Haas, C., Karcher, M., Kuhry, P., Maslanik, J., Melling, H., Maslowsky, W., Morison, J., Perovich, D., Przybylak, R., Rachold, V., Rigor, I., Shiklomanov, A., Stroeve, J., Walker, D., Walsh, J., 2006. State of the Arctic Report. NOAA OAR Special Report, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, Washington, 36pp.
50. Romanov, I.P., 1995. Atlas of ice and snow of the Arctic Basin and Siberian Shelf Seas. Second edition of Atlas and Monograph, revised and expanded. Translated and edited by A. Tunik, New York: Backbone, 277pp.
51. Rothrock D.A., and Thomas D.R. The Arctic Ocean multiyear ice balance. Annals of Glaciology 14 (1990) 252-255
52. Rothrock D.A., Yu Y., and Maykut G.A. Thinning of the Arctic sea-ice cover. Geophysical Research Letters 26 (1999) 3469-3472
53. Scott C.L., Falk-Petersen S., Hop H., Sargent J.R., Lønne O.J., and Poltermann M. Lipids and trophic interaction of ice fauna and pelagic zooplankton in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea. Polar Biology 21 (1999) 65-70
54. Serreze M.C., Holland M.M., and Stroeve J. Perspectives on the Arctic's shrinking sea-ice cover. Science 315 (2007) 1533-1536
55. Serreze M.C., Maslanik J.A., Scambos T.A., Fetterer F., Stroeve J., Knowles K., Fowler C., Drobot S., Barry R.G., and Haran T.M. A record minimum arctic sea ice extent and area in 2002. Geophysical Research Letters 30 (2003) 1110 10.1029/2002GL016406
56. Søreide J.E., Hop H., Carroll M.L., Falk-Petersen S., and Hegseth E.N. Seasonal food web structures and sympagic-pelagic coupling in the European Arctic revealed by stable isotopes and a two-source food web model. Progress in Oceanography 76 (2006) 59-87
57. Stroeve J.C., Serreze M.C., Fetterer F., Arbetter T., Meier W., Maslanik J.A., and Knowles K. Tracking the Arctic's shrinking ice cover: another extreme September minimum in 2004. Geophysical Research Letters 32 (2005) L04501 10.1029/2004GL021810
58. Sundfjord A., Fer I., Kasajima Y., and Svendsen H. Observations of turbulent mixing and hydrography in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research 112 (2007) C05008 10.1029/2006JC003524
59. Syvertsen, E.E., 1991. Ice algae in the Barents Sea: types of assemblages, origin, fate and role in the ice edge phytoplankton bloom. In: Sakshaug, E., Hopkins, C.C.E., Øritsland, N.A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pro Mare Symposium on Polar Marine Ecology, Trondheim, 12-16 May 1990; Polar Research 10, 277-287.
60. ter Braak C.J.F. Ordination. In: Jongman R.G.H., ter Braak C.J.F., and van Tongeren O.F.R. (Eds). Data Analysis in Community and Landscape Ecology (1995), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 91-173
61. ter Braak C.J.F., and Smilauer P. CANOCO Reference Manual and CanoDraw for Windows User's Guide: Software for Canonical Community Ordination (version 4.5) (2002), Microcomputer Power, Ithaca, NY, USA 500pp
62. Timokhov L.A. Regional characteristics of the Laptev and the East Siberian Seas: climate, topography, ice phases, thermohaline regime, circulation. In: Kassens H., Hubberten H.-W., Priamikov S.M., and Stein R. (Eds). Russian-German cooperation in the Siberian Shelf Seas. Geo-System Laptev-Sea vol. 144 (1994), Berichte zur Polarforschung 15-31
63. Vinje T., and Kvambekk A.S. Barents Sea drift ice characteristics. Polar Research 10 (1991) 59-68
64. Vinnikov K.Y., Robock A., Stouffer J., Walsh J.E., Parkinson C.L., Cavalieri D.J., Mitchell J.F.B., Garrett D., and Zakharov V.F. Global warming and northern hemisphere sea ice extent. Science 286 (1999) 1934-1937
65. Wassmann P., Reigstad M., Haug T., Rudels B., Carroll M.L., Hop H., Gabrielsen G.W., Falk-Petersen S., Denisenko S.G., Arashkevich E., Slagstad D., and Pavlova O. Food webs and carbon flux in the Barents Sea. Progress in Oceanography 71 (2006) 232-287
66. Werner I. Grazing of Arctic under-ice amphipods on sea-ice algae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 160 (1997) 93-99
67. Werner I. Seasonal dynamics, cryo-pelagic interactions and metabolic rates of Arctic pack-ice and under-ice fauna-a review. Polarforschung 75 (2007) 1-19
68. Werner I., and Auel H. Seasonal variability in abundance, respiration and lipid composition of Arctic under-ice amphipods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 292 (2005) 251-262
69. Werner I., and Gradinger R. Under-ice amphipods in the Greenland Sea and Fram Strait (Arctic): environmental controls and seasonal patterns below the pack ice. Marine Biology 140 (2002) 317-326
70. Werner I., Auel H., Garrity C., and Hagen W. Pelagic occurrence of the sympagic amphipod Gammarus wilkitzkii in ice free waters of the Greenland Sea-dead end or part of life cycle?. Polar Biology 22 (1999) 56-60
71. Werner I., Auel H., and Friedrich C. Carnivorous feeding and respiration of the Arctic under-ice amphipod Gammarus wilkitzkii. Polar Biology 25 (2002) 523-530