Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs
Ongoing climate warming is causing a dramatic loss of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and it is projected that the Arctic Ocean will become seasonally ice-free by 2040. Many studies of local Arctic food webs now exist, and with this review paper we aim to synthesize these into a large-scale assessment...
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| author | Monika Kędra Charlotte Moritz Emily S. Choy Carmen David Renate Degen Steven Duerksen Ingrid Ellingsen Barbara Górska Jacqueline M. Grebmeier Dubrava Kirievskaya Dick van Oevelen Kasia Piwosz Annette Samuelsen Jan Marcin Węsławski |
| author_facet | Monika Kędra Charlotte Moritz Emily S. Choy Carmen David Renate Degen Steven Duerksen Ingrid Ellingsen Barbara Górska Jacqueline M. Grebmeier Dubrava Kirievskaya Dick van Oevelen Kasia Piwosz Annette Samuelsen Jan Marcin Węsławski |
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| description | Ongoing climate warming is causing a dramatic loss of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and it is projected that the Arctic Ocean will become seasonally ice-free by 2040. Many studies of local Arctic food webs now exist, and with this review paper we aim to synthesize these into a large-scale assessment of the current status of knowledge on the structure of various Arctic marine food webs and their response to climate change, and to sea-ice retreat in particular. Key drivers of ecosystem change and potential consequences for ecosystem functioning and Arctic marine food webs are identified along the sea-ice gradient, with special emphasis on the following regions: seasonally ice-free Barents and Chukchi seas, loose ice pack zone of the Polar Front and Marginal Ice Zone, and permanently sea-ice covered High Arctic. Finally, we identify knowledge gaps in different Arctic marine food webs and provide recommendations for future studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-955c07a966ee498bb8452aa5ed1f96282022-12-21T22:40:04ZengNorwegian Polar InstitutePolar Research1751-83692015-05-0134012310.3402/polar.v34.2377523775Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food websMonika Kędra0Charlotte Moritz1Emily S. Choy2Carmen David3Renate Degen4Steven Duerksen5Ingrid Ellingsen6Barbara Górska7Jacqueline M. Grebmeier8Dubrava Kirievskaya9Dick van Oevelen10Kasia Piwosz11Annette Samuelsen12Jan Marcin Węsławski13 Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, PL-81-712 Sopot, Poland Institut des Sciences de la Mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Quebec G5L 3A1, Canada Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, DE-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, DE-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture Brattørkaia, 17C, NO-7010 Trondheim, Norway Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, PL-81-712 Sopot, Poland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, P.O. Box 38, Solomons, MD 20688, USA Research Center, Novgorod State University, Bolshaya St. Petersburgskaya ul., 41, Veliky Novgorod, 173003, Russia Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Yerseke Ecosystem Studies, P.O. Box 140, NL-4400 AC Yerseke, The Netherlands National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Department of Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecology, ul. Kołłątaja 1, PL-81-332 Gdynia, Poland Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Thormoelensgate 47, NO-5006, Bergen, Norway Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, PL-81-712 Sopot, PolandOngoing climate warming is causing a dramatic loss of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and it is projected that the Arctic Ocean will become seasonally ice-free by 2040. Many studies of local Arctic food webs now exist, and with this review paper we aim to synthesize these into a large-scale assessment of the current status of knowledge on the structure of various Arctic marine food webs and their response to climate change, and to sea-ice retreat in particular. Key drivers of ecosystem change and potential consequences for ecosystem functioning and Arctic marine food webs are identified along the sea-ice gradient, with special emphasis on the following regions: seasonally ice-free Barents and Chukchi seas, loose ice pack zone of the Polar Front and Marginal Ice Zone, and permanently sea-ice covered High Arctic. Finally, we identify knowledge gaps in different Arctic marine food webs and provide recommendations for future studies.http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/23775/pdf_5Arcticfood webclimate changesea-ice retreattrophic transferpelagic–benthic coupling |
| spellingShingle | Monika Kędra Charlotte Moritz Emily S. Choy Carmen David Renate Degen Steven Duerksen Ingrid Ellingsen Barbara Górska Jacqueline M. Grebmeier Dubrava Kirievskaya Dick van Oevelen Kasia Piwosz Annette Samuelsen Jan Marcin Węsławski Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs Polar Research Arctic food web climate change sea-ice retreat trophic transfer pelagic–benthic coupling |
| title | Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs |
| title_full | Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs |
| title_fullStr | Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs |
| title_short | Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs |
| title_sort | status and trends in the structure of arctic benthic food webs |
| topic | Arctic food web climate change sea-ice retreat trophic transfer pelagic–benthic coupling |
| url | http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/23775/pdf_5 |
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