This book focuses in detail on all ecologically important aspects of the Kongsfjorden system such as the marine and atmospheric environment including long-term monitoring, Ecophysiology of individual species, structure and function of the ecosystem, ecological processes and biological communities.
The contributed articles include review articles and research articles that have a wider approach and bring the current research up-to-date. This book will form a baseline for future work.
Editoria: 1. The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.- PART I:
Atmospheric conditions. 2. The atmosphere above Ny-Ålesund - Climate and
global warming, ozone and surface UV radiation.- PART II: Oceanography, sea
ice and underwater light regime. 3. The Kongsfjorden Transect: seasonal and
inter-annual variability in hydrography.- 4. Changes in sea-ice extent and
thickness in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (2003-2016).- 5. Underwater light regime
in Kongsfjorden and its ecological implications.- PART III: Pelagic
production, phytoplankton and zooplankton. 6. Phytoplankton seasonal dynamics
in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard and the adjacent shelf.- 7. Zooplankton in
Kongsfjorden (1996-2016) in relation to climate change.- PART IV: Benthic
microbes, macroalgae and fauna. 8. Living on cold substrata new approaches
to study microphytobenthos ecophysiology and ecology in Kongsfjorden.- 9.
Biodiversity of benthic macro- and microalgaefrom Svalbard with special focus
on Kongsfjorden.- 10. Kelp and environmental changes in the Kongsfjorden:
Stress perception and responses.- 11. Ecological drivers of and responses by
Arctic benthic communities, with an emphasis on Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.- PART
V: Arctic fjord ecosystem model and autonomous marine observatories. 12.
Outline of an Arctic fjord ecosystem model for Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden,
Svalbard.- 13. Autonomous marine observatories in Kongsfjorden,
Svalbard.- PART VI: Kongsfjorden as harbinger of the future Arctic. 14.
Kongsfjorden as harbinger of the future Arctic: knowns, unknowns and research
priorities.
