Editorial - Arctic Ocean Diversity: synthesis

Bluhm, Bodil A.; Gradinger, Rolf; Hopcroft, Russell R.

doi:10.1007/s12526-010-0080-x

Cited by 29 publications

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“…The largest portion of research effort has focused on understanding the spatio-temporal variability in food web processes (CFL and C3O projects). The IPY also provided the opportunity for a full assessment of marine ecosystem biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic through the Arctic Census of Marine Life (Bluhm et al 2011a). Finally, we present results illustrating how the top predators (marine mammals) assemblage is likely to be affected by the decrease of sea ice cover and the expected climatedriven changes in primary and secondary production (GWAMM project).…”

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Current state and trends in Canadian Arctic marine ecosystems: II. Heterotrophic food web, pelagic-benthic coupling, and biodiversity

et al. 2012

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As part of the Canadian contribution to the International Polar Year (IPY), several major international research programs have focused on offshore arctic marine ecosystems. The general goal of these projects was to improve our understanding of how the response of arctic marine ecosystems to climate warming will alter food web structure and ecosystem services provided to Northerners. At least four key findings from these projects relating to arctic heterotrophic food web, pelagic-benthic coupling and biodiversity have emerged: (1) Contrary to a long-standing paradigm of dormant ecosystems during the long arctic winter, major food web components showed relatively high level of winter activity, well before the spring release of ice algae and subsequent phytoplankton bloom. Such phenological plasticity among key secondary producers like zooplankton may thus narrow the risks of Climatic Change

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confidence: 99%

Current state and trends in Canadian Arctic marine ecosystems: II. Heterotrophic food web, pelagic-benthic coupling, and biodiversity

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“…The reduction of Arctic sea ice has already had ecological consequences for many Arctic taxa, including marine mammals and seabirds (Bluhm et al, 2011;Kovacs et al, 2011, CAFF, 2013. Here, we focus on recent observations that provide evidence for novel and potentially increasing interbasin movements.…”

Section: Evidence From Tetrapods: Recent Faunal Exchange Between the mentioning

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“…The retreat of Arctic ice is now recognized as the source of new challenges for Arctic ecosystem conservation (reviewed in Grebmeier 2012). Specifically, the increased rates of faunal exchange between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins predicted by Vermeij & Roopnarine (2008) and observed by several authors (Reid et al, 2007;Bluhm et al, 2011;Kovacs et al, 2011) raise new conservation questions.…”

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Melting barriers to faunal exchange across ocean basins

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et al. 2015

Global Change Biology

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Accelerated loss of sea ice in the Arctic is opening routes connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for longer periods each year. These changes may increase the ease and frequency with which marine birds and mammals move between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean basins. Indeed, recent observations of birds and mammals suggest these movements have intensified in recent decades. Reconnection of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean basins will present both challenges to marine ecosystem conservation and an unprecedented opportunity to examine the ecological and evolutionary consequences of interoceanic faunal exchange in real time. To understand these changes and implement effective conservation of marine ecosystems, we need to further develop modeling efforts to predict the rate of dispersal and consequences of faunal exchange. These predictions can be tested by closely monitoring wildlife dispersal through the Arctic Ocean and using modern methods to explore the ecological and evolutionary consequences of these movements.

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“…Such a concern is particularly due for the Arctic marine region that is being subjected to a combination of climate and human stressors (e.g. Bluhm et al, 2011;Bourgeois and Bey, 2011;Notz, 2009;Wassmann, 2011). A step forward in the knowledge of marine diversity in the Arctic has been made during the fourth International Polar Year (IPY 2007(IPY -2008 that included studies on the taxonomy and geographic distributions of marine fish.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%