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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microalgae vertical flux in the Svalbard seasonal ice zone RiD ID 10889 and 10900

Two field campaigns will be completed in Billefjorden, through collaboration with the Czech Center for Polar Ecology (CPE) station in Petuniabukta (Nostoc field station), to study microalgae and vertical carbon export in the seasonal sea ice zone of Svalbard. 24-hour sediment traps will be deploy...

Tildelt: kr 64 720

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Integrated population modelling of a Svalbard population of snow bunting, RiS ID 10953

I aim to apply an integrated population model to data on Svalbard snow buntings to investigate if there is a relationship between breeding time and survival and fecundity. The data are collected in Adventsdalen, near Longyearbyen, Svalbard. My main data source will be mark-recapture spanning from...

Tildelt: kr 5 414

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microalgal communities in the cryosphere Controls and connectivity from glaciers to sea ice, RiS ID 10889

The aim of the project is to study the roles and controls of microalgae in the cryosphere. I will study communities on glaciers, in the fjords and in and underneath sea ice. Besides microscopy, next generation sequencing methods will be used for 18S amplicon sequencing in summer with high glacial...

Tildelt: kr 72 888

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal dynamics of sympagic meiofauna in a high-Arctic fjord

Sea ice plays a vital role in the Arctic ecosystem with many organisms of all sizes depending on it as a habitat, feeding, breeding and nursery ground. Brine channels that form through the ejection of salt from the freshwater lattice during the formation of sea ice, offer a unique habitat for spe...

Tildelt: kr 35 067

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Plant functional traits across altitudinal and soil fertility gradients on Svalbard, RiS 10935

The aim of this project is to quantify and compare the relative importance of species turnover and intraspecific variation as drivers of plant community-level traits across both an altitudinal and soil fertility gradient. We will set out plots along transects varying in altitude or soil fertility...

Tildelt: kr 77 999

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2018

Sted: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of terrestrial inputs on coastal food-web structure and contaminant trophodynamics in an Arctic fjord system

Increased terrestrial run-off in Arctic regions is one major impact of climate change. As temperatures and precipitation increase and permafrost and glaciers melt, coastal areas are experiencing increased levels of riverine inputs. These inputs bring water, sediments, nutrients, organic matter an...

Tildelt: kr 74 999

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2018

Sted: Oslo

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

How to build a glass house: Revealing fundamental components of diatom cell wall biomineralization

Biomineralisering er levende organismers dannelse av komplekse uorganiske strukturer, og er en vidt utbredt prosess i naturen. En av de mest spektakulære eksemplene på biomineralisering finner man hos kiselalger, som er en gruppe av encellete alger med stor økologisk betydning. Celleveggen til ki...

Tildelt: kr 9,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2024

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FINNUT-Forskning og innovasjon i utdanningssektoren

ArtsApp:Hvordan teknologi påvirker motivasjon og interesse for innlæring av biologiske arter

I dette prosjektet har målet vært å optimalisere et interaktivt læringsverktøy (mobilapplikasjon) for læring av biologiske arter. Sluttresultatet er en mobilapplikasjon (ArtsApp) som kan tas i bruk av både studenter, undervisere og naturinteresserte for å identifisere arter i utvalgte artsgrupper...

Tildelt: kr 5,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2023

Sted: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Can maternal exposure to low pH/elevated pCO2 seawater provide protection to the offspring of the keystone copepod Calanus glacialis to ocea

Emission of CO2 from anthropogenic sources has increased at unprecedented rates since the advent of industrialisation. The increased absorption of atmospheric CO2 by the oceans has led to an imbalance in seawater carbonate chemistry and to a reduction in seawater pH : a process known as ocean aci...

Tildelt: kr 41 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Snow Network

Building on previously funded workshops and pilot project, we would like to ensure the legacy of the Svalbard Snow Network through joint research publications (minimum 5). In order to foster and re-enforce international collaboration, three major goals will be addressed during the workshop: 1) sc...

Tildelt: kr 0,22 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2018

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Physiological adaptions of Arctic algae during the bloom development under current and future conditions, RiS ID 10647

The aim of my project is to investigate physiological adaptions and primary production in Arctic pelagic and sympagic algae to current and future environmental changes (e.g. light availability and carbonate chemistry). More specifically, I want to follow photo-physiological adaptions during the s...

Tildelt: kr 78 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Zooplankton dynamics in ice free versus ice covered fjords in Svalbard

Studies during winter-spring when many pelagic and benthic invertebrates reproduces in Arctic marine coastal ecosystems are limited due to challenging field work when fjords are frozen. Eggs and larva of benthic invertebrates and zooplankton may temporarily reach several thousand per m-3 water, a...

Tildelt: kr 76 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Late winter activity of Micromonas pusilla

The picoeukaryote Micromonas pusilla is a key phototroph in Arctic picoplankton, being one of the earliest to commence growth after the polar night period. In this project qPCR of cDNA (from RNA) will be used to quantify the cell abundances (and population growth) in the transition from polar nig...

Tildelt: kr 44 529

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of herbivory and warming on tundra plant communities

Warming of the Arctic is unequivocal. However, biotic factors such as herbivory can modulate the responses of tundra ecosystems to climate change through its impacts on vegetation. In the Archipelago of Svalbard, higher temperatures in summer and increased goose population in the last decades set...

Tildelt: kr 59 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of pollution and climate change on emerging disease threats in arctic black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla)

In Svalbard, we will study the blacked legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) as our model species, as it allows for a huge possibility for comparison across a wide latitudinal range (breeding from Svalbard to the United Kingdom [UK]). We will assess pollutant levels, immune system effects and path...

Tildelt: kr 49 795

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The impact of pollution on pathogen prevalence and host infection resistance in the Arctic black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

As the warming climate alters the dynamics of disease in northern ecosystems, evidence suggests that pathogens are spreading into Arctic populations where they were previously unseen. Increasing viral diversity (virodiversity) may also allow for the emergence of new diseases, while immunomodulato...

Tildelt: kr 41 708

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

From dark to light - development of Phaeocystis pouchetii spring blooms

The haptophyte Phaeocystis pouchetii is a key arctic phototroph capable of forming massive blooms. It is one of the important spring bloom species. This project will collect new data and combine this with already collected samples from the Isfjorden Adventfjorden (IsA) marine time series station....

Tildelt: kr 36 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of persistent organic pollutants on oxidative stress and thyroid hormone status in Glaucous gulls in Svalbard

Blood samples of glaucous gulls will be collected in Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund in order to investigate concentrations of legacy POPs and emerging contaminants with potential thyroid disruptive properties in glaucous gulls in Svalbard. Blood concentrations of the target contaminants and thyroid ...

Tildelt: kr 32 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbes in poly-extreme environments and their potential roles in greenhouse gas release: Gruve 5, an acidic polar peat-draining AMD river

Peat soils store vast amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC) and are of importance with regards to climate change. We aim to identify and compare key microbial players of the soil in a peat-draining poly-extreme environment (acidic polar Acid Mine Drainage river) in Svalbard due to its physicochem...

Tildelt: kr 28 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Determination of seasonal development and community composition of sympagic meiofauna in Van Mijenfjorden; RiS ID 10641

Sea ice is a vital component of the Arctic ecosystem, organisms of all size classes dependent on it as a habitat, feeding, breeding and nursery ground. The microscopic organisms that inhabit the brine channels in the interior of the ice are known as sympagic (ice-associated) meiofauna (> 20 um). ...

Tildelt: kr 76 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Is the Arctic copepod Calanus glacialis subject to metabolic trade-offs when exposed to heatwaves and ocean acidification

Present day marine environment is under pressure from multiple changing environmental factors driven by global climate change (GCC) such as extreme event like heatwaves (HW) and ocean acidification (OA). The Arctic has been identified as the most vulnerable region in regards to GCC and will under...

Tildelt: kr 75 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Benthic insect egg and larvae development in High Arctic streams, RiS ID 10448

Aquatic ecosystems in High Arctic environments and their benthic communities are due to worldwide environmental changes strongly influenced by rising air and water temperatures, enhanced glacier melting, oscillating discharge dynamics and an extended snow free season. But little is known about th...

Tildelt: kr 79 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Pollutants in Arctic geese and their eggs

The aim of this project is to determine how pollutants in Arctic geese are transferred from mother to eggs and the mechanisms that are involved in this process. We will sample grass, droppings, feathers and eggs from geese June-July 2016 in Ny-Ålesund and measure pollutants levels. We will determ...

Tildelt: kr 79 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Microbial Methane Filter in the Arctic: Resilience and Response to Climate Change (RIS-ID 10208)

The overall goal of the project is to investigate the impact of climate change and seasonal events on the methane oxidation potential in High- and in the Sub-Arctic terrestrial ecosystems. We want to identify the key players in the microbial methane cycle, their adaption to their habitat and thei...

Tildelt: kr 54 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Telomere dynamics and migration patterns in the Arctic skua: A longitudinal study. RiS ID 10452

This project aims to measure the rates of telomere loss in Arctic skuas (Stercorarius parasiticus) in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard and relate the changes to individual migration patterns. Telomeres are protective caps at the ends of linear chromosomes, whose shortening is accelerated by physiological s...

Tildelt: kr 61 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of stress on the immune system in chicks of the black-legged kittiwake

In this study I will investigate the effects of stress, which will be experimentally imposed by repeated investigator disturbance during the nestling period, on the immune response in the chicks of the Black-legged Kittiwake. The study will be conducted in two breeding colonies in Kongsfjorden, S...

Tildelt: kr 78 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The potential for adaptation of current and future phytoplankton blooms in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (RIS 10432)

The aim of my project is to investigate the potential for adaption of Arctic phytoplankton communities to the current and future changes in in temperature, carbonate chemistry and light availability. More specifically, I want to characterize intra- and interspecific diversity of Arctic diatom pop...

Tildelt: kr 78 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects Of Seasonality And Spatial Heterogeneity On Polar Cod (Boreogadus Saida) Diet And Distribution In Svalbard Waters. RiS ID: 10442

This study will offer a first understanding on the seasonal diet of a true arctic gadoid fish in Svalbard waters, the polar cod. We will attempt to identify whether adult polar cod feed actively during the polar night and if yes, whether their diet differs from that of the spring, summer, and fal...

Tildelt: kr 8 498

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Halocarbon production by snow and ice algae. RiS ID 10435

This project aims to determine the role of snow and ice-bound algae in the production of halocarbons (hydrocarbon gases that contain a halogen such as bromine, iodine or chlorine), generating a comprehensive field data set via gas and biological field analyses. When released into the lower atmosp...

Tildelt: kr 74 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) on Svalbard, a hidden native or successful invader? (RIS ID 6279)

The primary aim of this study is to extend our knowledge about the recently discovered Mytilus edulis population on Svalbard. This tempo-boreal bivalve is a well-known climate indicator thriving during times of elevated sea surface temperatures. However, the origin of the Svalbard blue mussel is ...

Tildelt: kr 59 999

Prosjektperiode: 2016-2017

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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