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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Predicting plant trait plasticity in response to warming across a changing tundra biome in the high Arctic, RiS ID: 11498

Predicting how plant communities will respond to environmental change has been described as the ‘holy grail’ of ecology. Understanding which factors determine whether a species responds positively or negatively to a particular environmental change allows us to anticipate future shifts in communit...

Tildelt: kr 72 000

Prosjektperiode: 2022-2022

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Temporal and spatial variation of the benthic microbial community in the Adventelva Delta, RiS ID 11595

The climate is changing more rapidly in the Arctic than in most areas of the planet. The combination of thawing permafrost, melting glaciers, and changes in patterns of precipitation and vegetation are causing increased inputs of freshwater with organic material, sediments, and nutrients from ter...

Tildelt: kr 79 815

Prosjektperiode: 2021-2022

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonality of microbial eukaryotes in the seasonally ice-covered arctic fjord Billefjorden, RiS ID 11636

Microbial eukaryotes or single-celled protists are organisms that play a fundamental role in energy flow and the cycling of elements in the marine ecosystem. Protist communities in the Arctic are highly seasonal. Despite the abundance and importance of pico- and nano- sized eukaryotes, most prot...

Tildelt: kr 91 710

Prosjektperiode: 2021-2022

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Annual and regional distribution of Pseudocalanus spp. in the Svalbard-Barents Sea region

This project will collect monthly zooplankton samples in Billefjorden at three different depths of the water column. The Pseudocalanus species are small size copepods compared to the Calanus genus, but still very large in abundance. Hence, very important. Samples will be analyzed in order to lear...

Tildelt: kr 79 999

Prosjektperiode: 2021-2021

Sted: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Svalbard biodiversity hotspots: origin, current connectivity, and future importance as source of colonization and genetic diversity

Biodiversity hotspots or arctic oases provide an excellent study system for evolutionary responses to climate change. Such hotspots harbour rare thermophilic survivors from earlier warmer climatic conditions (Alsos et al. 2015) that potentially can expand again under future climate change. Hotspo...

Tildelt: kr 59 999

Prosjektperiode: 2020-2020

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Climate change induced shifts in sea ice algae nutrient content: species, community and trophic implications.

Climate change is the major threat affecting Arctic ecosystems, with trends toward increased sea surface temperatures and declining sea ice noted over the past three decades (NOAA, 2018). Sea ice microalgae form an important part of the Arctic food web, contributing up to 50% of primary productio...

Tildelt: kr 68 999

Prosjektperiode: 2020-2021

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The role of vegetation composition in regulation of soil temperature

This fieldwork will compare the insulation capabilities of moss-dominated communities with vascular-plant dominated communities in Svalbard. It is expected that soil temperatures under moss will be lower, due to better insulation efficiency. Lower temperatures promote thicker permafrost. The acti...

Tildelt: kr 49 999

Prosjektperiode: 2020-2020

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

AUTO: Secrets of success in Saxifraga oppositifolia, RiS ID 11070

In this project I aim to investigate consequences of autopolyploidy on phenotypic variation, with focus on reproductive strategy and reproductive output. I will use the circumpolar, arctic-alpine species Saxifraga oppositifolia (Saxifragaceae), as study system, where two main ploidy levels are kn...

Tildelt: kr 45 547

Prosjektperiode: 2020-2020

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Plant communities mediate climate effects on active layer depth

This study will investigate the influence of plant communities dominated by vascular plants vs moss-dominated communities under different climate regimes. As yet we know very little about insulation capacity in these contrasting plant communities. Furthermore, we also do not know which vegetation...

Tildelt: kr 43 405

Prosjektperiode: 2020-2020

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Personalities in fear behaviour: relevance for management. RiS ID: 11153

Geese differ in their reaction to human disturbance. Previous work has linked the degree of reaction to personality and habituation. In Kongsfjorden (near Ny-A°lesund), there is a marked population of barnacle geese which have been tested for different personality traits. Now, we want to make a l...

Tildelt: kr 45 653

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2020

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Nunataks as an island model system within the island - Dispersal of Saxifraga oppositifolia. RiS ID: 11166

Saxifraga oppositifolia will be sampled from nunataks, to explore the gene flow between populations and to find out whether nunataks function as islands within the island of Spitsbergen. In addition, dispersal and colonisation of S. oppositifolia can be related to environmental factors, since pop...

Tildelt: kr 38 636

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2020

Sted: Svalbard

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

De-icing of Arctic Coasts: Critical or new opportunities for marine biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?

I dette prosjektet har vi satt sammen et sterkt pan-arktisk og tverrfaglig team fra Norge, Polen, Kanada, USA og Danmark for å bestemme biodiversitet og sosio-økologiske konsekvenser av endringen fra frosne til isfrie kyster året rundt i Arktis. Myndighetene, næringslivet, miljøorganisasjoner, og...

Tildelt: kr 3,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2022

Sted: Svalbard

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

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

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

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