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Program for the Workshop on Ecology of northern fjords 25 – 27
November (per 4 Nov)
Numbers behind title refer to abstract numbers in list of abstracts
Wednesday 25 November
8:30
9:00
9:10
9:40
10:00
10:20
11:00
11:20
11:40
12:00
13:00
13:30
13:50
14:10
14:30
15:10
15:40
16:00
Registration
Welcome
Hydrophysics, plankton and vertical fluxes
Eilertsen, Mankettikkara & Aaboe - Long term hydrophysical
trends in north Norwegian coastal and fjord waters
Simonsen, Norði & Patursson - Variability in the circulation in a
Faroese fjord system
Hegseth - The variability of the phytoplankton spring season in
Kongsfjorden related to environmental factors
Coffee
Gislason, Reynisson & Lawson - Estimating in-situ orientation of
Thysanoessa raschii in Ísafjord Deep NW Iceland using VPR
Basedow & Norrbin - Diel vertical migration of Calanus
finmarchicus in relation to hydrography and jellyfish during summer
in northern Norwegian fjords
Michelsen - The seasonal occurrence of pelagic meroplankton in a
north Norwegian fjord
Lunch
Juul-Pedersen, Arendt, Mortensen, Meire, Krawczyk, Blicher,
Søgaard & Rysgaard - Glacier-Fjord-Ocean interactions - effects
of glacial melt on primary production and food web structure in
Greenland fjords
Norði, Glud, Simonsen & Gaard - Benthic recycling and burial of
organic carbon in a small sill fjord (Kaldbaksfjørður, Faroe Islands)
Reigstad, Wassmann & Ratkova - Seasonal variation in plankton
dynamics and vertical export in Balsfjord- Important groups and
drivers
Wiedmann, Marquardt, Vader, Reigstad & Gabrielsen Seasonality of the vertical biomass flux in an ice-free arctic fjord –
comparable to subarctic fjords and do small cells (< 10 µm)
contribute?
Coffee
Invasive species, herring and top-predators
Jónsson, Valdimarsson & Ólafsdóttir - Study of water exchange,
circulation and oxygen levels in a small fjord on the west coast of
Iceland following death of herring in winter 2012-2013
Mikkelsen, Pedersen, Falk-Petersen, Schmidt & Slotte Population dynamics of two fjord herring populations adapted to
extreme environmental conditions
Weslawski, Szczucka, Włodarska- Kowalczuk, Kwaśniewski,
Głuchowska, Promińska & Deja - Fish and why non-fish fjords
on Svalbard
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16:40
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Thorarinsdottir - Expanding and invasive marine species in
Icelandic fjords
Pedersen, Lindstrøm & Heggland - Macroalgae coverage
strongly affects the abundances of newly settled 0-group coastal
cod and northeast Arctic saithe
Coffee/Poster session, see list of poster presentations below
Lømsland & Johnsen - Differences in phytoplankton carbon along
the Norwegian coast, regarding yearly biomass, dominating
species, functional groups and blooming frequency
Priou, Varela & Norrbin - Association between plankton and
hydrography in Porsangerfjord, northern Norway
Espinasse, Tverberg, Basedow & Eiane - Advection of fjordoverwintering Calanus population along the Lofoten coast
Mikkelsen, Pedersen & Falk-Petersen - Spawning dynamics of
the Balsfjord herring
Enoksen & Reiss - Diet of coastal cod studied by using a citizen
science approach
Zuccarato & Grønkjær - Feeding ecology of Capelin (Mallotus
villosus) in Godthaabsfjord (Greenland)
Grzelak, Gregorczyk, Gluchowska & Weslawski - Variation of
biomass and morphometric attributes of nematodes in two
Spitsbergen fjords
Nilssen - Variation in population parameters of Pandalus borealis
along an environmental gradient in Porsangerfjord, northern
Norway
Weber, Wiedmann, Aschan & Primicerio - Shape analysis
provides information on functional traits and diversity of Barents
Sea fish
Dinner at Árdna – the Sami cultural house of UiT
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Thursday 26 November
9:00
9:30
9:50
10:10
10:30
11:10
11:40
12:10
13:10
13:40
14:00
14:20
14:40
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16:30
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19:30
Invasive species, herring and top-predators (cont.)
Grønkjær, Pedersen, Hedeholm & Christensen - Cod, climate
and stable isotopes in Godthaabsfjord, West- Greenland
Larsen, Pedersen & Lindstrøm - Growth dynamics of cod, Gadus
morhua L., in a fjord system during a period of declining abundance
and rising temperature
Lindstrøm, Ivarjord & Pedersen - Foraging behavior of cod in an
Arctic fjord in northern Norway
Ramasco, Nilssen & Lindström - The response of harbour seals
to seasonal dynamics in prey availability in a subarctic fjord of
Northern Norway
Coffee
Geology of fjords
Forwick - The seafloor in Spitsbergen fjords – a key to unravel the
history of glaciers on Svalbard
Elvenes & Lepland - Mapping the northern fjords: The marine
geologist’s approach
Lunch
Benthos and food-web interactions
Lindal Jørgensen, Elvenes & Nilssen - Macrobenthic distribution
in a high latitude Norwegian fjord invaded by the red king crab
(Paralithodes camtchaticus)
Oug, Cochrane & Sundet - Structural and functional changes of
soft-bottom ecosystems in fjords invaded by the red king crab
(Paralithodes camtschaticus)
Sivertsen - Distribution of kelp beds and sea urchin dominated
barren grounds in Porsangerfjorden, North Norway
Fagerli, Norderhaug, Christie, Fredriksen, Foldager Pedersen
& Rinde – Sea urchin overgrazing and kelp forest recovery
Fuhrmann, Pedersen, Lindstrøm, Nilssen, Ivarjord, Ramasco,
Jørgensen, Nilssen, Sundet, Sivertsen, Källgren, Michaelsen,
Systad, Norrbin, Svenning, Bjørge and Steen - Modelling
ecosystem structure and trophic control in a heterogenic Atlantic
fjord after invasion by the red king crab
Coffee/Poster Session
Effects of fishery, other anthropogenic effects and fjord
management
Morissette - Marine mammals, ecosystem functioning and
conservation challenges in northern fjords: a case study of the
Saguenay – St. Lawrence marine park
Strand, Christie & Moy - FJORDKALK – Revitalizing an
overgrazed fjord, experimental studies in the Porsangerfjord,
Finnmark
Nilssen - Reduced fishery mortality, causing dramatic changes in
demography of Pandalus borealis in Balsfjord, northern Norway
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Dinner at Restaurant Måken at the Scandic Tromsø Hotel
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Friday 27 November
9:00
9:30
9:40
10:00
10:20
11:00
11:20
12:00
Effects of fishery, other anthropogenic effects and fjord
management (cont.)
Langård - Fjord management, fjord lines and protection of young
fish
Lennert - A millennium of changing environments in the
Godthåbsfjord, -bridging cultures of knowledge
Jørstad - Deep water shrimp (Pandalus) and salmon delousing
agents – detailed sea bed mapping and biological sampling by
traps around salmon farms
Johansen, Westgaard, Seliussen, Nedreaas, Dahle & Aglen Regulation of fisheries on coastal cod (Gadus morhua) in a MP
fjord based on genetic monitoring; a success story?
Coffee
Summing up and discussion
Challenges in fjord management in various areas, what can we
scientists contribute with?
End of workshop
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