Team leaders

Publications ‘The future Barents Sea’

Marius Årthun
RF4 leader
University of Bergen
marius.arthun@uib.no

Morten Skogen
RF4 co-leader
Institute of Marine Research
morten@hi.no

2024

Asbjørnsen H, Eldevik T, Skrefsrud J, Johnson HL, Sanchez-Franks A (2024) Observed change and the extent of coherence in the Gulf Stream system. Ocean Science, 20, 799–816. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-799-2024

Bonan DB, Dörr J, Wills RCJ, Thompson AF, Årthun M (2024) Sources of low-frequency variability in observed Antarctic sea ice, The Cryosphere, 18, 2141–2159. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2141-2024

Calvet N, Bluhm BA, Yoccoz NG, Altenburger A (2024) Shifting invertebrate distributions in the Barents Sea since pre-1900. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1421475. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1421475

Dörr JÅrthun MDocquier DLi C, Eldevik T (2024) Causal links between sea-ice variability in the Barents-Kara Seas and oceanic and atmospheric driversGeophysical Research Letters51, e2024GL108195. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108195

Dörr J, Årthun M, Eldevik T, Sandø AB (2024). Expanding influence of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean heat transport on winter sea‐ice variability in a warming Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans129(2), e2023JC019900. doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019900

Dupont N, Durant JM, Langangen Ø, Stige LC (2024) Changes in prey-predator interactions in an Arctic food web under climate change. Progress in Oceanography229, 103380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103380

Durant JM, Dupont N, Ono K, Langangen Ø (2024) Interaction between three key species in the sea ice-reduced Arctic Barents Sea system. Proceedings Royal Society B, 291:20241408. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1408

Durant JM, Holt RE, Langangen Ø (2024) Large biomass reduction effect on the relative role of climate, fishing, and recruitment on fish population dynamics. Scientific Reports 14, 8995. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59569-4

Gawinski C, Basedow SL, Sundfjord A, Svensen C (2024) Secondary production at the Barents Sea polar front in summer: contribution of different size classes of mesozooplankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 735:77-101. doi.org/10.3354/meps14570

Gawinski C, Daase M, Primicerio R, Amargant-Arumí M, Müller O, Wold A, Ormańczyk MR, Kwasniewski S, Svensen C (2024). Response of the copepod community to interannual differences in sea-ice cover and water masses in the northern Barents Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1308542. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1308542

Haug T, Biuw M, Kovacs KM, Lindblom L, Lindstrøm U, Lydersen C, MacKenzie KM, Meier S (2024) Trophic interactions between common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and their prey during summer in the northern Barents Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 224, 103267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103267

Kalhagen K, Skogseth R, Baumann TM, Falck E, Fer I (2024) An emerging pathway of Atlantic Water to the Barents Sea through the Svalbard Archipelago: drivers and variability. Ocean Science, 20, 981–1001. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-981-2024

Kolås EH, Baumann TM, Skogseth R, Koenig Z, Fer I (2024) Circulation and hydrography in the northwestern Barents Sea: insights from recent observations and historical data (1950–2022). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020211

Kolås EH, Fer I, Bauwmann TM (2024) The Polar Front in the northwestern Barents Sea: structure, variability and mixing. Ocean Science, 20, 895-916, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-895-2024

Langangen Ø, Durant JM (2024) Persistence of fish populations to longer, more intense, and more frequent mass mortality events. Global Change Biology, 30, e17251. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17251

Ogilvie AEJ, King LA, Keenlyside N, Counillon F, Daviđsdóttir B, Einarsson N, Gulev S, Fan K, Koenigk T, McGoodwin JR, Rasmusson MH, Yang S (2024). Recent Ventures in Interdisciplinary Arctic Research: The ARCPATH Project. Adv. Atmos. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-023-3333-x

Onarheim IH, Årthun M, Teigen SH, Eik KJ, Steele M (2024). Recent thickening of the Barents Sea ice cover. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108225. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108225

Pérez FF, Becker M, Goris N, Gehlen M, López‐Mozos M, Tjiputra J, Olsen A, Müller JD, Huertas IE, Chau TTT, Caínzos V, Velo A, Bernard G, Hauck J, Gruber N, Wanninkhof R (2024). An Assessment of CO2Storage and Sea‐Air Fluxes for the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Between 1985 and 2018. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. American Geophysical Union (AGU). http://doi.org/10.1029/2023gb007862

Planque B, Bas L, Biuw M, Blanchet MA, Bogstad B, Eriksen E, Drouineau H, Hansen C, Husson B, Mousing EA, Mullon C, Pedersen T, Skogen MD, Slotte A, Staby A, Lindstrøm U (2024) A food-web assessment model for marine mammals, fish, and fisheries in the Norwegian and Barents Seas. Progress in Oceanography, 229, 103361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103361

2023

Aarflot JM, Eriksen E, Prokopchuk IP, Svensen C, Søreide JE, Wold A, Skogen MD (2023) New insights into the Barents Sea Calanus glacialis population dynamics and distribution. Progress in Oceanography 103106. doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103106

Baumann TM, Fer I (2023) Trapped tidal currents generate freely propagating internal waves at the Arctic continental slope. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41870-3

Brown NJ, Mauritzen C, Li C, Madonna E, Isachsen PE, LaCasce JH. (2023). Rapid Response of the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current to Wind Forcing, Journal of physical oceanography 53(2),389-408. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0014.1

Dinh KV, Albini D, Orr JA, Macaulay SJ, Rillig MC, Borgå K, Jackson MC (2023) Winter is coming: Interactions of multiple stressors in winter and implications for the natural world. Global Change Biology, 29(24), 6834-6845. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16956

Dörr JS, Bonan DB, Årthun M, Svendsen L, Wills RCJ (2023) Forced and internal components of observed Arctic sea-ice changes. The Cryosphere, 17, 4133–4153. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4133-2023

Durant JMHolt REOno K, Langangen Ø (2023) Predatory walls may impair climate warming-associated population expansion. Ecology e4130. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4130

Ericson Y, Fransson A, Chierici M, Jones EM, Skjelvan I, Omar A, Olsen A, Becker M (2023) Rapid fCO2 rise in the northern Barents Sea and Nansen Basin. Progress in Oceanography 217, 103079 doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103079

Fransner F, Olsen A, Årthun M, Counillon F, Tjiputra J, Samuelsen A, Keenlyside N (2023) Phytoplankton abundance in the Barents Sea is predictable up to five years in advance. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 4, 141. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00791-9

Gerland S,  Ingvaldsen RB, Reigstad M,  Sundfjord A, Bogstad B, Chierici M, Hop H, Renaud PE, Smedsrud LH, Stige LC, Årthun M, Berge J, Bluhm BA, Borgå K, Bratbak G, Divine DV, Eldevik T, Eriksen E, Fer I, Fransson A, Gradinger R, Granskog MA, Haug T, Husum K, Johnsen G, Jonassen MO, Jørgensen LL, Kristiansen S, Larsen A, Lien VS, Lind S, Lindstrøm U, Mauritzen C, Melsom A, Mernild SH, Müller M, Nilsen F, Primicerio R, Søreide JE, van der Meeren GI, Wassmann P (2023) Still Arctic?—The changing Barents Sea. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 11 (1): 00088. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00088

Korosov A, Rampal P, Ying Y, Ólason E, Williams T (2023) Towards improving short-term sea ice predictability using deformation observations. The Cryosphere, 17, 4223–4240. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4223-2023

Langbehn TJ, Aarflot JM, Freer JJ, Varpe Ø (2023) Visual predation risk and spatial distributions of large Arctic copepods along gradients of sea ice and bottom depth. Limnology and Oceanography. doi.org/10.1002/lno.12354

Müller M, Batrak Y, Dinesen F, Grote R, Wang K (2023) Challenges in the description of sea-ice for a kilometer-scale weather forecasting system. Weather and Forecasting. doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0134.1

Nascimento MCHusson B, Guillet L, Pedersen T (2023) Modelling the spatial shifts of functional groups in the Barents Sea using a climate-driven spatial food web model. Ecological Modelling 481: 110358. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110358

Rabault J, Müller M, Voermans J, Brazhnikov D, Marchenko A, Biuw M, Nose T, Waseda T, Johansson M, Breivik Ø, Sutherland G, Hole LR, Johnson M, Jensen A,  Gundersen O, Kristoffersen Y, Babanin A, Tedesco P, Christensen KH, Kristiansen M, Hope G, Kodaira T, de Aguiar V, Taelman C, Quigely CP, Filchuk K, Mahoney AR (2023) A dataset of direct observations of sea ice drift and waves in ice. Scientific Data 10, 251. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02160-9

Regan H, Rampal P,  Ólason EBoutin GKorosov A (2023) Modelling the evolution of Arctic multiyear sea ice over 2000–2018. The Cryosphere17(5), 1873–1893. doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1873-2023

Renner AHH, Bailey A, Reigstad M, Sundfjord A, Chierici M, Jones E (2023) Hydrography, inorganic nutrients and chlorophyll a linked to sea ice cover in the Atlantic Water inflow region north of Svalbard. Progress in Oceanography, 219, 103162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103162

Rieke O, Årthun M, Dörr JS (2023) Rapid sea ice changes in the future Barents Sea. The Cryosphere 17: 1445-1456. doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1445-2023

Schmidt LS, Schuler TV, Thomas EE, Westermann S (2023) Meltwater runoff and glacier mass balance in the high Arctic: 1991–2022 simulations for Svalbard. The Cryosphere, 17, 2941–2963. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2941-2023

Spensberger C, Li C, Spengler T. (2023) Linking Instantaneous and Climatological Perspectives on Eddy-Driven and Subtropical Jets, Journal of Climate, 36 (24) 8525-8537. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0080.1

2022

Aarflot JM, Hjøllo SS, Strand E, Skogen MD (2022) Transportation and predation control structures the distribution of a key calanoid in the Nordic Seas. Progress in Oceanography 202: 102761. doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102761

Cornish SB, Johnson HL, Mallett RDC, Dörr J, Kostov Y, Richards AE (2022) Rise and fall of sea ice production in the Arctic Ocean’s ice factories. Nature Communications 13: 7800. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34785-6

Dunse T, Dong K, Aas KS, Stige LC (2022) Regional-scale phytoplankton dynamics and their association with glacier meltwater runoff in Svalbard. Biogeosciences 19(2): 271-294. doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-271-2022

Durant JM, Ono K, Langangen O (2022) Empirical evidence of nonlinearity in bottom up effect in a marine predator-prey system. Biology Letters 18: 20220309. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0309

Duarte P, Brændshøi J, Shcherbin D, Barras P, Albretsen J, Gusdal Y, Szapiro N, Martinsen A, Samuelsen A, Wang K, Debernard JB (2022) Implementation and evaluation of open boundary conditions for sea ice in a regional coupled ocean (ROMS) and sea ice (CICE) modeling system. Geoscientific Model Development 15: 4373-4392. doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4373-2022

Efstathiou E, Eldevik T, Årthun M, Lind S (2022) Spatial patterns, mechanisms, and predictability of Barents Sea ice change. Journal of Climate 35: 2961-2973. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0044.1

Husson B, Lind S, Fossheim M, Kato-Solvang H, Skern-Mauritzen M, Pécuchet L, Ingvaldsen RB, Dolgov AV, Primicerio R (2022) Successive extreme climatic events lead to immediate, large-scale, and diverse responses from fish in the Arctic. Global Change Biology n/a.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16153

Payne MR, Danabasoglu G, Keenlyside N, Matei D, Miesner AK, Yang S, Yeager SG (2022) Skillful decadal-scale prediction of fish habitat and distribution shifts. Nature Communications 13(1): 1-9. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30280-0

Pedersen T (2022) Comparison between trophic positions in the Barents Sea estimated from stable isotope data and a mass balance model. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.813977

Planque B, Aarflot JM, Buttay L, Carroll J, Fransner F, Hansen C, Husson B, Langangen Ø, Lindstrøm U, Pedersen T, Primicerio R, Sivel E, Skogen MD, Strombom E, Stige LC, Varpe Ø, Yoccoz NG (2022) A standard protocol for describing the evaluation of ecological models. Ecological Modelling 471: 110059. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110059

Planque B, Favreau A, Husson B, Mousing EA, Hansen C, Broms C, Lindstrøm USivel E (2022) Quantification of trophic interactions in the Norwegian Sea pelagic food-web over multiple decades. ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(6): 1815-1830. doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac111

Shu Q, Wang Q, Årthun M, Wang S, Song Z, Zhang M, Qiao F (2022) Arctic Ocean Amplification in a warming climate in CMIP6 models. Science Advances 8: eabn9755. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn9755

Sivel EPlanque B, Lindstrøm UYoccoz NG (2022) Combined effects of temperature and fishing mortality on the Barents Sea ecosystem stability. Fisheries Oceanography: 1-15. 
https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12604

2021

Bethke I, Wang Y, Counillon F, Keenlyside N, Kimmritz M, Fransner F, Samuelsen A, Langehaug H, Svendsen L, Chiu PG, Passos L, Bentsen M, Guo C, Gupta A, Tjiputra J, Kirkevåg A, Olivié D, Seland Ø, Solsvik Vågane J, Fan Y et al. (2021) NorCPM1 and its contribution to CMIP6 DCPP. Geoscientific Model Development 14: 7073-7116. doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7073-2021

Dörr J, Årthun M, Eldevik T, Madonna E (2021) Mechanisms of regional winter sea-ice variability in a warming Arctic. Journal of Climate 34: 8635-8653. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0149.1

Løken TK, Rabault J, Jensen A, Sutherland G, Christensen KH, Müller M (2021) Wave measurements from ship mounted sensors in the Arctic marginal ice zone. Cold Regions Science and Technology 182: 103207. doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2020.103207

Melsom A (2021) Edge displacement scores. The Cryosphere Discuss 2021: 1-14. doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-3612

Ólason E, Rampal P, Dansereau V (2021) On the statistical properties of sea-ice lead fraction and
heat fluxes in the Arctic. The Cryosphere 15: 1053-1064. doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1053-2021

Pedersen T, Mikkelsen N, Lindstrøm U, Renaud PE, Nascimento MC, Blanchet M-A, Ellingsen IH, Jørgensen LL, Blanchet H (2021) Overexploitation, recovery, and warming of the Barents Sea ecosystem during 1950–2013. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.732637

Silva E, Counillon F, Brajard J, Korosov A, Pettersson LH, Samuelsen A, Keenlyside N (2021) Twenty-one years of phytoplankton bloom phenology in the Barents, Norwegian, and North Seas. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.746327

Sivel E, Planque B, Lindstrøm U, Yoccoz NG (2021) Multiple configurations and fluctuating trophic control in the Barents Sea food-web. PLOS ONE 16: e0254015. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254015

Thomas EE, Müller M, Bohlinger P, Batrak Y, Szapiro N (2021) A kilometer-scale coupled atmosphere-wave forecasting system for the European Arctic. Weather and Forecasting. doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506320.1

Årthun M, Onarheim IH, Dörr J, Eldevik T (2021) The seasonal and regional transition to an ice-free Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters 48: e2020GL090825. doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090825

2020

Aarflot JMDalpadado P, Fiksen Ø (2020) Foraging success in planktivorous fish increases with topographic blockage of prey distributions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 644: 129-142. doi.org/10.3354/meps13343

Asbjørnsen H, Årthun M, Skagseth Ø, Eldevik T (2020) Mechanisms underlying recent arctic Atlantification. Geophysical Research Letters 47: e2020GL088036.
doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088036 

Løken TK, Rabault J, Thomas EE, Müller M, Christensen KH, Sutherlad G, Jensen A (2020) A comparison of wave observations in the Arctic marginal ice zone with spectral models. Proceedings of the IAHR International Symposium on ice 2020 s.499-508. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2003.09472

Pecuchet L, Blanchet M-A, Frainer A, Husson B, Jørgensen LL, Kortsch S, Primicerio R (2020) Novel feeding interactions amplify the impact of species redistribution on an arctic food web. Global Change Biology 26: 4894-4906. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15196

Skagseth Ø, Eldevik T, Årthun M, Asbjørnsen H, Lien VS, Smedsrud LH (2020) Reduced efficiency of the Barents Sea cooling machine. Nature Climate Change 10: 661-666. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0772-6

2019

Batrak Y, Müller M (2019) On the warm bias in atmospheric reanalyses induced by the missing snow over arctic sea-ice. Nature Communications 10:4170. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11975-3

Melsom A, Palerme C, Müller M (2019) Validation metrics for ice edge position forecasts. Ocean Sceince 15: 615-630. doi.org/10.5194/os-15-615-2019

Palerme C, Müller M, Melsom A (2019) An intercomparison of verification scores for evaluating the sea ice edge position in seasonal forecasts. Geophysical Research Letters 46: 4757-4763. doi.org/10.1029/2019GL0824825

Planque B, Mullon C (2019) Modelling chance and necessity in natural systems. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77: 1573-1588. doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz173

Årthun M, Eldevik T, Smedsrud LH (2019) The Role of Atlantic heat transport in future arctic winter sea ice loss. Journal of Climate 32: 3327-3341. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0750.1

2018

Batrak Y, Müller M (2018) Atmospheric response to kilometer-scale changes in sea ice concentration within the marginal ice zone. Geophysical Research Letters 45: 6702-6709. doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078295

Muilwijk M, Smedsrud LH, Ilicak M, Drange H (2018) Atlantic Water heat transport variability in the 20th century Arctic Ocean from a global ocean model and observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123: 8159-8179. doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014327

Onarheim IH, Eldevik T, Smedsrud LH, Stroeve JC (2018) Seasonal and regional manifestation of Arctic Sea ice loss. Journal of Climate 31: 4917-4932. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0427.1

Årthun M, Bogstad B, Daewel U, Keenlyside NS, Sandø AB, Schrum C, Ottersen G (2018) Climate based multi-year predictions of the Barents Sea cod stock. PLOS ONE 13: e0206319. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206319