Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem
The international and interdisciplinary sea-ice drift expedition “The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate” (MOSAiC) was conducted from October 2019 to September 2020. The aim of MOSAiC was to study the interconnected physical, chemical, and biological characteristi...
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crunicaliforniap:10.1525/elementa.2023.00135 2024-09-30T14:30:22+00:00 Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem Fong, Allison A. Hoppe, Clara J. M. Aberle, Nicole Ashjian, Carin J. Assmy, Philipp Bai, Youcheng Bakker, Dorothee C. E. Balmonte, John P. Barry, Kevin R. Bertilsson, Stefan Boulton, William Bowman, Jeff Bozzato, Deborah Bratbak, Gunnar Buck, Moritz Campbell, Robert G. Castellani, Giulia Chamberlain, Emelia J. Chen, Jianfang Chierici, Melissa Cornils, Astrid Creamean, Jessie M. Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Droste, Elise S. Ebenhöh, Oliver Eggers, Sarah L. Engel, Anja Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Frickenhaus, Stephan Gardner, Jessie Gelfman, Cecilia E. Granskog, Mats A. Graeve, Martin Havermans, Charlotte Heuzé, Céline Hildebrandt, Nicole Hill, Thomas C. J. Hoppema, Mario Immerz, Antonia Jin, Haiyan Koch, Boris P. Kong, Xianyu Kraberg, Alexandra Lan, Musheng Lange, Benjamin A. Larsen, Aud Lebreton, Benoit Leu, Eva 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00135 https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article-pdf/doi/10.1525/elementa.2023.00135/832720/elementa.2023.00135.pdf en eng University of California Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Elem Sci Anth volume 12, issue 1 ISSN 2325-1026 journal-article 2024 crunicaliforniap https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00135 2024-09-05T05:01:59Z The international and interdisciplinary sea-ice drift expedition “The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate” (MOSAiC) was conducted from October 2019 to September 2020. The aim of MOSAiC was to study the interconnected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics and processes from the atmosphere to the deep sea of the central Arctic system. The ecosystem team addressed current knowledge gaps and explored unknown biological properties over a complete seasonal cycle focusing on three major research areas: biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles, and linkages to the environment. In addition to the measurements of core properties along a complete seasonal cycle, dedicated projects covered specific processes and habitats, or organisms on higher taxonomic or temporal resolution in specific time windows. A wide range of sampling instruments and approaches, including sea-ice coring, lead sampling with pumps, rosette-based water sampling, plankton nets, remotely operated vehicles, and acoustic buoys, was applied to address the science objectives. Further, a broad range of process-related measurements to address, for example, productivity patterns, seasonal migrations, and diversity shifts, were made both in situ and onboard RV Polarstern. This article provides a detailed overview of the sampling approaches used to address the three main science objectives. It highlights the core sampling program and provides examples of habitat- or process-specific sampling. The initial results presented include high biological activities in wintertime and the discovery of biological hotspots in underexplored habitats. The unique interconnectivity of the coordinated sampling efforts also revealed insights into cross-disciplinary interactions like the impact of biota on Arctic cloud formation. This overview further presents both lessons learned from conducting such a demanding field campaign and an outlook on spin-off projects to be conducted over the next years. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice University of California Press Arctic Elem Sci Anth 12 1 |
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The international and interdisciplinary sea-ice drift expedition “The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate” (MOSAiC) was conducted from October 2019 to September 2020. The aim of MOSAiC was to study the interconnected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics and processes from the atmosphere to the deep sea of the central Arctic system. The ecosystem team addressed current knowledge gaps and explored unknown biological properties over a complete seasonal cycle focusing on three major research areas: biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles, and linkages to the environment. In addition to the measurements of core properties along a complete seasonal cycle, dedicated projects covered specific processes and habitats, or organisms on higher taxonomic or temporal resolution in specific time windows. A wide range of sampling instruments and approaches, including sea-ice coring, lead sampling with pumps, rosette-based water sampling, plankton nets, remotely operated vehicles, and acoustic buoys, was applied to address the science objectives. Further, a broad range of process-related measurements to address, for example, productivity patterns, seasonal migrations, and diversity shifts, were made both in situ and onboard RV Polarstern. This article provides a detailed overview of the sampling approaches used to address the three main science objectives. It highlights the core sampling program and provides examples of habitat- or process-specific sampling. The initial results presented include high biological activities in wintertime and the discovery of biological hotspots in underexplored habitats. The unique interconnectivity of the coordinated sampling efforts also revealed insights into cross-disciplinary interactions like the impact of biota on Arctic cloud formation. This overview further presents both lessons learned from conducting such a demanding field campaign and an outlook on spin-off projects to be conducted over the next years. |
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Fong, Allison A. Hoppe, Clara J. M. Aberle, Nicole Ashjian, Carin J. Assmy, Philipp Bai, Youcheng Bakker, Dorothee C. E. Balmonte, John P. Barry, Kevin R. Bertilsson, Stefan Boulton, William Bowman, Jeff Bozzato, Deborah Bratbak, Gunnar Buck, Moritz Campbell, Robert G. Castellani, Giulia Chamberlain, Emelia J. Chen, Jianfang Chierici, Melissa Cornils, Astrid Creamean, Jessie M. Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Droste, Elise S. Ebenhöh, Oliver Eggers, Sarah L. Engel, Anja Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Frickenhaus, Stephan Gardner, Jessie Gelfman, Cecilia E. Granskog, Mats A. Graeve, Martin Havermans, Charlotte Heuzé, Céline Hildebrandt, Nicole Hill, Thomas C. J. Hoppema, Mario Immerz, Antonia Jin, Haiyan Koch, Boris P. Kong, Xianyu Kraberg, Alexandra Lan, Musheng Lange, Benjamin A. Larsen, Aud Lebreton, Benoit Leu, Eva |
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Fong, Allison A. Hoppe, Clara J. M. Aberle, Nicole Ashjian, Carin J. Assmy, Philipp Bai, Youcheng Bakker, Dorothee C. E. Balmonte, John P. Barry, Kevin R. Bertilsson, Stefan Boulton, William Bowman, Jeff Bozzato, Deborah Bratbak, Gunnar Buck, Moritz Campbell, Robert G. Castellani, Giulia Chamberlain, Emelia J. Chen, Jianfang Chierici, Melissa Cornils, Astrid Creamean, Jessie M. Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Droste, Elise S. Ebenhöh, Oliver Eggers, Sarah L. Engel, Anja Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Frickenhaus, Stephan Gardner, Jessie Gelfman, Cecilia E. Granskog, Mats A. Graeve, Martin Havermans, Charlotte Heuzé, Céline Hildebrandt, Nicole Hill, Thomas C. J. Hoppema, Mario Immerz, Antonia Jin, Haiyan Koch, Boris P. Kong, Xianyu Kraberg, Alexandra Lan, Musheng Lange, Benjamin A. Larsen, Aud Lebreton, Benoit Leu, Eva Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem |
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Fong, Allison A. Hoppe, Clara J. M. Aberle, Nicole Ashjian, Carin J. Assmy, Philipp Bai, Youcheng Bakker, Dorothee C. E. Balmonte, John P. Barry, Kevin R. Bertilsson, Stefan Boulton, William Bowman, Jeff Bozzato, Deborah Bratbak, Gunnar Buck, Moritz Campbell, Robert G. Castellani, Giulia Chamberlain, Emelia J. Chen, Jianfang Chierici, Melissa Cornils, Astrid Creamean, Jessie M. Damm, Ellen Dethloff, Klaus Droste, Elise S. Ebenhöh, Oliver Eggers, Sarah L. Engel, Anja Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Frickenhaus, Stephan Gardner, Jessie Gelfman, Cecilia E. Granskog, Mats A. Graeve, Martin Havermans, Charlotte Heuzé, Céline Hildebrandt, Nicole Hill, Thomas C. J. Hoppema, Mario Immerz, Antonia Jin, Haiyan Koch, Boris P. Kong, Xianyu Kraberg, Alexandra Lan, Musheng Lange, Benjamin A. Larsen, Aud Lebreton, Benoit Leu, Eva |
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem |
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem |
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem |
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem |
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem |
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overview of the mosaic expedition: ecosystem |
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