FRAM: a multidisciplinary observatory in the North Atlantic ‐ Arctic Ocean transition zone
Since about fifteen years the Alfred Wegener Institute | Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) carries out time-series observations in the North Atlantic – Arctic transition. Activities are focused on water mass exchange through Fram Strait and on ecosystem studies at the deep-sea obs...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:34518 2023-05-15T13:15:43+02:00 FRAM: a multidisciplinary observatory in the North Atlantic ‐ Arctic Ocean transition zone Janssen, Felix Soltwedel, Thomas Schewe, Ingo Schauer, Ursula Boetius, Antje 2013-11-13 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34518/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34518/2/fjanssen_et_al_131107_low_res.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42741 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42741.d002 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34518/2/fjanssen_et_al_131107_low_res.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42741.d002 Janssen, F. orcid:0000-0002-5607-4012 , Soltwedel, T. orcid:0000-0002-8214-5937 , Schewe, I. orcid:0000-0003-3372-3224 , Schauer, U. and Boetius, A. orcid:0000-0003-2117-4176 (2013) FRAM: a multidisciplinary observatory in the North Atlantic ‐ Arctic Ocean transition zone , EMSO Ocean Observatories Challenges and Progresses conference, INGV, Rome, IT, 13 November 2013 - 15 November 2013 . hdl:10013/epic.42741 EPIC3EMSO Ocean Observatories Challenges and Progresses conference, INGV, Rome, IT, 2013-11-13-2013-11-15 Conference notRev 2013 ftawi 2021-12-24T15:39:10Z Since about fifteen years the Alfred Wegener Institute | Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) carries out time-series observations in the North Atlantic – Arctic transition. Activities are focused on water mass exchange through Fram Strait and on ecosystem studies at the deep-sea observatory ‘HAUSGARTEN’. HAUSGARTEN is the first and by now only open-ocean long-term observatory in a polar region and a key site of the EMSO-Network. The location in Fram Strait – being the sole deep connection between the North-Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean – is of special interest with respect to the exchange of heat and freshwater between the Arctic and lower latitudes. The Fram Strait ecosystem is expected to be particularly vulnerable to Global Change related variations in environmental conditions, including the ongoing sea-ice retreat. Obtained time series of physical and ecological observations demonstrate the tight connection between abiotic habitat properties and ecosystem characteristics – including the rates and the nature of vertical particle fluxes as well as the composition of pelagic assemblages and benthic communities from microbes to megafauna. These findings clearly advocate for a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach that combines fixed-point and region-wide time-series observations and form the basis of our current proposal for the integrated deep-sea observatory ‘FRAM’ (FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring). In addition to the integration of existing physical and ecosystem observation components to fully exploit synergies, strategies for FRAM also include the implementation of novel instruments (e.g., ice-tethered platforms, profiling moorings, benthic crawlers) to extend observation-capacities in space and time – including periods of limited access due to permanent ice-coverage. Conference Object Alfred Wegener Institute Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Atlantic Arctic Atlantic-Arctic Fram Strait North Atlantic Sea ice Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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Since about fifteen years the Alfred Wegener Institute | Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) carries out time-series observations in the North Atlantic – Arctic transition. Activities are focused on water mass exchange through Fram Strait and on ecosystem studies at the deep-sea observatory ‘HAUSGARTEN’. HAUSGARTEN is the first and by now only open-ocean long-term observatory in a polar region and a key site of the EMSO-Network. The location in Fram Strait – being the sole deep connection between the North-Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean – is of special interest with respect to the exchange of heat and freshwater between the Arctic and lower latitudes. The Fram Strait ecosystem is expected to be particularly vulnerable to Global Change related variations in environmental conditions, including the ongoing sea-ice retreat. Obtained time series of physical and ecological observations demonstrate the tight connection between abiotic habitat properties and ecosystem characteristics – including the rates and the nature of vertical particle fluxes as well as the composition of pelagic assemblages and benthic communities from microbes to megafauna. These findings clearly advocate for a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach that combines fixed-point and region-wide time-series observations and form the basis of our current proposal for the integrated deep-sea observatory ‘FRAM’ (FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring). In addition to the integration of existing physical and ecosystem observation components to fully exploit synergies, strategies for FRAM also include the implementation of novel instruments (e.g., ice-tethered platforms, profiling moorings, benthic crawlers) to extend observation-capacities in space and time – including periods of limited access due to permanent ice-coverage. |
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FRAM: a multidisciplinary observatory in the North Atlantic ‐ Arctic Ocean transition zone |
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FRAM: a multidisciplinary observatory in the North Atlantic ‐ Arctic Ocean transition zone |
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FRAM: a multidisciplinary observatory in the North Atlantic ‐ Arctic Ocean transition zone |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34518/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34518/2/fjanssen_et_al_131107_low_res.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42741 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42741.d002 |
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