Ecosystem maturation follows the warming of the Arctic fjords

• Published in: Oceanologia
• Main Authors: Jan Marcin Węsławski, Friedrich Buchholz, Marta Głuchowska, Agata Weydmann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Climate change; Regime shift; Biodiversity; Arctic; Svalbard; Fjords; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Hornsund; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2017.02.002; https://doaj.org/article/1b1ba042e4d0431db5a88278fcd6f5b0

Two fjords in West Spitsbergen (Hornsund 77°N and Kongsfjorden 79°N) differ with regard to their exposure towards increasingly warm Atlantic water inflow. Hornsund remains in many respects cooler than Kongsfjorden (on average 2°C SST in summer) and is less influenced by warmer and more saline Atlant...