Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence
We report the first observations of settled blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. in the high Arctic archipelago of Svalbard for the first time since the Viking Age. A scattered population was discovered at a single site at the mouth of Isfjorden in August 2004. Our data indicate that most mussels settled...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/108780 2023-05-15T14:28:48+02:00 Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence Berge, Jørgen Johnsen, Geir Nilsen, Frank Gulliksen, Bjørn Slagstad, Dag 2005-11-21 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108780 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps303167 eng eng Inter-Research urn:issn:0171-8630 urn:issn:1616-1599 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108780 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps303167 167-175 303 Marine Ecology Progress Series blue mussels blåskjell temperature temperatur Arctic Arktis VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 Journal article Peer reviewed 2005 ftimr https://doi.org/10.3354/meps303167 2021-09-23T20:15:37Z We report the first observations of settled blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. in the high Arctic archipelago of Svalbard for the first time since the Viking Age. A scattered population was discovered at a single site at the mouth of Isfjorden in August 2004. Our data indicate that most mussels settled there as spat in 2002, and that larvae were transported by the West Spitsbergen Current northwards from the Norwegian coast to Svalbard the same year. This extension of the blue mussels’ distribution range was made possible by the unusually high northward mass transport of warm Atlantic water resulting in elevated sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic and along the west coast of Svalbard. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic Arktis Arktis* Isfjord* Isfjord* Isfjorden Isfjorden North Atlantic Svalbard Spitsbergen Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Arctic Svalbard Marine Ecology Progress Series 303 167 175 |
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blue mussels blåskjell temperature temperatur Arctic Arktis VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 Berge, Jørgen Johnsen, Geir Nilsen, Frank Gulliksen, Bjørn Slagstad, Dag Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence |
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We report the first observations of settled blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. in the high Arctic archipelago of Svalbard for the first time since the Viking Age. A scattered population was discovered at a single site at the mouth of Isfjorden in August 2004. Our data indicate that most mussels settled there as spat in 2002, and that larvae were transported by the West Spitsbergen Current northwards from the Norwegian coast to Svalbard the same year. This extension of the blue mussels’ distribution range was made possible by the unusually high northward mass transport of warm Atlantic water resulting in elevated sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic and along the west coast of Svalbard. |
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Berge, Jørgen Johnsen, Geir Nilsen, Frank Gulliksen, Bjørn Slagstad, Dag |
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Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence |
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Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence |
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Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence |
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Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence |
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Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence |
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ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels mytilus edulis in svalbard after a 1000 year absence |
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Arctic Archipelago Arctic Arktis Arktis* Isfjord* Isfjord* Isfjorden Isfjorden North Atlantic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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Arctic Archipelago Arctic Arktis Arktis* Isfjord* Isfjord* Isfjorden Isfjorden North Atlantic Svalbard Spitsbergen |
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