Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago
Spawning of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the vicinity of the Svalbard archipelago has not been directly observed. From the distribution pattern of polar cod 0-group observed during annual monitoring of the Barents Sea, it has, however, been inferred that spawning occurs in Svalbard waters most ye...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/2637756 2023-05-15T15:38:46+02:00 Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago Eriksen, Elena Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen Gjøsæter, Harald Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen Albretsen, Jon 2019 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2637756 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02549-6 eng eng Norges forskningsråd: 228896 Norges forskningsråd: 228880 Polar Biology. 2019, 1-14. urn:issn:0722-4060 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2637756 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02549-6 cristin:1723902 1-14 Polar Biology Journal article Peer reviewed 2019 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02549-6 2021-09-23T20:15:25Z Spawning of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the vicinity of the Svalbard archipelago has not been directly observed. From the distribution pattern of polar cod 0-group observed during annual monitoring of the Barents Sea, it has, however, been inferred that spawning occurs in Svalbard waters most years. We wanted to investigate the possibility of back-tracking the larvae from these observed distribution areas to the spawning areas from which they originated and applied a coupled ocean–sea ice and particle tracking model to simulate the drift of particles released at suggested spawning sites. The model was run for 1 year (December 2006–September 2007), and the results were compared to observations of polar cod larvae in the autumns of 2007 and 2004–2010. The particles released in the western fjords were mostly retained in the fjords. For the rest of the suggested spawning grounds, the released particles drifted mostly clockwise around the archipelago. Model runs mainly indicated a drift pattern with end points that qualitatively match the main features of the August–September distribution of the polar cod 0-group observed. We conclude that the suggested spawning sites on the southern, northern and eastern sides of Svalbard could have caused a distribution of 0-group polar cod similar to that observed during August–September 2007. From the environmental factors experienced during drift of eggs and larvae and assumptions about habitat suitability for survival and growth, we conclude that spawning in the Svalbard area probably occurs on the southern and eastern sides and later than the area in the southeastern Barents Sea. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Boreogadus saida Polar Biology polar cod Sea ice Svalbard Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Barents Sea Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Polar Biology 43 8 1029 1042 |
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Spawning of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the vicinity of the Svalbard archipelago has not been directly observed. From the distribution pattern of polar cod 0-group observed during annual monitoring of the Barents Sea, it has, however, been inferred that spawning occurs in Svalbard waters most years. We wanted to investigate the possibility of back-tracking the larvae from these observed distribution areas to the spawning areas from which they originated and applied a coupled ocean–sea ice and particle tracking model to simulate the drift of particles released at suggested spawning sites. The model was run for 1 year (December 2006–September 2007), and the results were compared to observations of polar cod larvae in the autumns of 2007 and 2004–2010. The particles released in the western fjords were mostly retained in the fjords. For the rest of the suggested spawning grounds, the released particles drifted mostly clockwise around the archipelago. Model runs mainly indicated a drift pattern with end points that qualitatively match the main features of the August–September distribution of the polar cod 0-group observed. We conclude that the suggested spawning sites on the southern, northern and eastern sides of Svalbard could have caused a distribution of 0-group polar cod similar to that observed during August–September 2007. From the environmental factors experienced during drift of eggs and larvae and assumptions about habitat suitability for survival and growth, we conclude that spawning in the Svalbard area probably occurs on the southern and eastern sides and later than the area in the southeastern Barents Sea. publishedVersion |
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Eriksen, Elena Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen Gjøsæter, Harald Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen Albretsen, Jon Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago |
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Eriksen, Elena Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen Gjøsæter, Harald Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen Albretsen, Jon |
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Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago |
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Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago |
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Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago |
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Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago |
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Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago |
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polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the svalbard archipelago |
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Norges forskningsråd: 228896 Norges forskningsråd: 228880 Polar Biology. 2019, 1-14. urn:issn:0722-4060 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2637756 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02549-6 cristin:1723902 |
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