Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
For more than five decades, research has been conducted at Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard, Norway, to understand the structure and functioning of High-Arctic ecosystems and the profound impacts on them of environmental change. Terrestrial, freshwater, glacial and marine ecosystems are accessible year-round...
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For more than five decades, research has been conducted at Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard, Norway, to understand the structure and functioning of High-Arctic ecosystems and the profound impacts on them of environmental change. Terrestrial, freshwater, glacial and marine ecosystems are accessible year-round from Ny-Ålesund, providing unique opportunities for interdisciplinary observational and experimental studies along physical, chemical, hydrological and climatic gradients. Here, we synthesize terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund and review current knowledge of biodiversity patterns, species population dynamics and interactions, ecosystem processes, biogeochemical cycles and anthropogenic impacts. There is now strong evidence of past and ongoing biotic changes caused by climate change, including negative effects on populations of many taxa and impacts of rain-on-snow events across multiple trophic levels. While species-level characteristics and responses are well understood for macro-organisms, major knowledge gaps exist for microbes, invertebrates and ecosystem-level processes. In order to fill current knowledge gaps, we recommend (1) maintaining monitoring efforts, while establishing a long-term ecosystem-based monitoring programme; (2) gaining a mechanistic understanding of environmental change impacts on processes and linkages in food webs; (3) identifying trophic interactions and cascades across ecosystems; and (4) integrating long-term data on microbial, invertebrate and freshwater communities, along with measurements of carbon and nutrient fluxes among soils, atmosphere, freshwaters and the marine environment. The synthesis here shows that the Ny-Ålesund study system has the characteristics needed to fill these gaps in knowledge, thereby enhancing our understanding of High-Arctic ecosystems and their responses to environmental variability and change. |
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Pedersen, Å.Ø. Convey, P. Newsham, K.K. Mosbacher, J.B. Fuglei, E. Ravolainen, V. Hansen, B.B. Jensen, T.C. Augusti, A. Biersma, E.M. Cooper, E.J. Coulson, S.J. Gabrielsen, G.W. Gallet, J.C. Karsten, U. Kristiansen, S.M. Svenning, M.M. Tveit, A.T. Uchida, M. Baneschi, I. Calizza, E. Cannone, N. de Goede, E.M. Doveri, M. Elster, J. Giamberini, M.S. Hayashi, K. Lang, S.I. Lee, Y.K. Nakatsubo, T. Pasquali, V. Paulsen, I.M.G. Pedersen, C. Peng, F. Provenzale, A. Pushkareva, E. Sandström, C.A.M. Sklet, V. Stach, A. Tojo, M. Tytgat, B. Tømmervik, H. Velazquez, D. Verleyen, E. Welker, J.M. Yao, Y.-F. Loonen, M.J.J.E. |
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Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard |
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Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard |
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Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard |
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/6310 2023-05-15T14:55:52+02:00 Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Pedersen, Å.Ø. Convey, P. Newsham, K.K. Mosbacher, J.B. Fuglei, E. Ravolainen, V. Hansen, B.B. Jensen, T.C. Augusti, A. Biersma, E.M. Cooper, E.J. Coulson, S.J. Gabrielsen, G.W. Gallet, J.C. Karsten, U. Kristiansen, S.M. Svenning, M.M. Tveit, A.T. Uchida, M. Baneschi, I. Calizza, E. Cannone, N. de Goede, E.M. Doveri, M. Elster, J. Giamberini, M.S. Hayashi, K. Lang, S.I. Lee, Y.K. Nakatsubo, T. Pasquali, V. Paulsen, I.M.G. Pedersen, C. Peng, F. Provenzale, A. Pushkareva, E. Sandström, C.A.M. Sklet, V. Stach, A. Tojo, M. Tytgat, B. Tømmervik, H. Velazquez, D. Verleyen, E. Welker, J.M. Yao, Y.-F. Loonen, M.J.J.E. 2022-04-19 application/pdf application/zip text/html application/epub+zip text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310 https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.6310 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310/14314 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310/14505 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310/14515 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310/14518 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310/14516 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310/14517 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6310 doi:10.33265/polar.v41.6310 Copyright (c) 2022 Å.Ø. Pedersen, P. Convey, K.K. Newsham, J.B. Mosbacher, E. Fuglei, V. Ravolainen, B.B. Hansen, T.C. Jensen, A. Augusti, E.M. Biersma, E.J. Cooper, S.J. Coulson, G.W. Gabrielsen, J.C. Gallet, U. Karsten, S.M. Kristiansen, M.M. Svenning, A.T. Tveit, M. Uchida, I. Baneschi, E. Calizza, N. Cannone, E.M. de Goede, M. Doveri, J. Elster, M.S. Giamberini, K. Hayashi, S.I. Lang, Y.K. Lee, T. Nakatsubo, V. Pasquali, I.M.G. Paulsen, C. Pedersen, F. Peng, A. Provenzale, E. Pushkareva, C.A.M. Sandström, V. Sklet, A. Stach, M. Tojo, B. Tytgat, H. Tømmervik, D. Velazquez, E. Verleyen, J.M. Welker, Y.-F. Yao, M.J.J.E. Loonen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Polar Research; Vol. 41 (2022) 1751-8369 Biogeochemical cycles climate change ecosystem structure and functioning environmental change High Arctic human impacts soil info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.6310 2023-01-04T23:49:34Z For more than five decades, research has been conducted at Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard, Norway, to understand the structure and functioning of High-Arctic ecosystems and the profound impacts on them of environmental change. Terrestrial, freshwater, glacial and marine ecosystems are accessible year-round from Ny-Ålesund, providing unique opportunities for interdisciplinary observational and experimental studies along physical, chemical, hydrological and climatic gradients. Here, we synthesize terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund and review current knowledge of biodiversity patterns, species population dynamics and interactions, ecosystem processes, biogeochemical cycles and anthropogenic impacts. There is now strong evidence of past and ongoing biotic changes caused by climate change, including negative effects on populations of many taxa and impacts of rain-on-snow events across multiple trophic levels. While species-level characteristics and responses are well understood for macro-organisms, major knowledge gaps exist for microbes, invertebrates and ecosystem-level processes. In order to fill current knowledge gaps, we recommend (1) maintaining monitoring efforts, while establishing a long-term ecosystem-based monitoring programme; (2) gaining a mechanistic understanding of environmental change impacts on processes and linkages in food webs; (3) identifying trophic interactions and cascades across ecosystems; and (4) integrating long-term data on microbial, invertebrate and freshwater communities, along with measurements of carbon and nutrient fluxes among soils, atmosphere, freshwaters and the marine environment. The synthesis here shows that the Ny-Ålesund study system has the characteristics needed to fill these gaps in knowledge, thereby enhancing our understanding of High-Arctic ecosystems and their responses to environmental variability and change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Polar Research Svalbard Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Norway Ny-Ålesund Svalbard Polar Research 41 |