The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
Editors: Hop, Haakon, Wiencke, Christian (Eds.)
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- Offers a historical record of Kongsfjorden transect over two decades
- Offers insight into Phytoplankton blooms and zooplankton communities in Kongsfjorden
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- About this book
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This book focuses in detail on all ecologically important aspects of the Kongsfjorden system such as the marine and atmospheric environment including long-term monitoring, Ecophysiology of individual species, structure and function of the ecosystem, ecological processes and biological communities.
The contributed articles include review articles and research articles that have a wider approach and bring the current research up-to-date. This book will form a baseline for future work.
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
Pages 1-20
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The Atmosphere Above Ny-Ålesund: Climate and Global Warming, Ozone and Surface UV Radiation
Pages 23-46
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The Kongsfjorden Transect: Seasonal and Inter-annual Variability in Hydrography
Pages 49-104
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Changes in Sea-Ice Extent and Thickness in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (2003–2016)
Pages 105-136
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The Underwater Light Climate in Kongsfjorden and Its Ecological Implications
Pages 137-170
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
- Editors
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- Haakon Hop
- Christian Wiencke
- Series Title
- Advances in Polar Ecology
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-46425-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-46425-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-46423-7
- Series ISSN
- 2468-5712
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 562
- Number of Illustrations
- 31 b/w illustrations, 139 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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