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Overview

Haakon Hop is affiliated with the Norwegian Polar Institute in Norway. Their research spans multiple areas within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Arctic marine environments and related ecological dynamics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

More specifically, their work covers several subfields:

  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Haakon Hop concentrates on several main topics in their research:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine animal studies overview

Their recent papers include:

  • "Changes in Sea-Ice Protist Diversity With Declining Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean From the 1980s to 2010s" (2020) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Distribution and ecology of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the eastern Barents Sea: A review of historical literature" (2021) in Marine Environmental Research
  • "The circumpolar impacts of climate change and anthropogenic stressors on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and its ecosystem" (2023) in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Still Arctic?-The changing Barents Sea" (2023) in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Seasonal plankton dynamics in Kongsfjorden during two years of contrasting environmental conditions" (2023) in Progress In Oceanography

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Haakon Hop include:

  • Anette Wold
  • Philipp Assmy
  • Doreen Kohlbach
  • Martin Graeve
  • Sławomir Kwaśniewski

Their publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best Publications

  • The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Haakon Hop;Tom Pearson;Else Nøst Hegseth;Kit M. Kovacs

  • Food webs and carbon flux in the Barents Sea

    Paul Wassmann;Marit Reigstad;Tore Haug;Bert Rudels

  • Bioaccumulation of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in selected species from the Barents Sea food web.

    Marianne Haukås;Marianne Haukås;Urs Berger;Urs Berger;Haakon Hop;Bjørn Gulliksen

  • Energy Flow through the Marine Ecosystem of the Lancaster Sound Region, Arctic Canada

    Harold E. Welch;Martin A. Bergmann;Timothy D. Siferd;Kathleen A. Martin

  • Polar cod (Boreogadus saida) and capelin (Mallotus villosus) as key species in marine food webs of the Arctic and the Barents Sea

    Haakon Hop;Harald Gjøsæter

  • Physical and biological characteristics of the pelagic system across Fram Strait to Kongsfjorden

    Haakon Hop;Stig Falk-Petersen;Harald Svendsen;Harald Svendsen;Slawek Kwasniewski

  • Leads in Arctic pack ice enable early phytoplankton blooms below snow-covered sea ice

    Philipp Assmy;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Pedro Duarte;Amelie Meyer

  • Food Web Magnification of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Poikilotherms and Homeotherms from the Barents Sea

    Haakon Hop;Katrine Borga;Geir Wing Gabrielsen;Lars Kleivane

  • Seasonal food web structures and sympagic–pelagic coupling in the European Arctic revealed by stable isotopes and a two-source food web model

    Janne E. Søreide;Haakon Hop;Michael L. Carroll;Stig Falk-Petersen

  • Seasonal feeding strategies of Calanus in the high-Arctic Svalbard region

    Janne E. Søreide;Stig Falk-Petersen;Stig Falk-Petersen;Else Nøst Hegseth;Haakon Hop

  • Lipids and fatty acids in ice algae and phytoplankton from the Marginal Ice Zone in the Barents Sea

    S. Falk-Petersen;J. R. Sargent;J. Henderson;E. N. Hegseth

  • Distribution of Calanus species in Kongsfjorden, a glacial fjord in Svalbard

    Slawek Kwasniewski;Haakon Hop;Stig Falk-Petersen;Gunnar Pedersen

  • Trophic relationships and pelagic-benthic coupling during summer in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone, revealed by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements

    Tobias Tamelander;Paul E. Renaud;Haakon Hop;Michael L. Carroll

  • Selected physical, biological and biogeochemical implications of a rapidly changing Arctic Marginal Ice Zone

    David G. Barber;Haakon Hop;Christopher J. Mundy;Brent Else;Brent Else

  • Biomagnification of polybrominated diphenyl ether and hexabromocyclododecane flame retardants in the polar bear food chain in Svalbard, Norway.

    Eugen Gravningen Sørmo;Maria Pettersvik Salmer;Bjørn Munro Jenssen;Haakon Hop

  • Occurrence of Arctic Cod ( Boreogadus saida ) Schools and Their Vulnerability to Predation in the Canadian High Arctic

    Harold E. Welch;Richard E. Crawford;Haakon Hop

  • Biomagnification of mercury in selected species from an Arctic marine food web in Svalbard.

    Iris Jæger;Haakon Hop;Geir W. Gabrielsen

  • Physical and ecological processes in the marginal ice zone of the northern Barents Sea during the summer melt period

    Stig Falk-Petersen;Haakon Hop;W.Paul Budgell;Else N. Hegseth

  • Lipids and trophic interactions of ice fauna and pelagic zooplankton in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea

    Catherine L. Scott;Stig Falk-Petersen;John R. Sargent;Haakon Hop

  • Spring bloom dynamics in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard: nutrients, phytoplankton, protozoans and primary production

    Helene Hodal;Stig Falk-Petersen;Haakon Hop;Svein Kristiansen

  • Lipids and stable isotopes in common eider, black-legged kittiwake and northern fulmar: a trophic study from an Arctic fjord

    T. M. Dahl;S. Falk-Petersen;G. W. Gabrielsen;J. R. Sargent

Frequent Co-Authors

Stig Falk-Petersen
Stig Falk-Petersen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Janne E. Søreide
Janne E. Søreide University Centre in Svalbard
Michael L. Carroll
Michael L. Carroll University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jørgen Berge
Jørgen Berge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Geir W. Gabrielsen
Geir W. Gabrielsen Norwegian Polar Institute
Christian Wiencke
Christian Wiencke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
William G. Ambrose
William G. Ambrose Coastal Carolina University
Martin Graeve
Martin Graeve Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Arild Sundfjord
Arild Sundfjord Norwegian Polar Institute
David G. Barber
David G. Barber University of Manitoba

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