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Jens K. Ehn is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada, focusing on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics primarily address areas related to Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine and coastal ecosystems, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Jens K. Ehn has contributed to multiple scientific papers published in a variety of venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Green Edge ice camp campaigns: understanding the processes controlling the under-ice Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom, 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • The Stepwise Reduction of Multiyear Sea Ice Area in the Arctic Ocean Since 1980, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Limited recovery following a massive seagrass decline in subarctic eastern Canada, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Tracing carbon flow and trophic structure of a coastal Arctic marine food web using highly branched isoprenoids and carbon, nitrogen and sulfur stable isotopes, 2023, Ecological Indicators
  • Impact of tidal dynamics on diel vertical migration of zooplankton in Hudson Bay, 2020, Ocean Science

The frequent publication venues for their research include Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Arctic Science, Ocean Science, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Jens K. Ehn has collaborated repeatedly with specific coauthors throughout their career, including David G. Barber, David G. Babb, Sergei Kirillov, Zou Zou A. Kuzyk, and Igor Dmitrenko.

Best Publications

  • Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

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

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

  • Contribution of under‐ice primary production to an ice‐edge upwelling phytoplankton bloom in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

    C. J. Mundy;Michel Gosselin;Jens Ehn;Yves Gratton

  • 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

  • Carbon dynamics in sea ice: A winter flux time series

    Lisa A. Miller;Timothy N. Papakyriakou;R. Eric Collins;R. Eric Collins;Jody W. Deming

  • Influence of snow cover and algae on the spectral dependence of transmitted irradiance through Arctic landfast first-year sea ice

    C. J. Mundy;J. K. Ehn;D. G. Barber;C. Michel

  • Spatial and temporal variability of sea ice in the southern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf: 1980–2004

    R. J. Galley;E. Key;D. G. Barber;B. J. Hwang

  • Characteristics of two distinct high-light acclimated algal communities during advanced stages of sea ice melt

    C. J. Mundy;Michel Gosselin;Jens K. Ehn;Claude Belzile

  • Impact of sea ice on the retrieval of water-leaving reflectance, chlorophyll a concentration and inherent optical properties from satellite ocean color data

    Simon Bélanger;Jens K. Ehn;Marcel Babin

  • Floating ice-algal aggregates below melting arctic sea ice.

    Philipp Assmy;Jens K. Ehn;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Haakon Hop

  • Optical characterisation of suspended particles in the Mackenzie River plume (Canadian Arctic Ocean) and implications for ocean colour remote sensing

    D. Doxaran;J. Ehn;J. Ehn;S. Bélanger;A. Matsuoka

  • Impact of horizontal spreading on light propagation in melt pond covered seasonal sea ice in the Canadian Arctic

    Jens K. Ehn;Jens K. Ehn;C. J. Mundy;David G. Barber;Haakon Hop

  • Algal hot spots in a changing Arctic Ocean: sea-ice ridges and the snow-ice interface

    Mar Fernández-Méndez;Lasse Mork Olsen;Hanna M. Kauko;Amelie Meyer

  • Ikaite crystal distribution in winter sea ice and implications for CO 2 system dynamics

    Søren Rysgaard;Dorthe H. Søgaard;M. Cooper;M. Pucko

  • Surface and melt pond evolution on landfast first‐year sea ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

    Jack C Landy;Jens Ehn;Megan Shields;David Barber

  • Frost flowers on young Arctic sea ice: The climatic, chemical, and microbial significance of an emerging ice type

    D. G. Barber;J. K. Ehn;M. Pućko;S. Rysgaard;S. Rysgaard

  • Time-series observations of the structure and properties of brackish ice in the Gulf of Finland

    T. Kawamura;K. Shirasawa;N. Ishikawa;A. Lindfors

  • Environmental factors influencing the seasonal dynamics of spring algal blooms in and beneath sea ice in western Baffin Bay

    L. Oziel;P. Massicotte;A. Randelhoff;J. Ferland

  • Seasonal development of the properties and composition of landfast sea ice in the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea

    Mats A. Granskog;Mats A. Granskog;Matti Leppäranta;Toshiyuki Kawamura;Jens Ehn

  • Sea ice thickness in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: Hudson Bay Complex & Baffin Bay

    Jack C. Landy;Jack C. Landy;Jens K. Ehn;David G. Babb;Nathalie Thériault

  • Inference of optical properties from radiation profiles within melting landfast sea ice

    J. K. Ehn;T. N. Papakyriakou;D. G. Barber

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Barber
David G. Barber University of Manitoba
Søren Rysgaard
Søren Rysgaard Aarhus University
Mats A. Granskog
Mats A. Granskog Norwegian Polar Institute
Marcel Babin
Marcel Babin Université Laval
Tim Papakyriakou
Tim Papakyriakou University of Manitoba
Haakon Hop
Haakon Hop Norwegian Polar Institute
Simon Bélanger
Simon Bélanger Université du Québec à Rimouski
Brent Else
Brent Else University of Calgary
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Jean-Éric Tremblay Université Laval
Michel Gosselin
Michel Gosselin Université du Québec à Rimouski

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