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Jørgen Berge is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics within marine and environmental studies. Key research themes include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health

Berge has published extensively across several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Polar Biology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Applied Optics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their recent publications reflect a focus on the effects of artificial light and climate variability in Arctic marine environments. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems-A review," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation - An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic," 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Artificial light during the polar night disrupts Arctic fish and zooplankton behaviour down to 200 m depth," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Towards a unifying pan-arctic perspective: A conceptual modelling toolkit," 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Night Matters-Why the Interdisciplinary Field of 'Night Studies' Is Needed," 2020, J - Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal

Collaborations form a significant part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Geir Johnsen
  • Finlo Cottier
  • Malin Daase
  • Stig Falk-Petersen
  • David McKee

Berge has contributed to book publications as well. One notable book is "POLAR NIGHT Marine Ecology," published by Springer International Publishing in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Timing of blooms, algal food quality and Calanus glacialis reproduction and growth in a changing Arctic

    Janne E. Søreide;Eva Leu;Jørgen Berge;Martin Graeve

  • Consequences of changing sea-ice cover for primary and secondary producers in the European Arctic shelf seas: Timing, quantity, and quality

    E. Leu;J.E. Søreide;D.O. Hessen;S. Falk-Petersen;S. Falk-Petersen

  • Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence

    Jørgen Berge;Geir Johnsen;Frank Nilsen;Bjørn Gulliksen

  • In the dark: A review of ecosystem processes during the Arctic polar night

    Jørgen Berge;Paul E. Renaud;Gerald Darnis;Finlo Cottier

  • Diel vertical migration of Arctic zooplankton during the polar night

    Jørgen Berge;Finlo Cottier;Øystein Varpe

  • Timing of reproductive events in the marine copepod Calanus glacialis: a pan-Arctic perspective

    Malin Daase;Stig Falk-Petersen;Stig Falk-Petersen;Øystein Varpe;Øystein Varpe;Gerald Darnis

  • Is the poleward expansion by Atlantic cod and haddock threatening native polar cod, Boreogadus saida?

    Paul E. Renaud;Jørgen Berge;Øystein Varpe;Øystein Varpe;Ole Jørgen Lønne

  • Moonlight Drives Ocean-Scale Mass Vertical Migration of Zooplankton during the Arctic Winter

    Laura Hobbs;Jørgen Berge;Andrew S Brierley

  • Unexpected Levels of Biological Activity during the Polar Night Offer New Perspectives on a Warming Arctic.

    Jørgen Berge;Malin Daase;Paul E. Renaud;William G. Ambrose

  • The contiguous domains of Arctic Ocean advection: Trails of life and death

    P. Wassmann;K.N. Kosobokova;D. Slagstad;K.F. Drinkwater

  • Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems—A review

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  • First records of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) from the Svalbard archipelago, Norway, with possible explanations for the extension of its distribution

    Jørgen Berge;Kristin N. Heggland;Ole Jørgen Lønne;Finlo R. Cottier

  • Macroalgal detritus and food-web subsidies along an Arctic fjord depth-gradient

    Paul Renaud;Therese Smelnor Løkken;Lis Lindal Jørgensen;Jørgen Berge;Jørgen Berge

  • Increased irradiance reduces food quality of sea ice algae

    E. Leu;J. Wiktor;J. E. Søreide;J. Berge

  • Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic

    Ragnheid Skogseth;Léa L.A. Olivier;Léa L.A. Olivier;Frank Nilsen;Frank Nilsen;Eva Falck;Eva Falck

  • Advection in polar and sub-polar environments: Impacts on high latitude marine ecosystems

    George L. Hunt;Kenneth F. Drinkwater;Kevin Arrigo;Jørgen Berge

  • Comparison of zooplankton vertical migration in an ice-free and a seasonally ice-covered Arctic fjord: An insight into the influence of sea ice cover on zooplankton behavior

    Margaret I. Wallace;Finlo R. Cottier;Jørgen Berge;Geraint A. Tarling

  • Use of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle reveals small-scale diel vertical migrations of zooplankton and susceptibility to light pollution under low solar irradiance

    Martin Ludvigsen;Martin Ludvigsen;Jørgen Berge;Jørgen Berge;Maxime Geoffroy;Jonathan H. Cohen

  • The fauna of hydrothermal vents on the Mohn Ridge (North Atlantic)

    Christoffer Schander;Hans Tore Rapp;Jon Anders Kongsrud;Torkild Bakken

  • Potential misidentifications of two climate indicator species of the marine arctic ecosystem: Calanus glacialis and C. finmarchicus

    Tove M Gabrielsen;Benjamin Merkel;Janne Søreide;Emma Johansson-Karlsson

  • At the rainbow's end: high productivity fueled by winter upwelling along an Arctic shelf

    Stig Falk-Petersen;Vladimir Pavlov;Jørgen Berge;Finlo Cottier

Frequent Co-Authors

Stig Falk-Petersen
Stig Falk-Petersen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Finlo Cottier
Finlo Cottier Scottish Association For Marine Science
Geir Johnsen
Geir Johnsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Paul E. Renaud
Paul E. Renaud University Centre in Svalbard
Øystein Varpe
Øystein Varpe University of Bergen
Janne E. Søreide
Janne E. Søreide University Centre in Svalbard
Bjørn Gulliksen
Bjørn Gulliksen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Mark A. Moline
Mark A. Moline University of Delaware
Haakon Hop
Haakon Hop Norwegian Polar Institute
Slawomir Kwasniewski
Slawomir Kwasniewski Polish Academy of Sciences

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