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Overview

Katrin Iken is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States and specializes in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research extensively covers subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their main research interests focus on multiple topics related to marine environments and ecology. These topics include marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, isotope analysis in ecology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Katrin Iken has contributed to several recent scientific publications. Notable papers include:

  • Evidence suggests potential transformation of the Pacific Arctic ecosystem is underway (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves (2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography)
  • Changes in Rocky Intertidal Community Structure During a Marine Heatwave in the Northern Gulf of Alaska (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • The Pan-Arctic Continental Slope: Sharp Gradients of Physical Processes Affect Pelagic and Benthic Ecosystems (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)

Their frequent co-authors include Brenda Konar, Seth L. Danielson, Charles D. Amsler, Bodil A. Bluhm, and Kathy J. Kuletz.

Katrin Iken publishes regularly in prominent scientific venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, Oceanography, and Estuaries and Coasts.

Best Publications

  • Food web structure of the benthic community at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic): a stable isotope analysis

    K. Iken;Thomas Brey;Ulrich Wand;J. Voigt

  • Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

    Chih-Lin Wei;Gilbert T. Rowe;Elva Escobar-Briones;Antje Boetius

  • Evidence suggests potential transformation of the Pacific Arctic ecosystem is underway

    Henry P. Huntington;Seth L. Danielson;Francis K. Wiese;Matthew Baker

  • Biodiversity mediates top–down control in eelgrass ecosystems: a global comparative‐experimental approach

    J Emmett Duffy;J Emmett Duffy;Pamela L Reynolds;Christoffer Boström;James A Coyer

  • Benthic food-web structure under differing water mass properties in the southern Chukchi Sea

    Katrin Iken;Bodil Bluhm;Kenneth Dunton

  • Advancing marine biological observations and data requirements of the complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks

    Frank E. Muller-Karger;Patricia Miloslavich;Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas Bax;Nicholas Bax;Samantha E. Simmons

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave.

    Robert M. Suryan;Mayumi L. Arimitsu;Heather A. Coletti;Russell R. Hopcroft

  • Food web structure in the high Arctic Canada Basin: evidence from δ13C and δ15N analysis

    K Iken;BA Bluhm;R Gradinger

  • Life strategy, ecophysiology and ecology of seaweeds in polar waters

    Chris Wiencke;Margaret Nancy Clayton;I Gomez;K Iken

  • Comprehensive evaluation of the palatability and chemical defenses of subtidal macroalgae from the Antarctic Peninsula

    Charles D. Amsler;Katrin Iken;James B. McClintock;Margaret O. Amsler

  • Community structure of epibenthic megafauna in the Chukchi Sea

    B. A. Bluhm;K. Iken;S. Mincks Hardy;B. I. Sirenko

  • Climate change effects on Arctic fjord and coastal macrobenthic diversity—observations and predictions

    Jan Marcin Węsławski;Michael A Kendall;Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk;Katrin Iken

  • Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves

    S.L. Danielson;O. Ahkinga;C. Ashjian;E. Basyuk

  • Biodiversity, biogeography and zonation of marine benthic micro- and macroalgae in the Arctic and Antarctic

    Angela Wulff;Katrin Iken;María Liliana Quartino;Adil Al-Handal

  • Macrofauna associated with macroalgae in the Kongsfjord (Spitsbergen)

    H. Lippert;K. Iken;Eike Rachor;Christian Wiencke

  • The High Latitude Marine Heat Wave of 2016 and Its Impacts on Alaska

    John E. Walsh;Richard L. Thoman;Uma S. Bhatt;Peter A. Bieniek

  • Global Observational Needs and Resources for Marine Biodiversity

    Gabrielle Canonico;Pier Luigi Buttigieg;Enrique Montes;Frank E. Muller-Karger

  • Diversity of the arctic deep-sea benthos

    Bluhm A. Bodil;William G. Ambrose;Melanie Bergmann;Lisa M. Clough

  • Photosynthetic characteristics and C:N ratios of macroalgae from King George Island (Antarctica)

    G. Weykam;I. Gómez;Christian Wiencke;K. Iken

  • Benthic macrofauna and megafauna assemblages in the Arctic deep-sea Canada Basin

    Ian R. MacDonald;Bodil A. Bluhm;Katrin Iken;Sergey Gagaev

Frequent Co-Authors

Bodil A. Bluhm
Bodil A. Bluhm University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Brenda Konar
Brenda Konar University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rolf Gradinger
Rolf Gradinger University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Seth L. Danielson
Seth L. Danielson University of Alaska Fairbanks
Patricia Miloslavich
Patricia Miloslavich University of Tasmania
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Charles D. Amsler
Charles D. Amsler University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lee W. Cooper
Lee W. Cooper University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Russell R. Hopcroft
Russell R. Hopcroft University of Alaska Fairbanks
Philippe Archambault
Philippe Archambault Université Laval

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