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Overview

Marit Reigstad is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research primarily intersects Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with an emphasis on topics related to polar and marine environments.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, they focus on several subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Ecology

Marit Reigstad's research topics mainly cover:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

The publishing record includes multiple papers, with notable recent contributions such as:

  • Carbon Export in the Seasonal Sea Ice Zone North of Svalbard From Winter to Late Summer, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Still Arctic?-The changing Barents Sea, 2023, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Earlier sea-ice melt extends the oligotrophic summer period in the Barents Sea with low algal biomass and associated low vertical flux, 2023, Progress In Oceanography
  • Improving Chlorophyll-A Estimation From Sentinel-2 (MSI) in the Barents Sea Using Machine Learning, 2021, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • The Influence of Sea Ice Cover and Atlantic Water Advection on Annual Particle Export North of Svalbard, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

The scientist has published most frequently in the following venues:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • The Nansen Legacy Report Series
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Frequent collaborators in Marit Reigstad's work include:

  • Yasemin Bodur
  • Oliver Müller
  • Christine Dybwad
  • Philipp Assmy
  • Lasse M. Olsen

Best Publications

  • Food webs and carbon flux in the Barents Sea

    Paul Wassmann;Marit Reigstad;Tore Haug;Bert Rudels

  • Future Arctic Ocean Seasonal Ice Zones and Implications for Pelagic-Benthic Coupling

    Paul Wassmann;Marit Reigstad

  • Global and regional drivers of nutrient supply, primary production and CO2 drawdown in the changing Arctic Ocean

    Jean-Éric Tremblay;Leif G. Anderson;Patricia Matrai;Pierre Coupel

  • The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds in Svalbard, Norway

    Christian Lydersen;Philipp Assmy;Stig Falk-Petersen;Jack Kohler

  • Variations in hydrography, nutrients and chlorophyll a in the marginal ice-zone and the central Barents Sea

    Marit Reigstad;Paul Wassmann;Christian Wexels Riser;Sigrid Øygarden

  • Modelling the ecosystem dynamics of the Barents Sea including the marginal ice zone: II. Carbon flux and interannual variability

    Paul Wassmann;Dag Slagstad;Christian Wexels Riser;Marit Reigstad

  • The Barents and Chukchi Seas: Comparison of two Arctic shelf ecosystems

    George L. Hunt;Arny L. Blanchard;Peter Boveng;Padmini Dalpadado

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

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

  • On the trophic fate of Phaeocystis pouchetii (hariot): VI. Significance of Phaeocystis-derived mucus for vertical flux

    Ulf Riebesell;M. Reigstad;P. Wassmann;T. Noji

  • The fate of production in the central Arctic Ocean – top–down regulation by zooplankton expatriates?

    Kalle Olli;Paul Wassmann;Marit Reigstad;Tatjana N. Ratkova

  • Pelagic–benthic coupling in the western Barents Sea: Processes and time scales

    Paul E. Renaud;Nathalie Morata;Michael L. Carroll;Stanislav G. Denisenko

  • Strong Seasonality of Marine Microbial Eukaryotes in a High-Arctic Fjord (Isfjorden, in West Spitsbergen, Norway).

    Miriam Marquardt;Miriam Marquardt;Anna Vader;Eike I. Stübner;Eike I. Stübner;Marit Reigstad

  • Selected aspects of the physical oceanography and particle fluxes in fjords of northern Norway

    P. Wassmann;H. Svendsen;A. Keck;M. Reigstad

  • Intra-regional comparison of productivity, carbon flux and ecosystem composition within the northern Barents Sea

    Marit Reigstad;JoLynn Carroll;Dag Slagstad;Ingrid Ellingsen

  • Does Phaeocystis spp. contribute significantly to vertical export of organic carbon

    Marit Reigstad;Paul Wassmann

  • Vertical export of particulate organic carbon: Attenuation, composition and loss rates in the northern Barents Sea

    Marit Reigstad;Christian Wexels Riser;Paul Wassmann;Tatjana Ratkova

  • Pelagic and sympagic contribution of organic matter to zooplankton and vertical export in the Barents Sea marginal ice zone

    Tobias Tamelander;Tobias Tamelander;Marit Reigstad;Haakon Hop;Michael L. Carroll

  • Vertical flux regulation by zooplankton in the northern Barents Sea during Arctic spring

    Christian Wexels Riser;Paul Wassmann;Marit Reigstad;Lena Seuthe

  • Year-round meroplankton dynamics in high-Arctic Svalbard

    E. I. Stübner;E. I. Stübner;J. E. Søreide;M. Reigstad;M. Marquardt;M. Marquardt

  • Seasonal variation in transport of zooplankton into the Arctic Basin through the Atlantic gateway, Fram Strait

    Sünnje Linnéa Basedow;Arild Sundfjord;Wilken-Jon von Appen;Elisabeth Halvorsen

  • Arctic Ocean outflow shelves in the changing Arctic: A review and perspectives

    Christine Michel;Jim Hamilton;Edmond Hansen;David Barber

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Wassmann
Paul Wassmann University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Arild Sundfjord
Arild Sundfjord Norwegian Polar Institute
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Jean-Éric Tremblay Université Laval
Christine Michel
Christine Michel Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Maria Vernet
Maria Vernet University of California, San Diego
Karen E. Frey
Karen E. Frey Clark University
Jeremy T. Mathis
Jeremy T. Mathis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matt O'Regan
Matt O'Regan Stockholm University

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