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Paul E. Renaud is affiliated with the University Centre in Svalbard in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in oceanography, global and planetary change, ecology, atmospheric science, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including marine biology and ecology research, isotope analysis in ecology, marine and fisheries research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and marine and environmental studies.

Frequent coauthors include Bodil A. Bluhm, Maxime Geoffroy, Guttorm Christensen, Jørgen Berge, and Magnus Aune. This network of collaborators reflects a strong engagement with research on Arctic marine ecosystems and related fields.

Paul E. Renaud's research has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Selected recent papers include:

  • Artificial light during the polar night disrupts Arctic fish and zooplankton behaviour down to 200 m depth, 2020, Communications Biology
  • The Pan-Arctic Continental Slope: Sharp Gradients of Physical Processes Affect Pelagic and Benthic Ecosystems, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Riverine impacts on benthic biodiversity and functional traits: A comparison of two sub-Arctic fjords, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Distribution and ecology of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the eastern Barents Sea: A review of historical literature, 2021, Marine Environmental Research
  • The circumpolar impacts of climate change and anthropogenic stressors on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and its ecosystem, 2023, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Best Publications

  • Sources of primary production, benthic-pelagic coupling, and trophic relationships within the Northeast Water Polynya:insights from delta13C and delta15N analysis

    Hobson Ka;Ambrose Wg;Renaud Pe

  • Analysis of feeding preference experiments

    Charles H. Peterson;Paul E. Renaud

  • Climate-driven regime shifts in Arctic marine benthos.

    Susanne Kortsch;Raul Primicerio;Frank Beuchel;Paul E. Renaud

  • 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

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

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

  • Large mobile versus small sedentary herbivores and their resistance to seaweed chemical defenses

    Mark E. Hay;Paul E. Renaud;William Fenical

  • Distributions of TOP, TON and TOC in the North Pacific subtropical gyre : Implications for nutrient supply in the surface ocean and remineralization in the upper thermocline

    Jeffrey Abell;Steve Emerson;Paul Renaud

  • Benthic response to water column productivity patterns: Evidence for benthic‐pelagic coupling in the Northeast Water Polynya

    William G. Ambrose;Paul E. Renaud

  • 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

  • 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

  • Seasonal variation in benthic community oxygen demand: A response to an ice algal bloom in the Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic?

    Paul E. Renaud;Andrea Riedel;Christine Michel;Nathalie Morata

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

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

  • Seasonal sea ice cover as principal driver of spatial and temporal variation in depth extension and annual production of kelp in Greenland

    Dorte Krause-Jensen;Núria Marbà;Birgit Olesen;Mikael K. Sejr

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

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

  • Benthic community patterns reflect water column processes in the Northeast Water polynya (Greenland)

    Dieter Piepenburg;William G. Ambrose;Angelika Brandt;Paul E. Renaud

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

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

  • Establishment and ecosystem effects of the alien invasive red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in the Barents Sea–a review

    Jannike Falk-Petersen;Paul Renaud;Natalia Anisimova

  • Seasonal variation in biomarkers in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), Icelandic scallop (Chlamys islandica) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)—Implications for environmental monitoring in the Barents Sea

    J. Nahrgang;S. J. Brooks;A. Evenset;L. Camus

  • Specialist herbivores reduce their susceptibility to predation by feeding on the chemically defended seaweed Avrainvillea longicaulis

    Mark E. Hay;J. Emmett Dufy;Valerie J. Paul;Paul E. Renaud

  • The future of Arctic benthos: Expansion, invasion, and biodiversity

    Paul E. Renaud;Mikael K. Sejr;Bodil A. Bluhm;Bodil A. Bluhm;Boris Sirenko

  • Interactions of plant stress and herbivory: intraspecific variation in the susceptibility of a palatable versus an unpalatable seaweed to sea urchin grazing

    Paul E. Renaud;Mark E. Hay;Timothy M. Schmitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Jørgen Berge
Jørgen Berge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
William G. Ambrose
William G. Ambrose Coastal Carolina University
Finlo Cottier
Finlo Cottier Scottish Association For Marine Science
Jan Marcin Węsławski
Jan Marcin Węsławski Polish Academy of Sciences
Øystein Varpe
Øystein Varpe University of Bergen
Haakon Hop
Haakon Hop Norwegian Polar Institute
Stig Falk-Petersen
Stig Falk-Petersen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Michael L. Carroll
Michael L. Carroll University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk
Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk Polish Academy of Sciences
Geir Johnsen
Geir Johnsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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