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Overview

Stig Falk-Petersen is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research expertise spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Underwater Acoustics Research

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Jørgen Berge, С. Н. Пеккоева, С. А. Мурзина, Н. Н. Немова, and Sünnje L. Basedow.

The publication venues where Stig Falk-Petersen has contributed most frequently are:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Journal of Marine Systems
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Polar Biology

Selected recent papers by Stig Falk-Petersen include:

  • 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
  • Tiny but Fatty: Lipids and Fatty Acids in the Daubed Shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus), a Small Fish in Svalbard Waters, 2020, Biomolecules
  • Autonomous Surface and Underwater Vehicles as Effective Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Platforms in the Arctic-The Glider Project, 2021, Sensors
  • Changes in Barents Sea ice Edge Positions in the Last 440 years: A Review of Possible Driving Forces, 2020, International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Inverse method applied to autonomous broadband hydroacoustic survey detects higher densities of zooplankton in near-surface aggregations than vessel-based net survey, 2022, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Best Publications

  • The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Haakon Hop;Tom Pearson;Else Nøst Hegseth;Kit M. Kovacs

  • 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

  • Lipids and life strategy of Arctic Calanus

    Stig Falk-Petersen;Patrick Mayzaud;Gerhard Kattner;John R. Sargent

  • Food webs and carbon flux in the Barents Sea

    Paul Wassmann;Marit Reigstad;Tore Haug;Bert Rudels

  • 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

  • Lipids, trophic relationships, and biodiversity in Arctic and Antarctic krill

    Stig Falk-Petersen;Wilhelm Hagen;Gerhard Kattner;Andrew Clarke

  • The lipid biochemistry of calanoid copepods

    J. R. Sargent;S. Falk-Petersen

  • Physical and biological characteristics of the pelagic system across Fram Strait to Kongsfjorden

    Haakon Hop;Stig Falk-Petersen;Harald Svendsen;Harald Svendsen;Slawek Kwasniewski

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

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

  • Seasonal food web structures and sympagic–pelagic coupling in the European Arctic revealed by stable isotopes and a two-source food web model

    Janne E. Søreide;Haakon Hop;Michael L. Carroll;Stig Falk-Petersen

  • Climate variability and possible effects on arctic food chains: The role of Calanus

    Stig Falk-Petersen;Vladimir Pavlov;Sergey Timofeev;John R. Sargent

  • Seasonal feeding strategies of Calanus in the high-Arctic Svalbard region

    Janne E. Søreide;Stig Falk-Petersen;Stig Falk-Petersen;Else Nøst Hegseth;Haakon Hop

  • Lipids and fatty acids in ice algae and phytoplankton from the Marginal Ice Zone in the Barents Sea

    S. Falk-Petersen;J. R. Sargent;J. Henderson;E. N. Hegseth

  • Distribution of Calanus species in Kongsfjorden, a glacial fjord in Svalbard

    Slawek Kwasniewski;Haakon Hop;Stig Falk-Petersen;Gunnar Pedersen

  • Ecological investigations on the zooplankton community in balsfjorden, northern Norway: Lipids and fatty acids in Meganyctiphanes norvegica, Thysanoessa raschi and T. inermis during mid-winter

    J. R. Sargent;S. Falk-Petersen

  • 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

  • Lipids and life strategies of Calanus finmarchicus, Calanus glacialis and Calanus hyperboreus in late autumn, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Catherine L. Scott;S. Kwasniewski;Stig Falk-Petersen;John R. Sargent

  • Lipid Composition of Zooplankton in Relation to the Sub-Arctic Food Web

    Stig Falk-Petersen;John R. Sargent;Kurt S. Tande

  • 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

  • Biomagnification of polybrominated diphenyl ether and hexabromocyclododecane flame retardants in the polar bear food chain in Svalbard, Norway.

    Eugen Gravningen Sørmo;Maria Pettersvik Salmer;Bjørn Munro Jenssen;Haakon Hop

Frequent Co-Authors

Haakon Hop
Haakon Hop Norwegian Polar Institute
Jørgen Berge
Jørgen Berge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Janne E. Søreide
Janne E. Søreide University Centre in Svalbard
John R. Sargent
John R. Sargent University of Stirling
Øystein Varpe
Øystein Varpe University of Bergen
Martin Graeve
Martin Graeve Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bjørn Gulliksen
Bjørn Gulliksen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Finlo Cottier
Finlo Cottier Scottish Association For Marine Science
Slawomir Kwasniewski
Slawomir Kwasniewski Polish Academy of Sciences
Michael L. Carroll
Michael L. Carroll University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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