Stig Falk-Petersen

Senior research scientist, marine biology
Stig Falk-Petersen
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Phone+47 77 75 05 32
Work placeTromsø
Affiliation

Career

  • ICE-BAR – “Ecological and Physical processes in the Marginal Ice Zone in the northern Barents Sea during the summer melt period”. NFR 1995-1998 (HEAD)
  • “Temporal and spatial variability of the Ice-Ocean system of the Ice-Edge in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea”. Hydro 1998-2002 (HEAD)
  • BIODAFF – “The biodiversity and fluxes in glacial arctic fjords”. NP 1995- 2004 (HEAD)
  • OAERRE – “Oceanographic Applications to Eutrophication in Regions of Restricted Exchange” – EU 2000-2003
  • The bioproduction and energy transfer in the Nordic Seas, the role of key zooplankters in a system with rapid climate change. NC-NARP 2002-2003 (HEAD).
  • ENVINET – “European Network for Arctic-Alpine Multidisciplinary Research” EU 2001-2003
  • On Thin Ice? “Climatic Influence on Energy Flow and Trophic Structure in Arctic Marine Ecosystems”. NFR 2002-2005 (PI)
  • Effect of ultraviolet radiation on lipids, fatty acids and nutritional quality of Arctic marine algae and zooplankton. NFR 2002-2005 (PI)
  • The role of lipids in the life cycle of the pteropods Limacina helicina and Clione limacina. DAAD-NFR 2002-2003 (HEAD)
  • Carbon flux and ecosystem feed back in the northern Barents Sea in an era of climate change (PI). NFR 2003-2006.
  • EUR-OCEANS – “European network of excellence for ocean ecosystems analysis”. EU 2004-2008 (PI and GA)
  • IPY-CARE – Climate and the Arctic and its Role for Europe – a European component of the International Polar Year. EU 2004-2006 (PI and SSC)
  • Seasonal water mass modification and circulation in an Arctic Fjord. The Royal Society 2004-2005 (PI). SAMS and NP
  • MariClim - Marine ecosystem consequences of climate induced changes in water masses off West-Spitsbergen NFR 2006-2008
  • Trophic interactions of the pelagic ecosystem over the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. 2005-2006 (PI). University of Island, Institute of Marine Research Island, NP.
  • ARCTOS QUALITY The effect of climate change and transfer of energy and pollutants in Polar systems. NFR 2005-2006. (Head)
  • LIPARC Biochemistry and distribution of lipids in Arctic plankton Communities. NFR 2005-2007. (Head)
  • ICE-EDGE. Combined ecological and ecotoxicological studies of the ice edge ecosystem. Statoil. 2006-2009 (PI and steering committee)
  • Arctic Calanus in the Barents Sea ecosystem, 2006. Hydro
  • Pan-AME student and scientist exchange, 2006-2009. ConocoPhillips (Head)
  • CLEOPATRA. Climate effects on planktonic food quality and trophic transfer in Arctic Marginal Ice Zones: NFR 2007-2009 (PI)

Areas of interest and expertise

Zooplanktonic ecology and functional ecology of polar ecosystems.

References/Bibliography

Scientific theses:

Falk-Petersen, S. 1979. Populasjonsdynamikk, vekststrategi, protein- og lipidinnhold hod krillartene Thysanoessa inermis (Krøyer), Thysanoessa raschii (M.Sars) og Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M.Sars) fra Balsfjorden, Nord-Norge. Cand. real. thesis, University of Tromsø. Falk-Petersen, S. 1988. Life cycle strategies and food pathways in two high latitude Norwegian fjord ecosystems. Dr. philos. thesis, University of Tromsø.

Scientific publications in reviewed journals:

  1. Hopkins, C.C.E., Falk-Petersen, S., Tande, K. and Eilertsen, H.C. 1978. A preliminary study of zooplankton sound scattering layers in Balsfjorden: Structure, energetics and migration. Sarisa 63:255-264.
  2. Eilertsen, H.C., Falk-Petersen, S., Hopkins, C.C.E. and Tande, K.1981. Ecological investigations on the plankton community of Bals­fjorden. Northern Norway. Programme for the project, the study area, topography, and envi­ronmental parameters. Sarsia. 66: 25-34.
  3. Falk-Petersen, S. 1981. Ecological investigations on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, Northern-Norway: Seasonal changes in body weight and the main biochemical composition of Thysanoessa inermis (Krøyer), Thysanoessa raschii (M.Sars) and Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M.Sars) in relation to environmental factors. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 49: 103-120.
  4. Falk-Petersen, S., Gatten, R.R., Hopkins, C.C.E. and Sargent, J.R. 1981. Ecological investigations on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, Northern Norway: Seasonal changes in the lipid class composition of Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M.Sars), Thysanoessa raschii (M.Sars) and Thysanoessa inermis (Krøyer). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 54: 204-209.
  5. Falk-Petersen, S. and Hopkins, C.C.E. 1981. Zooplankton Sound Scattering Layers in North Norwegian fjords: Interactions between fish and krill shoals in a winter situation in Ullsfjorden and Øksfjorden. Kieler Meeresforsch. Sonderh. 5: 191-201.
  6. Falk-Petersen, S. and Hopkins, C.C.E. 1981. Ecological investi­gations on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, Northern Norway: Population dynamics of the euphausiids Thysanoessa inermis (Krøyer), Thysanoessa raschii (M.Sars) and Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M.Sars) in 1976 and 1977. J. Plank. Res. 3 (2):177-192.
  7. Henderson, J., Sargent, J.R. and Falk-Petersen, S. 1981. Lipogenesis in the Arctic Euphausiid Thysanoessa inermis. Mar. Biol. 63: 235-240.
  8. Sargent, J.R. and Falk-Petersen, S. 1981. Ecological investigation on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, Northern Norway: Lipids and fatty acids in Thysanoessa inermis (Krøyer), Thysanoessa raschii M.Sars) and Meganytiphanes norvegica (M.Sars) during mid-winter. Mar. Biol. 62: 131-137.
  9. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R., Hopkins C.C.E. and Vaja B. 1982. Ecological investigations on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, Northern Norway: Lipids in the euphausiids Thysanoessa raschii and Thysanoessa inermis during spring. Mar. Biol. 68: 97-102.
  10. Henderson, J., Falk-Petersen, S. and Sargent, J.R. 1982. The composition and bio-synthesis of lipids in Thysanoessa raschii from the Clyde Estuary, Scotland. Mar. Biol. 70: 7-12.
  11. Falk-Petersen, S. and Kristiansen, Å. 1985. Acoustic assessment of krill stocks in Ullsfjorden, North-Norway. Sarsia. 70: 83-90.
  12. Falk-Petersen, S. 1985. Growth of the euphausiids Thysanoessa inermis, Thysanoessa raschii and Meganyctiphanes norvegica in a sub-Arctic fjord, North-Norway. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42: 14-22.
  13. Sargent, J.R., Eilertsen, H.C., Falk-Petersen S. and. Taasen J.P. 1985. Carbon assimilation on phytoplankton in North Norwegian Fjords. Mar. Biol. 85: 109-116.
  14. Falk-Petersen, S., Falk-Petersen I.-B. and Sargent J.R. 1986. Structure and function of an unusual lipid storage organ in the Arctic fish Lumpenus maculatus (Fries). Sarsia 71: 1-6.
  15. Falk-Petersen, I.-B., Falk-Petersen, S. and Sargent, J.R. 1986. Nature, origin and possible roles of lipid deposits in Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin) and Benthosema glaciale (Reinhart) from Ulls­fjorden, Northern Norway. Polar Biology 5: 235-240.
  16. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R. and Middleton, C. 1986. Level and composition of tracylglycerols and wax esters in commercial capelin oils from the Barents Sea Fishery, 1983. Sarsia 71: 49-54.
  17. Falk-Petersen, S., Falk-Petersen, I.-B., Sargent, J.R. and Haug, T. 1986. Lipid class and fatty acid composition of eggs from the Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Aquaculture 52: 207-211.
  18. Køgeler, J.W., Falk-Petersen, S., Kristiansen, Å., Pettersen, F. and Dahlen, J. 1987. Soundspeed- and density contrasts in sub-Arctic zooplankton. Polar Biol. 7: 231-235.
  19. Dos Santos, J. and Falk-Petersen, S. 1989. Feeding ecology of cod (Gadus morhus L) in Balsfjorden and Ullsfjorden, Northern Norway. 1982-83. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer. 45: 190-199.
  20. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R. and Tande, K. 1987. Food pathways and life strategy in relation to the lipid composition of sub-Arctic zooplankton. Polar Biol. 8: 115-120.
  21. Sargent, J.R and Falk-Petersen, S. 1988. The lipid biochemistry of calanoid copepods. Hydrobiologia 167/168: 101-114.
  22. Klongsøyr, J., Tilseth, S., Falk-Petersen, S. and Sargent, J.R., 1989. Fatty acid composition as indicator of food intake in cod larvae (Gadus morhua L) from Lofoten, North-Norway. Mar. Biol. 102:183-188.
  23. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R., Fox, C., Falk-Petersen, I-B., Haug, T. and Kjørsvik, E. 1989. Lipids in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglussus hippoglussus L.) eggs from plantonic samples in Northern Norway. Mar. Biol. 101: 553-556.
  24. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R. and Hopkins, C.C.E. 1990. Trophic relationships in the pelagic arctic food web. In: Barnes, M. and Gibson, R.N. (eds.), Trophic relationships in the marine environment. Scotl. Univ Press, Aberdeen, pp 315-333.
  25. Falk-Petersen, I.-B., Falk-Petersen, S., Savinova, T.N., Wassman, P., Gabrielsen, G.W. and Matishov, G. 1992. Marine ecosystem dynamics and the state of the environment in Arctic waters. Symposium on the State of the Environmental Monitoring in the Northern Fenoscandia and the Kola Peninsula, Rovaniemi: 107-122.
  26. Kögeler, J.W., Falk-Petersen, S. and Anselme, B. 1995. Some applications of AVHRR and CZCS satellite data in studies of the Barents and Kara Seas. In: Ecology of fjords and coastal waters. In: Skjoldal, H.R., Hopkins, C., Erikstad, K.E. and Leinaas, H.P. (eds.). Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 219-228.
  27. Pearson, T.H., Mannvik, H.P., Evans, R. and Falk-Petersen, S.1996. The benthic community of the Snorre Field in the North Sea (61°30‘N, 02°10‘E): 1. The distribution and structure of the communities in undisturbed sediments. J. Sea Res.: 35:301-314.
  28. Kattner, G., Hagen, W., Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R., Henderson, R.J. 1996. Antarctic krill Thysanoessa macrura: Filling a major gap in marine lipogenic pathways. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 134: 295-298.
  29. Loring, D.H., Dahle, S., Næs, K., Santos J. dos, Matishov, G.G. and Falk-Petersen, S. 1997. Metal contaminants in Circumpolar Marine Shelf Sediments. Proceedings from the AMAP symposium in Tromsø 1-5 June 1997, p 213-215
  30. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent J.R., Henderson, J., Hegseth, E.N, Hop, H. and Okolotkov, J.B. 1998. Lipid class and fatty acid compositions of ice-algae and phytoplankton from the Marginal Ice Zone, the Barents Sea. Polar Biol. 20: 41-47.
  31. Scott, C., Falk-Petersen, S., Hop, H., Sargent, J.R., Lønne, O.J. and Polterman, M. 1999. Lipids and trophic interaction of ice fauna and pelagic zooplankton in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea. Polar Biology 21:65-70.
  32. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R., Lønne, O.J. and Timofeev, S. 1999. Functional biodiversity in lipids of Antarctic zooplankton: Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus, Thysanoessa macrura and Euphausia crystallorophias. Polar Biol. 21:37-47.
  33. Falk-Petersen, S., Pedersen, G., Hop, H., Hegseth, E.-N. and Kwasniewski, S. 1999. Spatial distribution and life-cycle timing of zooplankton in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea during summer melt season in 1995. J. Plankt. Res. 20: 1249-1264.
  34. Falk-Petersen, S., Hagen, W., Kattner, G., Clarke, A., and Sargent J.R. 2000. Lipids, trophic relationships and biodiversity in Arctic and Antarctic Krill. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57:178-191.
  35. Hop, H., Poltermann, M., Lønne, O. L., Falk-Petersen, S., Korsnes, R. and Budgell, P.W. 2000. Ice amphipod diversity and distribution under Arctic pack ice. Polar Biology. 23:357-367.
  36. Scott, C. L., Kwasniewski, S., Falk-Petersen, S., Millar, R.-M., Sargent, J. R. 2000. Life strategy of Arctic Copepods: stage distribution and lipids of Calanus finmarchicus, Calanus glacialis and Calanus hyperboreus in late autumn, Kongsfjord, Svalbard. Polar Biology 23: 510-516
  37. Dahl, T.M., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K.M., Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R., Gjertz, I., and Gulliksen, B. 2000. Fatty acid composition of the blubber in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Polar Biol. 23: 401-409.
  38. Poltermann, M., Hop H., Falk-Petersen, S. 2000. Life under Arctic sea ice - reproduction strategies of two sympagic (ice-associated) amphipod species, Gammarus wilkitzkii and Apherusa glacialis. Mar. Biol. 136: 913-920.
  39. Falk-Petersen, S., Hop, H., Budgell, W. P., Hegseth, E.N., Korsnes R., Løyning T.B., Ørbæk, J.B., Kawamura, T. and Shirasawa K. 2000. Physical and ecological processes in the Marginal Ice Zone of the northern Barents Sea during the summer melt periods. J. Mar. Syst. 27: 131-159.
  40. Weslawski, J.M., Pedersen, G., Falk-Petersen, S. and Porazinski, K. 2000. Entrapment of macrozooplankton in an Arctic fjord basin, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Oceanologia, 42 (1): 57-69.
  41. Falk-Petersen, S., Sargent, J.R., Kwasniewski, S., Gulliksen, B. & Millar R.-M. 2001: Lipids and fatty acids in Clione limacina and Limacina helicina in Svalbard waters and the Arctic Ocean: Trophic implications. Polar Biol. 24:163-170.
  42. Scott, C.L., Falk-Petersen, S., Gulliksen, B., Lønne, O.J. & Sargent, J.R. 2001: Lipid indicators of the diet of Gammarus wilkitzkii in the Marginal Ice Zone and in open waters of Svalbard. Polar Biol. 24:575-576.
  43. Scott, C.L., Kwasniewski S., Falk-Petersen, S., and Sargent, J.R. 2002. Lipids and fatty acids in the Arctic copepod Jaschnovia brevis (Jaschnov) and particulate material from Arctic waters. Polar Biol. 25: 65-71.
  44. Falk-Petersen, S., Dahl, T.M., Scott, C.L., Sargent, J.R., Gulliksen, B., Kwasniewski, S., Hop, H. & Millar, R.-M. 2002: Lipid biomarkers and trophic linkages between the Arctic ctenophores and calanoid copepods in Svalbard waters. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 227:187-194.
  45. Engelsen, O., Hegseth, E.N., Hop, H., Hansen, E. & Falk-Petersen, S.2002: Spatial variability of chlorophyll-a in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea, with relations to sea ice and oceanographic conditions. J. Mar. Syst. 35:79-97.
  46. Scott, C.L., Kwasniewski, S., Falk-Petersen, S. and Sargent, J.R. 2002. Species Differences, Origins and Functions of Fatty Alcohols and Fatty Acids in the Wax Esters and Phospholipids of Calanus hyperboreus, Calanus glacialis and Calanus finmarchicus from Arctic Waters. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 235:127-134.
  47. Hop, H., Pearson, T., Hegseth, E.N., Kovacs K.M., Wiencke, C., Kwasniewski S., Eiane, K., Weslawski, J. M., Cochrane, S., Leakey, R., Gulliksen, B., Mehlum, F., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Lydersen, C., Lønne, O.J., Gabrielsen G.W., Zajaczkowski, M., Falk-Petersen, S., Kendall, M., Wängberg, S.-Å., Bischof, K., Voronkov, A.Yu., Kovaltchouk, N.A., Wiktor, J., Poltermann, M., di Prisco, G., Estoppey, A., Papucci, C., Gerland, S., Lippert H. 2002. The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Polar Res. 21(1):167-208.
  48. Kwasniewski, S., Hop, H., Falk-Petersen, S. and Pedersen, G. 2003. Distribution of Calanus species in an Arctic fjord. J. Plankton Res. 25(1):1-20.
  49. Dahl, T.M., Falk-Petersen S, Gabrielsen, G.W., Sargent, J.R., Hop, H., Millar, R.-M. 2003. Lipids and stable isotopes in common eider, black-legged kittiwake and northern fulmar - A trophic study from an Arctic fjord. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 256:257-269.
  50. Søreide, J.E., H. Hop, S. Falk-Petersen, B. Gulliksen & E. Hansen. 2003. Macrozooplankton communities and environmental variables in the Barents Sea marginal ice zone in late winter and spring Marine Ecology Progress Series 263:43-64
  51. Falk-Petersen, S., T. Haug, Nilsen, K.T., Wold, A. and Dahl T.M. 2004. Lipids and trophic linkages in harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) from the eastern Barents Sea. Polar Research 23 (1): 43-50.
  52. Engelsen, O., Hop, H., Hegseth E. N., Hansen E. and Falk-Petersen S. 2004. Deriving phytoplankton biomass in the Marginal Ice Zone from satellite observale parameters. Journal of Remote Sensing
  53. (7-8): 1453-1457.
  54. Walkusz, W., Kwasniewski, S., Dmoch, K., Hop, H., Zmijewska, M. I., Bielecka L., Falk-Petersen, S., and Sicinski, J. 2004. Characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctic zooplankton in the neritic zone during summer. Polish Polar Research 25: (3-4): 275-291.
  55. Gannefors, C., M. Böer, G. Kattner, M. Graeve, K. Eiane, B. Gulliksen, H.Hop, S. Falk-Petersen 2005. The Arctic sea butterfly Limacina helicina: lipids and life strategy. Marine Biology, Voume 147, Number 1, pp 169-177
  56. Böer, M., C. Gannefors, G. Kattner, M. Graeve, H. Hop, and S. Falk-Petersen 2005. Life strategy and lipids of Clione limacina. Marine Biology 147:707-717.
  57. Blachowiak-Samolyk K, Kwasniewski S, Richardson K, Dmoch K, Hansen E, Hop H, Falk-Petersen S and Mouritsen TL 2006. Arctic zooplankton do not perform diel vertical migration (DVM) during period of midnight sun. Marine Ecological Progress Series 308: 101-116
    57. Dale, K., S. Falk-Petersen, H. Hop, and S.-E. Fevolden. 2006. Population dynamics and body composition of the Arctic hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula in Svalbard fjords. Polar Biology 29: 1063-1070.
  58. Willis, K., Cottier, F., Kwasnievski, S., Walkus, W., Falk-Petersen, S. 2006. Changes in Calanus species composition in Kongsfjord. Sediment trap and net data linked to changes in hydrography. Journal of Marine Systems 61: 39-54.
  59. Sørmo, E.G., Salmer M.P., Jenssen, B.M., Hop, H., Bæk, K., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Falk-Pettersen, S., Gabrielsen, G.W., Lie, E., and Skaare, J.U. 2006. Biomagnification of polybrominated diphenyl ether and hexabromocyclododecane flame retardants in the polar bear food chain in Svalbard, Norway. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25: 2502-2511.
  60. Søreide J.E., Hop, H., Carroll M.L., Falk-Petersen S., and Hegseth E.N. 2006. Seasonal food web structures and sympagic-pelagic coupling in the European Arctic revealed by stable isotopes and a two-source food web model. Progress in Oceanography 71: 59-87.
  61. Lundberg, M., H. Hop, K. Eiane, B. Gulliksen, and S. Falk-Petersen. 2006. Population structure and accumulation of lipids in the ctenophore Mertensia ovum. Marine Biology 149: 1345-1353.
  62. Cottier F.A., Tartling G.A, Wold A., and Falk-Petersen S. 2006. Unsyncronised and syncronised vertical migration in a high Arctic fjord. Limnology and Oceanography 51 (6).
  63. Leu, E., Wängberg, S.Å., Wulff, A., Ørbæk, J.B., Falk-Petersen, S., Hessen, D.O. (2006) Effects of changes in ambient PAR and UV radiation on the nutritional quality of an Arctic diatom (Thalassiosira antarctica var. borealis). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 337: 65-81.
  64. Hop, H., S. Falk-Petersen, H. Svendsen, S. Kwasniewski, V. Pavlov, O. Pavlova, and J.E. Søreide. 2006. Physical and biological characteristics of the pelagic system across Fram Strait to Kongsfjorden. Progress in Oceanography 71: 182-231.
  65. Leu, E., Falk-Petersen S., Kwasniewski S., Wulff A., Edvardsen K., Hessen D.O. (2006) Fatty acid dynamics during the spring bloom in a high Arctic fjord: importance of abiotic factors vs. community changes. Can J Fish Aquat Sci. 63: 2660-2779.
  66. Wassmann P., Marit Reigstad M., Haug T., Rudels B., Carroll M.L, Hop H., Wing Gabrielsen G., Falk-Petersen S., Denisenko S.G., Arashkevich E., Slagstad D., and Pavlova O. 2006. Food webs and carbon flux in the Barents Sea. Progress in Oceanography (accepetd).
  67. Wold, A., Leu, E., Walkusz, W., Falk-Petersen, S. (2007) Lipids in copepodite stages of Calanus glacialis. Polar Biol 30: 655-658.
  68. Leu, E., Falk-Petersen S., Hessen, D.O. (2007) Ultraviolet radiation negatively affects growth but not food quality of Arctic diatoms. Limnol Oceanogr 52(2): 787-797.
  69. Riser, C.W., Reigstad, M., Wassmann P., Arashkevic E. and Falk-Petersen S. 2007. Export or retention? Copepod abundance, faecal pellet production and vertical flux in the marginal ice zone through snap shots from the northern Barents Sea. Polar Biology 30:719-730.
  70. Kattner, G., Hagen, W., Lee, R.F., Campbell, R., Deibel, D., Falk-Petersen, S., Graeve, M., Hansen, B.W., Hirche, H.J., Jonasdottir, S.H., Madsen, M.L., Mayzaud, P., Müller-Navarra., D., Nichols, P., Paffenhöffe, G.A., Pond, D., Saito H., Stübing, D., Virtue. P. 2007. Perspectives on marine zooplankton lipids. Canadian Journal of Fischeries and aquatic Science 65: 1628-1639.
  71. Steen H, Vogedes D, Broms F, Falk-Petersen S, Berge (2007). Little auks (Alle alle) breeding in a high Arctic fjord system - bimodal foraging strategies as a response to poor food quality? Polar Research. 26: 118-125.
  72. Hessen, D.O., Leu, E., Færøvig, P., Falk-Petersen, S. 2008 Light and spectral properties as determinants of C:N:P ratios in phytoplankton. J Deep Sea Res II – Arctic Frontiers-CABANERA special issue
  73. Blachowiak-Samolyk, K., S. Kwasniewski, K. Dmoch, H. Hop, and S. Falk-Petersen. 2007. Trophic structure of zooplankton in the Fram Strait in spring and autumn 2003. Deep-Sea Research II. Accepted
  74. Graeve, M., Lundberg, M., Böer, M., Kattner, G., Hop, H. & Falk-Petersen, S. 2008: The fate of dietary lipids in the Arctic ctenophore Mertensia ovum (Fabricius 1780). Mar. Biol. 153:643-651
  75. Petursdottir, H., A. Gislason, S. Falk-Petersen, H. Hop, and J. Svavarsson. 2008. Trophic interactions of the pelagic ecosystem over the Reykjanes Ridge as evaluated by fatty acid and stable isotope analyses. Deep Sea Research II 55:83-89.
  76. Blachowiak-Samolyk, K., Kwasniewski, S., Dmoch, K., Hop, H. & Falk-Petersen, S. 2007: Trophic structure of zooplankton in the Fram Strait in spring and autumn 2003. Deep Sea Res. II 54: 2716-2728.
  77. Blachowiak-Samolyk, K., Kwasniewski. S., Hop H., Falk-Petersen. S.2008. Magnitude of mesozooplankton variability: a case study from the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea in spring Journalof Plankton Research 30: 311-323
  78. Blachowiak-Samolyk, K., Søreide, J.E., Kwasniewski, S., Sundfjord, A., Hop, H., Falk-Petersen, S. Nøst Hegseth, E. Hydrodynamic control of mesozooplankton abundance and biomass in Svalbard waters (79-81oN). J Deep Sea Res II – Arctic Frontiers-CABANERA special issue
  79. Søreide, J.E., Falk-Petersen, S., Nøst Hegseth, E., Hop, H., Carroll, M.L., Hobson, Blachowiak-Samolyk, K.A. Seasonal feeding strategies of Calanus in the high-Arctic Svalbard region. J Deep Sea Res II – Arctic Frontiers-CABANERA special issue.
  80. Pasternak, A., Arashkevich, E., Reigstad, M, Wassmann, P., Falk-Petersen, S. Dividing mesozooplankton into upper and lower size groups: applications to the grazing impact in the MIZ of the Barents Sea. J Deep Sea Res II – Arctic Frontiers-CABANERA special issue.
  81. Falk-Petersen, S., Leu, E., Berge, J., Kwasniewski, S., Nygård, E., Røstad, A, Keskinen, E., Thormar, J., Quillfeldt, C.v., Wold, A., Gulliksen, G. 2008. Vertical migration in high Arctic waters, during the record minimum sea ice extent, autumn 2004.
  82. Falk-Petersen, S., T. Haug, H. Hop, K.T. Nilssen, and A. Wold. 2008. Food web mediated transfer of lipids from plankton to seal blubber in harp and hooded seals off East Greenland. Deep Sea Research II.


Books and book chapters

 

  1. Aleksander Ugryumov, Vladimir Korovin. TIGU-SU. På isflak mot Nordpolen. Svolvær. Forlaget Nord 2005 ISBN:82-90552-16-5. Norsk redaksjon Salve Dahle, Frank A. Jensen, Stig Falk-Petersen.
  2. Ørbæk, J.B.,Tombre, T., Kallenborn, R., Hegseth, E., Falk-Petersen, S. and Hoel A.H. (Eds.), Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment, Springer Verlag, Berlin. 433 p.
  3. Falk-Petersen, S., S. Timofeev, V. Pavlov, and J.R. Sargent. 2007. Climate variability and possible effects on arctic food chains: The role of Calanus. Pages 147-166 in: Ørbæk, J.B.,Tombre, T., Kallenborn, R., Hegseth, E., Falk-Petersen, S. and Hoel A.H. (Eds.), Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment, Springer Verlag, Berlin. 433 p.