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Goto main contentWP 1 will coordinate and manage the SI. It will be responsible for the communication between the WPs by arranging meetings, workshops and symposia to summarize, discuss, present, and publish old and new knowledge on main aspects represented by the SI.
WP leader: Elena Eriksen
WP 2 will coordinate and support the field sampling and lab experiments in the SI.
WP leader: Padmini Dalpadado
In WP3, we investigate the pelagic productivity of the Barents Sea and how it varies in time and space. The main focus will be on investigating the processes governing productivity at lower trophic levels (phytoplankton and zooplankton), and energy transfer to higher trophic levels. Investigating the carrying capacity of the dominant planktivorous fish (capelin, polar cod, young cod and herring) in the pelagic Barents Sea is central work in this work package.
WP leader: Lis Lindahl Jørgensen
WP4 will examine how the benthic and pelagic systems are coupled by analyzing stable isotopes (carbon and nitrogen) and fatty acid signatures in addition to traditional stomach analyses of major fauna components. This will be done in three selected regions in the southern (Atlantic), central (Polar front), and northern (Arctic) Barents Sea. The more detailed studies in WP4 will supplement the studies in WP5 and WP6, while drawing upon data and results from WP2 and WP3.
WP leader: Per Arneberg
In WP5 the topology of the food web will be further developed based on literature and data, and variation in time and space will be analysed.
WP leader: Edda Johannesen
In WP 6 we will work with statistical analyses of empirical data from standard surveys, in combination with modelling and targeted field sampling (handled in WP2) to increase our knowledge of the role of an important species in the Barents Sea food web (topology from WP5), in particular in relation to the benthic-pelagic coupling (WP4) under different productivity regimes (provided by WP3).