Publications & Results

The results of ECOTIP, which include journal articles, book chapters, poster presentations, conference presentations and any relevant media material (e.g. videos), are hosted on Zenodo, which is an open-access repository. The most recent results are shown on this page. We encourage you to visit the ECOTIP Community on Zenodo for a full overview of results. You can also follow the project through Researchgate .

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Publication-Article Open Access
A regime shift in the Southeast Greenland marine ecosystem
Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Chambault, Philippine; Jansen, Teunis; Gjelstrup, Caroline, V. B.; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Macrander, Andreas; Víkingsson, Gisli; Zhang, Xiangdong; Andresen, Camilla S.; MacKenzie, Brian R.

Two major oceanographic changes have recently propagated through several trophic levels in coastal areas of Southeast Greenland (SEG). Firstly, the … Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 21, 2022
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D5.4 Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of Results
Alfthan, Björn; Palacz, Artur Piotr; Schoolmeester, Tina; Jonasdottir, Sigrún

This deliverable report 5.4 “Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of the Results (PEDR)” presents the Plan in detail including … Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 30, 2020
Publication-Article Open Access
From cell size and first principles to structure and function of unicellular plankton communities
Andersen, K.H.; Visser, A.W.

Here we review, synthesize, and analyse the size-based approach to model unicellular plankton cells and communities. We first review how … Read more... >>

Published on Feb. 28, 2023
Publication-Article Open Access
Deglacial to Mid Holocene environmental conditions on the Northeastern Greenland Shelf, Western Fram Strait
Hansen, Katrine Elnegaard; Lorenzen, Jesper; Davies, Joanna; Wacker, Lukas; Pearce, C.hristof; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig

The western Fram Strait is the only deep-water gateway connecting the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic. Consequently, today, the western … Read more... >>

Published on Oct. 1, 2022
Presentation Open Access
Investigations of seafloor biodiversity and their roles in arctic marine ecosystems.
Armitage, Phoebe

A 20-minute presentation on our current work on Northeast Greenland Epibenthic structure, biodiversity and functional diversity. The presentation starts with … Read more... >>

Published on Oct. 12, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Seasonal climate variations in the Baltic Sea during the Last Interglacial based on foraminiferal geochemistry
Ni, Sha; Quintana Krupinski, Nadine B.; Chonewicz, J.; Groeneveld, Jeroen; Knudsen, Karen Luise; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solvieg; Filipsson, Helena L.

Abstract: Climate during the Last Interglacial period (LIG, Marine Isotope Stage 5e) was on average warmer than the present, with … Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 11, 2021
Publication-Article Open Access
Aggregate-colonizing copepods in a glacial fjord: Population dynamics, vertical distribution and allometric scaling of growth and mortality rates of Microsetella norvegica and Oncaea spp.
Koski, Marja; Swalethorp, Rasmus; Kjellerup, Sanne; Nielsen, Torkel Gissel

Abstract: Most global analysis on the role of copepods in food web efficiency or carbon sequestration ignore the har-pacticoid or … Read more... >>

Published on Sept. 1, 2021
Publication-Article Open Access
Marine conditions and development of the Sirius Water polynya on the North-East Greenland shelf during the Younger Dryas-Holocene
Jackson, Rebecca; Andreasen, Nanna; Oksman, Mimmi; Andersen, Thorbjørn J.; Pearce, Christof; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig; Ribeiro, Sofia

The Fram Strait is one of the largest gateways through which meltwater and sea ice are exported to the subarctic … Read more... >>

Published on Sept. 1, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Holocene palaeoceanography of the Northeast Greenland shelf
Pados-Dibattista, T.; Pearce, C.; Detlef, H.; Brendtsen, J.; Seidenkrantz, M.-S.

The Northeast Greenland shelf is highly sensitive to climate and ocean variability because it is swept by the East Greenland … Read more... >>

Published on July 8, 2022
Poster Open Access
Distinct trait combinations and functional diversity patterns across a high Arctic continental shelf
Armitage, Phoebe.; Törnroos, Anna; Fredriksen, Rosalyn; Bluhm, Bodil; Christiansen; Nordtsröm, Marie

A poster for the Arctic Frontiers Conference in May 2022. The poster is for our work on epibenthic communities across … Read more... >>

Published on May 5, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Early Holocene palaeoceanographic and glaciological changes in southeast Greenland
Andresen, C.S.; Sha, L.; Seidenkrantz, M.-S; Dyke, L. M.; Jiang, H.

Sediment core ER11-16 from Køge Bugt in Southeast Greenland is used to assess early Holocene palaeoceanographic changes and sediment rafting … Read more... >>

Published on March 2, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Late Glacial and Holocene shore-level changes in the Aarhus Bugt area, Denmark
Bennike, Ole; Andresen, Katrine Juul; Astrup, Peter Moe; Olsen, Jesper; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig

Abstract: We propose a new relative shore-level curve for the Aarhus Bugt area, an embayment in eastern Jylland, Denmark, based … Read more... >>

Published on Sept. 23, 2021
Publication-Article Open Access
Separating annual, inter-annual and regional change in Sea Surface Temperature in the Northeastern Atlantic and Nordic Seas
Saes; Gjelstrup; Visser; Stedmon

Key Points: Seasonal fluctuations in Nordic Seas and Northeastern Atlantic sea surface temperatures explains 90 % of the variability. Both … Read more... >>

Published on Aug. 24, 2022
Poster Open Access
ECOTIP roll up
Heerema, Sabrina; Alfthan, Björn

Roll up describing the objectives of the ECOTIP project. Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 16, 2021
Presentation Open Access
An introduction to East Greenland's functional structure: An epibenthic community assessment and their associated traits and drivers.
Armitage, Phoebe; Törnroos, Anna; Nordström, Marie; Bonsdorff, Erik

A short presentation was given at the ICYMARE Youth Conference in 2021. The presentation informs of our work on epibenthic … Read more... >>

Published on Dec. 3, 2021
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D5.1 Project Website including dedicated intranet portal
Alfthan, Björn; Bhakta, Debhashish; Lindebjerg, Runa

This deliverable report 5.1 "Project Website including dedicated intranet portal" summarizes the website structure and functionality of the H2020 ECOTIP … Read more... >>

Published on Dec. 1, 2020
Publication-Article Open Access
Distinct Seasonal Primary Production Patterns in the Sub-Polar Gyre and Surrounding Seas
Richardson, Katherine; Bendtsen, Jørgen

Primary production (PP) in the sub-polar region appears to be important for ocean carbon uptake but how the different water … Read more... >>

Published on Dec. 9, 2021
Video Open Access
Exploring Rapid Changes in the Arctic Marine Environment - First ECOTIP Expedition to the Kongsfjorden on Svalbard
Schmidt, Claudia Elena; Thomas, Helmuth; Proefrock, Daniel; Steinhoefel, Grit; Stichel, Torben; Mears, Chantal

Video of flash talk (5 min) given by Claudia Elena Schmidt during the YOUMARES 11 conference in Session 4: Fjord … Read more... >>

Published on Oct. 15, 2020
Dataset Open Access
Self-similarity, density-size dynamics and the sinking speed of marine aggregates.
Visser, Andre

A collated and referenced data base of observed size and sinking speeds of marine particle aggregates including Reynolds number and … Read more... >>

Published on June 25, 2022
Publication-Report Open Access
ECOTIP Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of Results
Alfthan, Björn; Palacz, Artur Piotr; Schoolmeester, Tina; Jónasdóttir, Sigrún

This document contains the regularly updated “Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of the Results (PEDR)” of the H2020 ECOTIP … Read more... >>

Published on July 21, 2023
Publication-Report Open Access
ECOTIP Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of Results
Alfthan, Björn; Palacz, Artur Piotr; Schoolmeester, Tina; Jónasdóttir, Sigrún

This document contains the regularly updated “Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of the Results (PEDR)” of the H2020 ECOTIP … Read more... >>

Published on Jan. 28, 2022
Publication-Report Open Access
Report of the DANA 6/21 ECOTIP West Greenland 2021 Cruise: Investigations from off Nuuk to north of Disko Island
Munk, Peter; Hanse, Katrine Elnegaard; Davies, Joanna Martin; Törnroos-Remes, Anna; Armitage, Phoebe; Jacquot, Maité; Bastian, Daniel; Schmidt, Claudia Elena; Koziorowska-Makuch, Katarzyna; Reinthaler, Thomas; Amano, Chie; Baltar, Federico; Steenholdt, Søren; Svensen, Camilla; Dietrich, Ulrike; Asiedu, Delove; Jónasdóttir, Sigrun; Koski, Marja

A multidisciplinary cruise was carried out off west Greenland during the period 17/7 to 29/7 (incl. transit 13/7 to 30/7) … Read more... >>

Published on Jan. 28, 2022
Poster Open Access
The west Greenland shelf (64.7-70.6 °N) plankton community and downward carbon flux during summer – an Atlantic influenced ecosystem?
Wiedmann, Ingrid; Svensen, Camilla; Jonasdottir, Sigrun; Dąbrowska, Anna; Koski, Marja

On the West Greenland Shelf (64.7-70.6 °N), Atlantic derived water flows northwards. This water gradually cools and becomes fresher at … Read more... >>

Published on Jan. 30, 2023
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D3.3 Trait-based zooplankton model
Visser, Andre

This deliverable supplies a demonstration of the metazoan plankton component (essentially copepods) of a generalized trait-based plankton model (NUM model), … Read more... >>

Published on Oct. 23, 2022
Publication-Report Open Access
ECOTIP Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of Results
Alfthan, Björn; Palacz, Artur Piotr; Schoolmeester, Tina; Jónasdóttir, Sigrún

This document contains the regularly updated “Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of the Results (PEDR)” of the H2020 ECOTIP … Read more... >>

Published on July 15, 2023
Presentation Open Access
Arctic biodiversity change and its consequences: Assessing, monitoring and predicting the effects of ecosystem tipping cascades on marine ecosystem services and dependent human systems (ECOTIP)
Koski, Marja

A short presentation by Marja Koski, Coodinator of the Horizon 2020 ECOTIP project, delivered to the European Polar Science Week, … Read more... >>

Published on Oct. 26, 2020
Publication-Article Open Access
Holocene ocean conditions off the Zachariae Isstrøm, Northeast Greenland
Davies, J.; Mathiasen, A.M.; Kristiansen, K.; Hansen, K.E.; Wacker, L.; Alstrup, A.K.O.; Munk,O.; Pearce, C.; Seidenkrantz, M.-S.

The melting of marine terminating glaciers in Northeast Greenland is a visible sign that our climate is changing. This melt … Read more... >>

Published on April 20, 2022
Publication-Other Open Access
Arctic biodiversity, climate and food security
GRID-Arendal

['CHARTER, ECOTIP and FACE-IT are EU-funded, Horizon 2020 projects that aim at contributing to a better understanding of how the … Read more... >>

Published on March 15, 2023
Publication-Datamanagementplan Open Access
ECOTIP Data Management Plan
Wichorowski, Marcin; Palacz, Artur

The document contains the updated version of the ECOTIP's initial Data Management Plan (DMP) to meet the requirements of an … Read more... >>

Published on Jan. 20, 2022
Presentation Open Access
Science Project ECOTIP on Le Commandant Charcot
Wiedmann, Ingrid

A short presentation of the ECOTIP project for tourists on the cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot Read more... >>

Published on May 13, 2022
Publication-Datamanagementplan Open Access
ECOTIP Data Management Plan
Wichorowski, Marcin; Palacz, Artur

The document contains the updated version of the ECOTIP's initial Data Management Plan (DMP) to meet the requirements of an … Read more... >>

Published on May 24, 2023
Publication-Article Open Access
Functional responses of aggregate-colonizing copepods
Koski Marja; Lombard Fabien

The article quantifies the functional response of feeding of three aggregate-colonizing copepods on different types of aggregates. This is important, … Read more... >>

Published on Aug. 1, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages from the Laurentian Channel in the Lower Estuary and Gulf of ST. Lawrence, Eastern Canada: Tracers of Bottom-Water Hypoxia
Audet, Tiffany; de Vernal, Anne; Mucci, Alfonso; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig; Hillaire-Marcel, Claude; Carnero-Bravo, Vladislav; Gelinas, Yves

Over the past century, an increase in temperatures and a decrease in dissolved oxygen concentrations have been observed in the … Read more... >>

Published on Jan. 20, 2023
Publication-Article Open Access
Impact of freshwater runoff from the southwest Greenland Ice Sheet on fjord productivity since the late 19th century
Oksman, M.; Kvorning, A. B.; Larsen. S. H.; Kjeldsen, K. K.; Mankoff; Andersen, T. J.; Nørgaard-Pedersen, N.; Seidenkrantz, M.-S.; Mikkelsen, N.; Ribeiro, S.

Climate warming and the resulting acceleration of freshwater discharge from the Greenland Ice Sheet are im­pacting Arctic marine coastal ecosystems, … Read more... >>

Published on June 24, 2022
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D5.2 Communication Strategy
Alfthan, Björn; Lindebjerg, Runa; Schoolmeester, Tina; Jonasdottir, Sigrún; Koski, Marja; Hymas, Lisa; Palacz, Artur Piotr

This deliverable report 5.2 “Communication Strategy” has been developed to guide the strategic development and use of various communication tools … Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 30, 2020
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D5.3 Initial Data Management Plan
Wichorowski, Marcin; Palacz, Artur Piotr; Jacobsen, Rikke Becker

This deliverable report 5.3 "Initial Data Management Plan" contains an initial version of ECOTIP's data management plan to meet the … Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 30, 2020
Publication-Article Open Access
Modelling approaches for capturing plankton diversity (MODIV), their societal applications and data needs
Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban; Cadier, Mathilde; Chakraborty, Subhendu; Chen, Bingzhang; Cheung, Shun Yan; Grigoratou, Maria; Guill, Christian; Hassenrück, Christiane; Kerimoglu, Onur; Klauschies, Toni; Lindemann, Christian; Palacz, Artur Piotr; Ryabov, Alexey; Scotti, Marco; Smith, S. Lan; Våge, Selina; Prowe, Friederike

Ecosystem models need to capture biodiversity, because it is a fundamental determinant of food web dynamics and consequently of the … Read more... >>

Published on Aug. 16, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Comparative analysis of six common foraminiferal species of the genera Cassidulina, Paracassidulina and Islandiella from the Arctic-North Atlantic domain.
Cage; Pieńkowski; Jennings; Knudsen; Seidenkrantz

Abstract. Morphologically similar benthic foraminiferal taxa can be difficult to separate. Aside from causing issues in taxonomy, incorrect identifications complicate … Read more... >>

Published on March 26, 2021
Publication-Article Open Access
An Updated View of the Water Masses on the Northeast Greenland Shelf and Their Link to the Laptev Sea and Lena River
Willcox, Esti W.; Bendtsen, Jørgen; Mortensen, John; Mohn, C.; Lemes. M.; Pedersen, T.J.; Holding, J.; Møller, Eva Friis; Sejr, Michael K.; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig; Rysgaard, Søren

The Northeast Greenland shelf is a broad Arctic shelf located between Greenland and Fram Strait. It is the principal gateway … Read more... >>

Published on April 1, 2023
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D3.1. Mechanistic, trait-based model for unicellular plankton
Visser, Andre W.

This deliverable supplies a demonstration of the unicellular component (essentially phytoplankton, bacteria and micro zooplankton) of a generalized trait-based plankton … Read more... >>

Published on May 31, 2021
Presentation Open Access
The Essential Ocean Variable Framework: GOOS authoritative guidance on observing system design
Palacz, Artur Piotr

Presentation given on 31 March 2022 during the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2022 meeting of Working Group 2: Regional to … Read more... >>

Published on April 11, 2022
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D1.1 Inventory of geographic distribution of relevant water column stressors of Arctic biodiversity
Thomas, Helmuth; Schmidt, Claudia Elena; Bastian, Daniel; Stacke, Tobias; Urban, Paulina

This deliverable presents an overview about environmental stressors with the potential to impact Arctic ecosystems, or parts thereof. We report … Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 27, 2021
Publication-Article Open Access
Pelagic ecosystem dynamics between late autumn and the post spring bloom in a sub-Arctic fjord
Walker, E. Zoe; Wiedmann, Ingrid; Nikolopoulos, Anna; Skarðhamar, Jofrid; Jones, Elizabeth M.; Renner, Angelika H. H.

Marine ecosystems, and particularly fjords, are experiencing an increasing level of human activity on a year-round basis, including the poorly … Read more... >>

Published on May 13, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Northeast Greenland: Ice-free shelf edge at 79.4⁰N around the Last Glacial Maximum 25.5-17.5 ka
Rasmussen, Tine L.; Pearce, Christof; Andresen, Katrine Juul; Nielsen, Tove; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig

The size of the last glacial ice sheet on the Northeast (NE) Greenland shelf and its interaction with ocean circulation … Read more... >>

Published on Aug. 16, 2022
Publication-Report Open Access
ECOTIP flyer
Heerema, Sabrina; Alfthan, Björn

A short flyer which communicates the goals of ECOTIP and includes an illustration, map of study sites and list of … Read more... >>

Published on Nov. 30, 2021
Publication-Article Open Access
Model estimates of metazoans' contributions to the biological carbon pump
Pinti, Jérôme; DeVries, Tim; Norin, Tommy; Serra-Pompei, Camila; Proud, Roland; Siegel, David A.; Kiørboe, Thomas; Petrik, Colleen M.; Andersen, Ken H.; Brierley, Andrew S.; Visser, André W.

The daily vertical migrations of fish and other metazoans actively transport organic carbon from the ocean surface to depth, contributing … Read more... >>

Published on March 14, 2023
Presentation Open Access
Using Principle Component Analysis to Understand Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon and Trace Metals in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
Schmid, Claudia Elena; Thomas, Helmuth; Proefrock, Daniel; Steinhoefel, Grit; Stichel, Torben

['The Arctic Ocean and its coastal areas are especially vulnerable to climate change. Its ecosystem is rapidly changing in response … Read more... >>

Published on March 4, 2023
Presentation Open Access
Complexity, connectivity and change in polar marine food webs
Camilla Svensen

Introduction to session on complexity, connectivity and change in polar marine food webs at the GRC conference on Polar Science … Read more... >>

Published on June 1, 2023
Publication-Deliverable Open Access
ECOTIP D3.2 Microbial Traits
Visser, Andre

This deliverable presents the conclusions and recommendation from a workshop on Microbial Traits held at DTU in September 2021. The … Read more... >>

Published on Oct. 23, 2022
Publication-Article Open Access
Microfaunal Recording of Recent Environmental Changes in the Herschel Basin, Western Arctic Ocean
Falardeau, Jade; de Vernal, Anne; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig; Cronin, Thomas M.; Gemery, Laura; Chassiot, Lép; Fritz, Michael; Carnero-Bravo, Vladislav; e Hillaire-Marcel, Claude; Archambault, Philippe

Microfaunal assemblages of benthic foraminifera, ostracods, and tintinnids from two marine sediment cores retrieved from the Herschel Basin of the … Read more... >>

Published on Jan. 20, 2023
Publication-Article Open Access
Ultra-distal tephra deposits and Bayesian modelling constrain a variable marine radiocarbon offset in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
Monteath, Alistair J.; Bolton, Matthew S. M.; Harvey, Jordan; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig; Pearce, Christof; Jensen, Britta

Radiocarbon dating marine sediments is complicated by the strongly heterogeneous age of ocean waters. Tephrochronology provides a well-established method to … Read more... >>

Published on May 4, 2023
Publication-Article Open Access
The global contribution of seasonally migrating copepods to the biological carbon pump
Jerome Pinti; Sigrun H Jonasdottir; Nicholas R. Record; Andre W Visser

Every year, large numbers of zooplankton migrate from the surface ocean to depths of 500–2000 m tohibernate. Through this migration, … Read more... >>

Published on March 8, 2023
Publication-Article Open Access
Community assembly processes and drivers shaping marine fish community structure in the North Sea
Montanyès, Marcel; Weigel, Benjamin; Lindegren, Martin

To preserve natural ecosystems and their biodiversity, there is a need to anticipate future ecosystem changes through better understanding of … Read more... >>

Published on July 10, 2023
Poster Open Access
Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon and Trace Metals along West Greenland
Schmidt, Claudia Elena; Thomas, Helmuth; Proefrock, Daniel

['The Arctic Ocean and its coastal areas are especially vulnerable to climate change. Its ecosystem is rapidly changing in response … Read more... >>

Published on March 5, 2023
Video Open Access
ECOTIP - investigating tipping cascades in the Arctic seas
Alfthan, Björn; Lindebjerg, Runa; Rempel, Olivia; De Luigi, Guendalina

ECOTIP is a new European Horizon 2020 project led by the Technical University of Denmark and involving world class scientists … Read more... >>

Published on Jan. 26, 2021
Publication-Article Open Access
Seasonal sea-ice in the Arctic's last ice area during the Early Holocene
Detlef, Henrieka; O'Regan, Matt; Stranne, Christian; Jensen, Mads Mørk; Glasius, Marianne; Cronin, Thomas M.; Jakobsson, Martin; Pearce, Christof

According to climate models, the Lincoln Sea, bordering northern Greenland and Canada, will be the final stronghold of perennial Arctic … Read more... >>

Published on March 20, 2023
Poster Open Access
Tipping Points: Arctic Seas in a time of rapid change
ECOTIP

['Tipping Points invites you to explore a world of change happening beneath the waves of our Arctic\nseas, and how our … Read more... >>

Published on Aug. 28, 2023
Poster Open Access
Tipping Points: Arctic Seas in a time of rapid change
ECOTIP

['Tipping Points invites you to explore a world of change happening beneath the waves of our Arctic\nseas, and how our … Read more... >>

Published on March 15, 2023
Poster Open Access
Tipping Points: Arctic Seas in a time of rapid change
ECOTIP

['Tipping Points invites you to explore a world of change happening beneath the waves of our Arctic\nseas, and how our … Read more... >>

Published on March 15, 2023