• LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN

    Wegener Institute established the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN in the Fram Strait. HAUSGARTEN observatory displays 21 permanent stations covering a water depth range of 250 [...] HAUSGARTEN observatory is successively extended within the frame of the HGF infrastructure project FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring). Contact: T. Soltwedel, M. Bergmann, C. Hasemann , E.-M. Nöthig

  • Invited Talks

    (2026): Linkages of phytoplankton community composition to temperature and sea ice properties in Fram Strait. GEOMAR Biogeochemistry Seminar, Kiel, Germany, 13 January 2026. 2025 Bracher A . (2025) Possible

  • peer-review

    changing Arctic Ocean – Overview of long-term summer measurements in the Fram Strait Variability of chlorophyll a distribution in the Fram Strait, Greenland Sea and Central Arctic Ocean. Polar Research34: 23349 [...] Nöthig E.-M. (2026) Resolving the interannual variability of phytoplankton community composition in Fram Strait using ship-based high-frequency spectrophotometric measurements from 2015 to 2024. Deep-Sea [...] Summertime in situ chlorophyll a and particulate organic carbon standing stocks in surface waters of the Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean (1991 – 2015). Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 350. doi: 10.3389/fmars

  • non-peer reviewed articles

    (2018) Retrieval of phytoplankton pigments and functional types from underway spectrophotometry in the Fram Strait. Extended abstract to Ocean Optics XXIV conference, Dubrovnik, 7 October 2018 - 12 October

  • Sofia Kuzmina

    sofia.kuzmina@awi.de
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • Publications, Contributions & Outreach Activities - AWI OZA

    multi-year analysis of acoustic occurrence and habitat use of blue and fin whales in eastern and central Fram Strait. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0314369. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314369 Trathan PN, Savoca [...] Acoustic presence and vocal repertoire of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in eastern and central Fram Strait. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/f Contributions to books Boebel [...] Spiesecke S, Thomisch K (2020). Vocal behaviour of bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ) in eastern Fram Strait. Paper SC/68/NH/03 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from:

  • Team - AWI OZA

    ecological role of marine mammals in the Arctic Ocean. Data stem from the interdisciplinary Arctic FRAM ocean observatory, which provides a unique opportunity to gain insight into these interrelationships [...] environmental alterations triggered by climate change, such as sea-ice decline. Using data collected in Fram Strait, I am investigating potential impacts of climate change on the acoustic presence of endemic [...] Patterns in the Acoustic Presence and Vocal Behaviour of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Eastern Fram Strait Diandra Duengen (2019), Master Uni Oldenburg Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) distribution

  • Team

    Steinhöfel-Sasgen, Grit Postdoc Terbrüggen, Anja Engineer Torres Valdes, Sinhue Senior Scientist, "FRAM" Völker, Christoph Senior Scientist Wuttig, Kathrin Postdoc Wollenburg, Jutta Senior Scientist Ye

  • Proxy Development

    saltier water masses from the Atlantic are pushing further north into the Arctic Ocean through the Fram Strait. This is a recent and ongoing phenomenon, and understanding its pace and extent requires archives

  • Members

    column biogeochemistry. Daniel Scholz (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Daniel Scholz - Within the FRAM project (Frontiers in Arctic Monitoring), my responsibilities are the development, deployment, calibration [...] in-situ sensor platforms that are used to monitor nutrients and carbonate chemistry parameters in the Fram Strait and the Central Arctic Ocean. To monitor such parameters in the ocean, it is common practice