average, though 5,669 metres at its deepest point. Its only deep-sea connection to other oceans lies in Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard. The Arctic Ocean is also characterised by record low temperatures: [...] element Apart from fish, have other newcomers from the south found their way to the Arctic? In fact, Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard has become a preferred travel route for new residents of the

php/cleopatra-ii ) Transdrift: The transpolar system of the Arctic Ocean: ( www.transdrift.info ) Fram: Frontiers in Arctic Monitoring Members of the working group PD. Dr. Barbara Niehoff (head) Dr. Astrid

and phytoplankton functional types (PFT) using shipboard underway AC-S flow-through system in the Fram Strait. These quality-controlled datasets are finally used to validate the quality of the Chl-a datasets [...] -M., Hellmann S., Wiegmann S., Bracher A. (in press 22 Jan 2018) Underway spectrophotometry in the Fram Strait (European Arctic Ocean): a highly resolved chlorophyll a data source for complementing satellite [...] between Chl-a data obtained from underway AC-S flow-through system and HPLC measurements during the Fram Strait cruises PS93.2 and PS99.2.

association with PEBCAO GROUP LTER HAUSGARTEN FRAM Investigations since 1991 Investigations since 1991 Phyto- and Protozooplankton Protist plankton in FRAM strait surface water: top left: a diatom ( Th [...] have been taken and analysed and more will be taken in the future mainly as part of projects such as FRAM, LTER HAUSGARTEN, PEBCAO in different regions of the Arctic Ocean. The main goal of our arctic research [...] a 100 m water column, is stated for analysis between 1991 and 2013, during summer months. While in FRAM strait and on the arctic shelves, a relatively high proportion of biomass was being observed, the

methods successfully reproduce the degree and spatial distribution of the average ice coverage in the Fram Strait and Nordic Seas ( Müller et al., 2011 ; Spielhagen et al., 2015). At the AWI (partly in cooperation

oceanographic, biological and biogeochemical workload planned along the zonal transect through central Fram Strait along 78°50’N. Subsequently we added to the mooring array deployed along the Greenwich Meridian

Hasemann, C., Wenzhoefer, F. (2018): Deep-sea benthic communities and oxygen fluxes in the Arctic Fram Strait controlled by sea-ice cover and water depth. Biogeosciences 15: 4849-4869. Braeckman, U., Janssen [...] Benthic oxygen uptake in the Arctic Ocean margins - A case study at the deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN (Fram Strait). PLoS ONE 10(10): e01383. Boetius, A., Wenzhöfer, F. (2013): Seafloor oxygen consumption fuelled

for cold-air outbreaks in the Arctic are the Fram Strait and Barents Sea. The Figure shows an example of a cold-air outbreak with convection rolls over Fram Strait caused by a low pressure system over Svalbard [...] investigated. Impact of sea ice morphology on energy and momentum transport Marginal sea ice zone (Fram Strait, near Svalbard) with drifting floes and small ridges at the floe edges. (Photo: Alfred-Weg [...] Lüpkes, J. Hartmann, and M. Raschendorfer (2005), A case study on a polar cold air outbreak over Fram Strait using a mesoscale weather prediction model, Boundary Layer Meteorol., 117, 301–336, doi:10

for cold-air outbreaks in the Arctic are the Fram Strait and Barents Sea. The Figure shows an example of a cold-air outbreak with convection rolls over Fram Strait caused by a low pressure system over Svalbard [...] investigated. Impact of sea ice morphology on energy and momentum transport Marginal sea ice zone (Fram Strait, near Svalbard) with drifting floes and small ridges at the floe edges. (Photo: Alfred-Weg [...] Lüpkes, J. Hartmann, and M. Raschendorfer (2005), A case study on a polar cold air outbreak over Fram Strait using a mesoscale weather prediction model , Boundary Layer Meteorol. , 117 , 301–336, doi:

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