RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Zooplanktonic ecology and functional ecology of polar ecosystems

• 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)
• ENVINET - "European Network for Arctic-Alpine Multidisciplinary Research" EU 2001-2003
• 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)
• The role of lipids in the life cycle of the pteropods Limacina helicina and Clione limacina. DAAD-NFR 2002-2003 (HEAD)

Running national and international research projects:

• BIODAFF - "The biodiversity and fluxes in glacial arctic fjords". NP 1995- 2004 (HEAD)
• 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)
• CABANERA - Carbon flux and ecosystem feedback 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 2005-2008
• Trophic interactions of the pelagic ecosystem over the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. 2005-2006 (PI). University of Island, Institute of Marine Research Island, NP

• Member of ARCTOS (Arctic Marine Ecosystem Research Network)

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Henderson, J., Sargent, J.R. and Falk-Petersen, S. 1981. Lipogenesis in the Arctic Euphausiid Thysanoessa inermis. Mar. Biol. 63: 235-240. 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. 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. 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. Falk-Petersen, S. and Kristiansen, Å. 1985. Acoustic assessment of krill stocks in Ullsfjorden, North-Norway. Sarsia. 70: 83-90. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Sargent, J.R and Falk-Petersen, S. 1988. The lipid biochemistry of calanoid copepods. Hydrobiologia 167/168: 101-114. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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 25 (7-8): 1453-1457. 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.