08:30 Opening of the science conference - Welcome: Kirsten Broch Mathisen, Director, Department for Climate and the Environment, The Research Council of Norway

08:40 Introduction to Science conference: Salve Dahle, Head of the Arctic Frontiers Steering Committee  

Marine Biodiversity under change

Arctic microbial and zooplankton diversity

Auditorium 1, (Chair: Elizaveta Ershova)

09:00 Invited speaker Connie Lovejoy et. al., Université Laval, Canada: Microbial Diversity in the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas: an evolving story

09:20 Invited speaker Michel Poulin et. al., Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada: Biodiversity of Arctic phytoplankton, ice algae and protists

09:40 Invited speaker Russ Hopcroft et. al., University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: A Pan-arctic analysis of Biodiversity patterns for zooplankton on Arctic shelves

10:00 B.H. Hansen et al. Current status and knowledge on the effects of oil on Arctic calanoid copepods.

10:15 Allison Bailey et al., The University Centre in Svalbard, Norway: Overwintering ecology of two key zooplankton species in a high-Arctic fjord: Evidence for state-dependency in diapause strategy?

10:30 Break

Arctic zooplankton and ice biota diversity

(Chair: Elizaveta Ershova)

10:50 Invited speaker Xenia Kosobokova et al., Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia: Patterns of zooplankton diversity through the depths of the Arctic’s central basins

11:10 Ananda Alex Rabindranath et al., Scottish Oceans Institute, Scotland: Seasonal and Diel Vertical Migration (DVM) of Arctic Zooplankton

11:25 Svetlana Matviy, Russia: The role of fast ice in the transitional land/sea zone zooplankton communities of SE Baltic

11:40 Invited speaker Rolf Gradinger, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: Biodiversity of Arctic sea ice fauna

12:00 Lunch

Arctic zooplankton diversity and toxicology (Chair: Gerald Darnis)

13:00 Ole N Staurland Aarbakke et al., University of Tromsø, Norway: First finding of Pseudocalanus moultoni Frost 1989 in Norwegian waters

13:15 Ketil Eiane & D.L. Aksnes, Bodø University College, Norway: The jellyfish Periphylla periphylla in Norwegian coastal waters: are mass occurrences spreading?

13:30 Nina Bednarsek et al., British Antarctic Survey, UK: Will Southern Ocean pteropods survive ocean acidification?

13:45 Joanna Szczucka, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland: Response of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to climate changes in Arctic – links between physical environment, biodiversity of zooplankton and seabird populations

14:00 Nicholas Warner et al., Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway: Effects of seasonality on trophic magnification factors for contaminant accumulation in Arctic food webs

14:15 Helene Angot et al., Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway: Influences of climate change on organochlorine pesticide contamination within benthic communities in Svalbard

14:30 Break

Arctic benthic zoogeography and biodiversity (Chair: Gerald Darnis)

14:50 Invited speaker Andrey Gebruk & A.N. Mironov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia: Biogeographical patterns and recent history of Arctic marine benthic fauna

15:10 Invited speaker Dieter Piepenburg et al., University of Kiel, Germany: The biodiversity of the benthic macro- and megafauna of Arctic shelf seas - a pan-Arctic synopsis of magnitude, patterns and processes

15:30 Knut Sivertsen, Finnmark University College, Norway: Temperature and physiological processes determine the southern border of the sea urchin dominated barren grounds along the Norwegian coast

15:45 -

16:00 Poster session with bar service

18:00 End poster session

Marine biodiversity under change 

Benthic biodiversity

Auditorium 1, (Chair: Joanna Przytarska) 

08:30 Invited speaker Jan Marcin Weslawski et al., IOPAS, Sopot, Poland: The benthic biodiversity of Arctic coasts and fjords

08:50 Monika Kedra et al., Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland: Shallow winter macrofaunal assemblages along the depth and distance-to-glacier gradients (79° N, Spitsbergen)

09:05 Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk et al., Institute of Oceanology PAS, Poland: Arctic open sea shelf vs. semi-enclosed marine inlets: macrobenthic diversity of Barents Sea and west Spitsbergen fiords

09:20 Eivind Oug et al., Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway: Benthic fauna in the Varangerfjorden – before and after the invading red king crab

09:35 Stephen Jewett et al., University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: Invertebrate communities associated with various substrates in the nearshore Aleutian Islands, with emphasis on thick crustose coralline algae

09:50 Katya Solyanko et al., University of Hull, UK: Subtidal benthic fauna of the Gorlo Strait of the White Sea: an attempt of the species inventory based on diachronic surveys

10:05 Invited speaker Sarah Mincks Hardy et al., University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: Molecular diversity of Arctic fauna: Genetic tools provide new insights in taxonomy and biogeography of marine organisms

10:30 Break

10:50 Invited speaker Bodil Bluhm et al., University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: Biodiversity of Arctic deep-sea benthos

11:10 Invited speaker Sabine Cochrane et al., Akvaplan-niva, Norway: Arctic Sea floor biodiversity under change: assessing goals and reality

11:30 Piotr Kuklinski et al., Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland: Arctic bryozoans – our current status of knowledge

11:45 Jyotsna Sharma & B.A. Bluhm, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA: Diversity of Free-Living Nematodes from Macrobenthos in the Arctic deep-sea Canada Basin

12:00 Lunch

Arctic Fish communities (Chair: Camilla Ottesen)

13:00 Michaela Aschan et al., University of Tromsø, Norway: Change in fish community structure: indication of an ecological regime shift in the Barents Sea?

13:15 Maria Fossheim et al., Institute of Marine Research, Norway: The spatial structure of the Barents Sea fish community

13:30 Andrey V. Dolgov et al., Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Russia: Trophic relations in fish community in the northern Barents Sea

13:45 Paul Renaud et al., The University Centre in Svalbard, Norway: Climate change, competition, and habitat usage: earlier and stronger warming may alter ecosystem roles of the key Arctic species Boreogadus saida

14:00 Knut E. Jørstad et al., Institute of Marine Research, Norway: Genetic links across the Arctic Ocean – comparing herring (Clupea) in the Barents and Bering Seas

14:15 Cammilla Ottesen et al., University of Tromsø, Norway: Early life history aspects of daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus) in Svalbard waters

14:30 Break

14:50 Invited speaker Harald Gjøsæter, Institute of Marine Research, Norway: Biodiversity of and changes related to harvestable fish resources

15:10 Invited speaker Catherine W. Mecklenburg et al., California Academy of Sciences, USA: Biodiversity of Arctic Marine Fishes

Arctic ecosystems (Chair: Camilla Ottesen)

15:30 Haakon Hop et al., Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway: Has Kongsfjorden in Svalbard passed a tipping point for persistent change in the marine ecosystem?

15:45 Thomas Juul-Pedersen et al., Greenland Climate Research Centre, Greenland: Long-term monitoring and research of high- and sub-arctic marine ecosystems in Greenland

16:00 End

Marine Biodiversity under change 

Arctic birds and marine mammals

Auditorium 1, (Chair: Imme Rutzen) 

09:00 Invited speaker Falk Huettmann et al., University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: Towards a Synthesis of Arctic Seabirds and their global linkages: Assessing Data and Cumulative Impacts Circumpolar for a Sustainable Second Millennium

09:20 Aurélie Goutte et al., Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, France: Breeding phenology of arctic seabirds under environmental stress: an ecophysiological approach

09:35 Olivier Gilg et al., University of Helsinki, Finland: The ivory gull: a new flagship species to study the impact of climate change in Arctic Seas?

09:50 Invited speaker Kit Kovacs & S.E. Moore, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway: Marine mammals in a changing Arctic

10:10 Rui Prieto et al., Universidade dos Açores, Portugal: The importance oceanic fronts in the Labrador Sea to North Atlantic sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis). Clues from satellite telemetry 

10:30 Break

Various aspects of Arctic biodiversity (Chair: Imme Rutzen)

10:50 K. Crane & Reidar Hindrum, Directorate for Nature Management, Norway: Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) – Monitoring in the Arctic Seas

11:05 Vassily Spiridonov & A. Makarov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia: Atlas for marine spatial planning in the changing Arctic (Russian sector)

11:25 Jacques Godfroid et al., Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway: Emergence of infectious diseases in the Arctic

11:40 Andy Sortland & M. Menshakova, University of Tromsø, Norway: Biological diversity under change in Kolsky Gulf, Kola Peninsula, Russia. A preliminary study

11:55 -

12:15 Lesson learned - concluding Arctic Frontiers 2010

13:00 Lunch

14:00 End