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