Marit Reigstad

TL;DR: The main environmental factors driving spatial patterns, variability and change in primary production (PP) in the Arctic Ocean are reviewed in this paper, while instantaneous PP rates are predominantly influenced by the local factors affecting light penetration through clouds, sea ice and water, net PP at the annual scale is conditioned by a hierarchy of remote and local processes that affect nutrient supply and light availability in general.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review current knowledge regarding the importance of these areas for these animals and reflect upon the processes that create these apparent “hotspots”, which is known for a long time that these glacier front areas are important feeding areas for seabirds and marine mammals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the topography, water masses and climate change in the central Barents Sea and found that the phytoplankton biomass was concentrated in the upper 30 m in the strongly stratified MIZ, and that new production rates were closely related to the mixing depth with highest rates in the deeper mixed Atlantic region and trenches where the Polar Front was located.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare and contrast the ecosystems of the Barents and Chukchi Seas and find that the difference in fish abundance is driven by differences in the heat and plankton advected into them, and the amount of primary production consumed in the upper water column.