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Original Articles

The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Haakon Hop1Nor-wegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Tom Pearson2Akvaplan-niva, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Else Nøst Hegseth3Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway;
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Kit M. Kovacs1Nor-wegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Christian Wiencke4Alfred Wegener Institute, Postfach 120161, D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany;
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Slawek Kwasniewski5Institute of Oceanology, Polish Acad-emy of Sciences, 55 Powstancow Warszawy St., 81-712 Sopot, Poland;
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Ketil Eiane6University Courses on Svalbard, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway;
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Fridtjof Mehlum1Nor-wegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Bjørn Gulliksen3Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway;
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Maria Wlodarska-Kowalczuk5Institute of Oceanology, Polish Acad-emy of Sciences, 55 Powstancow Warszawy St., 81-712 Sopot, Poland;
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Christian Lydersen1Nor-wegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Jan Marcin Weslawski5Institute of Oceanology, Polish Acad-emy of Sciences, 55 Powstancow Warszawy St., 81-712 Sopot, Poland;
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Sabine Cochrane2Akvaplan-niva, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Geir Wing Gabrielsen1Nor-wegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Raymond J. G. Leakey7Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, UK;
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Ole Jørgen Lønne6University Courses on Svalbard, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway;
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Marek Zajaczkowski5Institute of Oceanology, Polish Acad-emy of Sciences, 55 Powstancow Warszawy St., 81-712 Sopot, Poland;
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Stig Falk-Petersen1Nor-wegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Mike Kendall8Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3DH, UK
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Sten-Åke Wängberg9Botanical Institute, Göteborg University, Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden;
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Kai Bischof4Alfred Wegener Institute, Postfach 120161, D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany;
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Andrey Y. Voronkov10Marine Research Laboratory, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia;
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Nikolaj A. Kovaltchouk11Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Prof. Popov St., St. Petersburg 197276, Russia;
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Jozef Wiktor5Institute of Oceanology, Polish Acad-emy of Sciences, 55 Powstancow Warszawy St., 81-712 Sopot, Poland;
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Michael Poltermann1Nor-wegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Guido Di Prisco12CNR - Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology, Via Marconi 12, 80125 Napoli, Italy;
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Carlo Papucci13ENEA, Marine Environment Research Centre, Box 224, 19100 La Spezia, Italy;
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Sebastian Gerland14Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway.
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Pages 167-208 | Published online: 16 Dec 2016

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