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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Bath
Microphytobenthos of Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Norway): biomass and potential primary production along the shore line
This paper results from a major international campaign. It presents the first multibeam sonar measurements of macrophytes (algae) in Arctic fjords and is the first to show that acoustic surveying can infer biomass in extreme environments. The critical measurements of biomass were derived using sonar measurements made and analysed by Blondel. The results led to a Marie Curie Fellowship award to Kruss at Bath (FP7/2007-2013, PIEF-GA-2009-251832, £209k). The measurements are now used to monitor the health of Arctic ecosystems by IEO and CSIC (Spain), AWI Polar and Marine Research and Rostock University. The work is interdisciplinary with physics.
