• A Synergistic Approach for Evaluating Climate Model Output for Ecological Applications 

      Cavanagh, Rachel D.; Murphy, Eugene J.; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Turner, John; Knowland, Cheryl A.; Corney, Stuart P.; Smith, Walker O.; Waluda, Claire M.; Johnston, Nadine M.; Bellerby, Richard; Constable, Andrew J.; Costa, Daniel P.; Hofmann, Eileen E.; Jackson, Jennifer A.; Staniland, Iain J.; Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter; Xavier, Jose C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Increasing concern about the impacts of climate change on ecosystems is prompting ecologists and ecosystem managers to seek reliable projections of physical drivers of change. The use of global climate models in ecology ...
    • Acclimation to various temperature and pCO2 levels does not impact the competitive ability of two strains of Skeletonema marinoi in natural communities 

      Briddon, Charlotte L.; Nicoară, Maria; Hegedüs, Adriana; Niculea, Adina; Bellerby, Richard; Eikrem, Wenche; Gomez Crespo, Bibiana; Dupont, Sam; Drugă, Bogdan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Understanding the long-term response of key marine phytoplankton species to ongoing global changes is pivotal in determining how oceanic community composition will respond over the coming decades. To better understand the ...
    • Arctic Sensitivity? Suitable Habitat for Benthic Taxa Is Surprisingly Robust to Climate Change 

      Renaud, Paul Eric; Wallhead, Philip; Kotta, Jonne; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria; Bellerby, Richard; Ratsep, Merli; Slagstad, Dag; Kuklinski, Piotr (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Arctic marine ecosystems are often assumed to be highly vulnerable to ongoing climate change, and are expected to undergo significant shifts in structure and function. Community shifts in benthic fauna are likely to result ...
    • Bottom RedOx Model (BROM v.1.1): a coupled benthic–pelagic model for simulation of water and sediment biogeochemistry 

      Yakushev, Evgeny; Protsenko, Elizaveta; Bruggeman, Jorn; Wallhead, Philip; Pakhomova, Svetlana V.; Yakubov, Shamil Kh.; Bellerby, Richard; Couture, Raoul-Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Interactions between seawater and benthic systems play an important role in global biogeochemical cycling. Benthic fluxes of some chemical elements (e.g., C, N, P, O, Si, Fe, Mn, S) alter the redox state and marine carbonate ...
    • Bottom water acidification and warming on the western Eurasian Arctic shelves: Dynamical downscaling projections 

      Wallhead, Philip; Bellerby, Richard; Silyakova, Anna; Slagstad, Dag; Polukhin, Alexander A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The impacts of oceanic CO2 uptake and global warming on the surface ocean environment have received substantial attention, but few studies have focused on shelf bottom water, despite its importance as habitat for benthic ...
    • CO2 increases C-14 primary production in an Arctic plankton community 

      Engel, Anja; Borchard, Corinna; Piontek, Judith; Schulz, Kai; Riebesell, Ulf; Bellerby, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Responses to ocean acidification in plankton communities were studied during a CO2-enrichment experiment in the Arctic Ocean, accomplished from June to July 2010 in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (78°56′ 2′′ N, 11°53′ 6′′ E). ...
    • Contrasting responses of DMS and DMSP to ocean acidification in Arctic waters 

      Archer, S.D.; Kimmance, S.A.; Stephens, J.A.; Hopkins, F.E.; Bellerby, Richard; Schulz, K.G.; Piontek, J.; Engel, A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Increasing atmospheric CO2 is decreasing ocean pH most rapidly in colder regions such as the Arctic. As a component of the EPOCA (European Project on Ocean Acidification) pelagic mesocosm experiment off Spitzbergen in 2010, ...
    • A Decade of Incorporating Social Sciences in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research Project (IMBeR): Much Done, Much to Do? 

      van Putten, Ingrid; Kelly, Rachel; Cavanagh, Rachel D.; Murphy, Eugene J.; Breckwold, Annette; Brodie, Stephanie; Cvitanovic, Christopher; Dickey-Collas, Mark; Maddison, Lisa; Melbourne-Thomas, Jess; Arrizabalaga, Haritz; Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko; Beckley, Lynnath E.; Bellerby, Richard; Constable, Andrew J.; Cowie, Greg; Evans, Karen; Glaser, Marion; Hall, Julie; Hobday, Alistair J.; Johnston, Nadine M. J; Llopiz, Joel K.; Mueter, Franz; Muller-Karger, Frank E.; Weng, Kevin C.; Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter; Xavier, José C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Successful management and mitigation of marine challenges depends on cooperation and knowledge sharing which often occurs across culturally diverse geographic regions. Global ocean science collaboration is therefore essential ...
    • Effects of acidification on nitrification and associated nitrous oxide emission in estuarine and coastal waters 

      Zhou, Jie; Zheng, Yanling; Hou, Lijun; An, Zhirui; Chen, Feiyang; Liu, Bolin; Wu, Li; Qi, Lin; Dong, Hongpo; Han, Ping; Yin, Guoyu; Liang, Xia; Yang, Yi; Li, Xiaofei; Gao, Dengzhou; Li, Ye; Liu, Zhanfei; Bellerby, Richard; Liu, Min (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In the context of an increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level, acidification of estuarine and coastal waters is greatly exacerbated by land-derived nutrient inputs, coastal upwelling, and complex biogeochemical ...
    • Estimating Sea Surface Salinity in the East China Sea Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Machine Learning 

      Liu, Jing; Bellerby, Richard; Zhu, Qing; Ge, Jianzhong (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Sea surface salinity (SSS) is a master variable in oceanography and important to understand marine biogeochemical and physical processes. In the East China Sea (ECS), a random forest based regression ensemble model (RF) ...
    • European policies and legislation targeting ocean acidification in european waters - Current state 

      Galdies, Charles; Bellerby, Richard; Canu, Donata; Chen, Wenting; Garcia-Luque, Enrique; Gasparovic, Blazenka; Godrijan, Jelena; Lawlor, Paul J.; Frank, Maes; Malej, Alenka; Panagiotaras, Dionisios; Beatriz, Martinez Romera; Reymond, Claire E; Rochette, Julien; Stojanov, Robert; Solidoro, Cosimo; Tiller, Rachel Gjelsvik; de Noronha, IsabelTorres; Uścinowicz, Grzegorz; Vaidianu, Natașa; Walsh, Cormac; Guerra, Roberta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Ocean acidification (OA) is a global problem with profoundly negative environmental, social and economic consequences. From a governance perspective, there is a need to ensure a coordinated effort to directly address it. ...
    • Fluxes of carbon and nutrients to the Iceland Sea surface layer and inferred primary productivity and stoichiometry 

      Jeansson, Emil; Bellerby, Richard; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Frigstad, Helene; Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig R.; Ólafsson, Jón Hjaltalín (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      This study evaluates long-term mean fluxes of carbon and nutrients to the upper 100m of the Iceland Sea. The study utilises hydro-chemical data from the Iceland Sea time series station (68.00 N, 12.67 W), for the years ...
    • Heterogeneity of impacts of high CO2 on the North Western European shelf 

      Artioli, Yuri; Blackford, Jerry C.; Nondal, Gisle; Bellerby, Richard; Wakelin, Sarah L.; Holt, Jason T.; Butenschön, Momme; Allen, Julian Icarus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The increase in atmospheric CO2 is a dual threat to the marine environment: from one side it drives climate change, leading to modifications in water temperature, circulation patterns and stratification intensity; on the ...
    • Impacts of Riverine Floods on Morphodynamics in the Yellow River Delta 

      Fu, Yutao; Bellerby, Richard; Ji, Hongyu; Chen, Shenliang; Fan, Yaoshen; Li, Peng (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The geomorphological stability and ecological environment of megadeltas worldwide are of vital importance for their sustainable development. Deltaic hydro-morphodynamics is extremely sensitive to high riverine flow due to ...
    • Implications of elevated CO2 on pelagic carbon fluxes in an Arctic mesocosm study - an elemental mass balance approach 

      Czerny, Jan; Schulz, Kai G.; Boxhammer, Tim; Bellerby, Richard; Büdenbender, Jan; Engel, Anja; Krug, Sebastian A.; Ludwig, Andrea; Nachtigall, Kerstin; Nondal, Gisle; Niehoff, Barbara; Silyakova, Anna; Riebesell, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Recent studies on the impacts of ocean acidification on pelagic communities have identified changes in carbon to nutrient dynamics with related shifts in elemental stoichiometry. In principle, mesocosm experiments provide ...
    • Influence of Riverine Input on Norwegian Coastal Systems 

      Frigstad, Helene; Kaste, Øyvind; Deininger, Anne; Kvalsund, Karsten; Christensen, Guttorm; Bellerby, Richard; Sørensen, Kai; Norli, Marit; King, Andrew Luke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Coastal ecosystems are of high ecological and socioeconomic importance and are strongly influenced by processes from land, sea, and human activities. In this study, we present physical, chemical, and biological observations ...
    • Influence of suspended sediment front on nutrients and phytoplankton dynamics off the Changjiang Estuary: A FVCOM-ERSEM coupled model experiment 

      Ge, Jianzhong; Torres, Ricardo; Chen, Changsheng; Liu, Jie; Xu, Yi; Bellerby, Richard; Shen, Fang; Bruggeman, Jorn; Ding, Pingxing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      High-turbidity water is a common feature in the estuary and inner shelf. Sediment suspension functions as a modulator that directly influences the interactions among nutrients, phytoplankton and other related ecosystem ...
    • Interannual Variabilities of Nutrients and Phytoplankton off the Changjiang Estuary in Response to Changing River Inputs 

      Ge, Jianzhong; Shi, Shenyang; Liu, Jie; Xu, Yi; Chen, Changsheng; Bellerby, Richard; Ding, Pingxing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Coastal ecosystems are strongly influenced by terrestrial inputs of freshwater, sediments, and nutrients, particularly in a megariver estuary of the Changjiang River. A remarkable increase in nutrient loading from the ...
    • Klimapåvirkning på viktige kystvannsarter 

      Kristiansen, Trond; Kvile, Kristina Øie; Aune, Magnus; Jensen, Jenny; Bellerby, Richard; Skjellum, Solrun Figenschau; Hairabedian, Gabrielle (NIVA-rapport;7773-2022, Research report, 2022)
      Vi beskriver statistisk nedskalering av det marine fysisk-biologiske klimaet for norskekysten under tre klimagassutslippscenarioer (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP5-8.5). Resultatene inngår i beregningene for fremtidig habitatskvalitet ...
    • A Neural Network-Based Analysis of the Seasonal Variability of Surface Total Alkalinity on the East China Sea Shelf 

      Liu, Jie; Bellerby, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Total alkalinity (AT) is an important variable in the regulation of the seawater carbonate chemistry system, determining the capacity to buffer changes in pH. In the coastal oceans, carbonate system dynamics are controlled ...