{"id":1437,"date":"2022-06-29T14:44:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:45:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:45:44","slug":"two-more-new-arctos-phds-erin-kunisch-and-irina-zhulay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/?p=1437","title":{"rendered":"Two more new ARCTOS PhDs – Erin Kunisch and Irina Zhulay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Erin successfully defended her thesis on May 31th and June 1st at UiT in Troms\u00f8. The title of her thesis is: Sea ice dependence in Arctic marine organisms: life cycles, resource use, and trophic linkages <\/em>and can be downloaded HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her supervisors have been Bodil Bluhm (UiT), \u00d8ystein Varpe (University in Bergen), and Rolf Gradinger (UiT). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin’s thesis consists of three articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Kunisch EH, Bluhm BA, Daase M, Gradinger R, Hop H, Melnikov I, Varpe \u00d8, Berge J (2020) Pelagic occurrences of the ice amphipod Apherusa glacialis <\/em>throughout the Arctic. Journal of Plankton Research 42:73-86. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/plankt\/fbz072<\/li>
  2. Kunisch EH, Graeve M, Flores H, Gradinger R, Varpe \u00d8, Bluhm BA. Do Arctic zooplankton feed during polar night? Insights into trophic transfer as revealed by lipids, fatty acids, and compound-specific stable isotopes. Advanced manuscript.<\/li>
  3. Kunisch EH, Graeve M, Gradinger R, Haug T, Kovacs KM, Lydersen C, Varpe \u00d8, Bluhm BA (2021) Ice-algal carbon supports harp and ringed seal diets in the European Arctic: evidence from fatty acid and stable isotope markers. Marine Ecology Progress Series 675:181-197. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3354\/meps13834<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Photo top: Bodil Bluhm (UiT), Sigrun Jonasdottir (DTNU), Erin Kunisch (UiT), Karianne Braathen (UiT), \u00d8ystein Varpe (UiB) from left to right. Photo: Ulrike Grote\/UiT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Bodil Bluhm (UiT), Paul Renaud (Akvaplan-niva), Marit Reigstad (UiT), Irina Zhulay (UiT), Roy Ambli Dalmo (UiT), Anne Helena Solberg Tandberg (University Museum in Bergen), Dieter Piepenburg (AWI) from left to right Photo: Ulrike Grote\/UiT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Irina defended her thesis on June 24 and the title of her thesis is: Arctic Deep-sea benthos: Biodiversity, food web, and biological and functional traits<\/em> and can be downloaded HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Irina’s supervisors have been Bodil Bluhm (UiT) and Paul Renaud (Akvaplan-niva).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Irina’s thesis consists of three articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Zhulay, I., Iken, K., Renaud, P.E. & Bluhm, B.A. (2019). Epifaunal communities across marine landscapes of the deep Chukchi Borderland (Pacific Arctic).\u00a0Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 151<\/em>, 103065.\u00a0<\/li>
    2. Zhulay, I., Bluhm, B.A., Renaud, P.E., Degen, R. & Iken, K. (2021). Functional pattern of benthic epifauna in the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic deep sea.\u00a0Frontiers in Marine Science, 8<\/em>, 609956.<\/li>
    3. Zhulay, I., Iken, K., Renaud, P.E., Kosobokova, K. & Bluhm, B.A. Reduced efficiency of pelagic-benthic coupling in the Arctic deep sea during lower ice cover. (Manuscript).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Congratulations to both of them and all the best for their future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Erin successfully defended her thesis on May 31th and June 1st at UiT in Troms\u00f8. The title of her thesis is: Sea ice dependence in Arctic marine organisms: life cycles, resource use, and trophic linkages and can be downloaded HERE. Her supervisors have been Bodil Bluhm (UiT), \u00d8ystein Varpe (University in Bergen), and Rolf Gradinger (UiT). Erin’s thesis consists of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arctos.uit.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Defense_Erin-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7h8E1-nb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1755,"url":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/?p=1755","url_meta":{"origin":1437,"position":0},"title":"Gordon Research Conference 2025","author":"Anna Miettinen","date":"17 March 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Polar Marine Science took place in Tuscany, Italy, 9.-14.03.2025. This year' s topic was Sea Ice as a Nexus in Polar Seas Between the Ocean and the Atmosphere. The ARCTOS network was contributing strongly to the meeting with an invited oral presentation by Karley\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/?cat=10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arctos.uit.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GRC_25_pic_featured.png?fit=1200%2C408&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arctos.uit.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GRC_25_pic_featured.png?fit=1200%2C408&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arctos.uit.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GRC_25_pic_featured.png?fit=1200%2C408&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arctos.uit.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GRC_25_pic_featured.png?fit=1200%2C408&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arctos.uit.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GRC_25_pic_featured.png?fit=1200%2C408&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1440,"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions\/1440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arctos.uit.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}