Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem

Allison A. Fong; Clara J.M. Hoppe; Nicole Aberle; Carin J. Ashjian; Philipp Assmy; Youcheng Bai; Dorothee C.E. Bakker; John P. Balmonte; Kevin R. Barry; Stefan Bertilsson; William Boulton; Jeff Bowman; Deborah Bozzato; Gunnar Bratbak; Moritz Buck; Robert G. Campbell; Giulia Castellani; Emelia J. Chamberlain; Jianfang Chen; Melissa Chierici; Astrid Cornils; Jessie M. Creamean; Ellen Damm; Klaus Dethloff; Elise S. Droste; Oliver Ebenhöh; Sarah L. Eggers; Anja Engel; Hauke Flores; Agneta Fransson; Stephan Frickenhaus; Jessie Gardner; Cecilia E. Gelfman; Mats A. Granskog; Martin Graeve; Charlotte Havermans; Céline Heuzé; Nicole Hildebrandt; Thomas C.J. Hill; Mario Hoppema; Antonia Immerz; Haiyan Jin; Boris P. Koch; Xianyu Kong; Alexandra Kraberg; Musheng Lan; Benjamin A. Lange; Aud Larsen; Benoit Lebreton; Eva Leu; Brice Loose; Wieslaw Maslowski; Camille Mavis; Katja Metfies; Thomas Mock; Oliver Müller; Marcel Nicolaus; Barbara Niehoff; Daiki Nomura; Eva-Maria Nöthig; Marc Oggier; Ellen Oldenburg; Lasse Mork Olsen; Ilka Peeken; Donald K. Perovich; Ovidiu Popa; Benjamin Rabe; Jian Ren; Markus Rex; Annette Rinke; Sebastian Rokitta; Björn Rost; Serdar Sakinan; Evgenii Salganik; Fokje Schaafsma; Hendrik Schäfer; Katrin Schmidt; Katyanne M. Shoemaker; Matthew D. Shupe; Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm; Jacqueline Stefels; Anders Svenson; Ran Tao; Sinhué Torres-Valdés; Anders Torstensson; Andrew Toseland; Adam Ulfsbo; Maria A. van Leeuwe; Martina Vortkamp; Alison L. Webb; Yanpei Zhuang; Rolf R. Gradinger

doi:10.1525/elementa.2023.00135

Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem

Allison A. Fong, Clara J.M. Hoppe^*, Nicole Aberle, Carin J. Ashjian, Philipp Assmy, Youcheng Bai, Dorothee C.E. Bakker, John P. Balmonte, Kevin R. Barry, Stefan Bertilsson, William Boulton, Jeff Bowman, Deborah Bozzato, Gunnar Bratbak, Moritz Buck, Robert G. Campbell, Giulia Castellani, Emelia J. Chamberlain, Jianfang Chen, Melissa ChiericiAstrid Cornils, Jessie M. Creamean, Ellen Damm, Klaus Dethloff, Elise S. Droste, Oliver Ebenhöh, Sarah L. Eggers, Anja Engel, Hauke Flores, Agneta Fransson, Stephan Frickenhaus, Jessie Gardner, Cecilia E. Gelfman, Mats A. Granskog, Martin Graeve, Charlotte Havermans, Céline Heuzé, Nicole Hildebrandt, Thomas C.J. Hill, Mario Hoppema, Antonia Immerz, Haiyan Jin, Boris P. Koch, Xianyu Kong, Alexandra Kraberg, Musheng Lan, Benjamin A. Lange, Aud Larsen, Benoit Lebreton, Eva Leu, Brice Loose, Wieslaw Maslowski, Camille Mavis, Katja Metfies, Thomas Mock, Oliver Müller, Marcel Nicolaus, Barbara Niehoff, Daiki Nomura, Eva-Maria Nöthig, Marc Oggier, Ellen Oldenburg, Lasse Mork Olsen, Ilka Peeken, Donald K. Perovich, Ovidiu Popa, Benjamin Rabe, Jian Ren, Markus Rex, Annette Rinke, Sebastian Rokitta, Björn Rost, Serdar Sakinan, Evgenii Salganik, Fokje Schaafsma, Hendrik Schäfer, Katrin Schmidt, Katyanne M. Shoemaker, Matthew D. Shupe, Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, Jacqueline Stefels, Anders Svenson, Ran Tao, Sinhué Torres-Valdés, Anders Torstensson, Andrew Toseland, Adam Ulfsbo, Maria A. van Leeuwe, Martina Vortkamp, Alison L. Webb, Yanpei Zhuang, Rolf R. Gradinger

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The international and interdisciplinary sea-ice drift expedition “The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate” (MOSAiC) was conducted from October 2019 to September 2020. The aim of MOSAiC was to study the interconnected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics and processes from the atmosphere to the deep sea of the central Arctic system. The ecosystem team addressed current knowledge gaps and explored unknown biological properties over a complete seasonal cycle focusing on three major research areas: biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles, and linkages to the environment. In addition to the measurements of core properties along a complete seasonal cycle, dedicated projects covered specific processes and habitats, or organisms on higher taxonomic or temporal resolution in specific time windows. A wide range of sampling instruments and approaches, including sea-ice coring, lead sampling with pumps, rosette-based water sampling, plankton nets, remotely operated vehicles, and acoustic buoys, was applied to address the science objectives. Further, a broad range of process-related measurements to address, for example, productivity patterns, seasonal migrations, and diversity shifts, were made both in situ and onboard RV Polarstern. This article provides a detailed overview of the sampling approaches used to address the three main science objectives. It highlights the core sampling program and provides examples of habitat- or process-specific sampling. The initial results presented include high biological activities in wintertime and the discovery of biological hotspots in underexplored habitats. The unique interconnectivity of the coordinated sampling efforts also revealed insights into cross-disciplinary interactions like the impact of biota on Arctic cloud formation. This overview further presents both lessons learned from conducting such a demanding field campaign and an outlook on spin-off projects to be conducted over the next years.

Original language	English
Journal	Elementa: Science of Anthropocene
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00135
Publication status	Published - 21 Aug 2024

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Fong, A. A., Hoppe, C. J. M., Aberle, N., Ashjian, C. J., Assmy, P., Bai, Y., Bakker, D. C. E., Balmonte, J. P., Barry, K. R., Bertilsson, S., Boulton, W., Bowman, J., Bozzato, D., Bratbak, G., Buck, M., Campbell, R. G., Castellani, G., Chamberlain, E. J., Chen, J., ... Gradinger, R. R. (2024). Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem. Elementa: Science of Anthropocene, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00135

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