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Institute of Marine Science
230 Irving II
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-6332
Fax: (907) 474-7204
bluhm@ims.uaf.edu

Bodil Bluhm Research Assistant Professor

Biological Oceanography • Marine Biology • Marine Invertebrates

Specialties

Research Overview

My research has focused on the energy flow patterns within polar benthic systems, specifically through growth and production of benthic invertebrate populations. Also, I am interested in coupling processes between the benthic, pelagic and sea ice realms, as well as in the trophic links between members of a community or ecosystem.

Current Research Projects

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Bluhm in the News

Selected Publications

Bluhm BA, Coyle CO, Konar B, Highsmith RC, 2007. High gray whale densities at an oceanographic front in the south-central Chuchi Sea in 2003. Deep-Sea Research II, 54:2919-2933.

Coyle KO, Bluhm BA, Konar B, Blanchard A, Highsmith RC, 2007. Amphipod prey of grey whales in the northern Bering Sea: changes in biomass and distribution. Deep-Sea Research II, 54:2906-2918.

Bluhm BA, Gradinger R, Piraino S. 2007. First record of sympagic hydroids (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) in Arctic coastal fast ice.Polar Biology, 30:1557-1563.

Bluhm BA, Gradinger R. in press. Regional variability in food availability for Arctic marine mammals. Ecological Applications.

Gradinger R, Bluhm BA (2006). Life in the crystal palace: flora and fauna of Arctic sea ice. In Hempel H, Schiel S (eds) Life in the oceans – an ecological reader. Springer Verlag, in German, pp 39-47

Highsmith RC, Coyle KO, Bluhm BA, Konar, B. 2006. Gray Whales in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. In Estes J, DeMaster DP, Doak DF, Williams TM, Brownell RL (eds) Whales, Whaling and Ocean Ecosystems. UC Press, pp 303-313

Iken K, Bluhm BA, Gradinger R (2005) Food web structure in the high Arctic Canada Basin: evidence from d13C and d15N analysis. Polar Biology (spec. issue) 28:238-249

Gradinger R, Bluhm B (2005) Arctic Ocean Exploration 2002. Polar Biology (spec. issue) 28:169-170

Bluhm BA, MacDonald IR, Debenham C, Iken K (2004) Macro- and megabenthic communities in the high Arctic Canada Basin: initial findings. Polar Biology, (spec. issue) 28:218-231

Gradinger R, Meiners K, Plumley G, Zhang Q, Bluhm BA (2004) Abundance and composition of the sea ice meiofauna in off-shore pack ice of the Beaufort Gyre in summer 2002 and 2003. Polar Biology, (spec. issue) 28:171-181

Gradinger RR, Bluhm BA (2004). In situ observations on the distribution and behavior of amphipods and Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) under the sea ice of the high Arctic Canadian Basin. Polar Biology, 27:595-603.

Bluhm BA, Bechtel, PJ (2003). The Potential Fate and Effects of Seafood Processing Wastes Dumped at Sea: A Review. In: Bechtel, P.J. (ed.) Advances in seafood byproducts: 2002 conference proceedings. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks: 121-140.

Bluhm BA, Beyer K, Niehoff, B (2002) Brain structure and histological features of lipofuscin in two Antarctic caridean decapods. Crustaceana 75: 61-76.

Bluhm BA, Brey T (2001) Age determination in the Antarctic shrimp Notocrangon antarcticus (Pfeffer, 1887) (Crustacea: Decapoda) using the autofluorescent pigment lipofuscin. Marine Biology 138: 247-257.

Bluhm BA, Brey T, Klages M (2001) The autofluorescent age pigment lipofuscin: key to age, growth and productivity of the Antarctic amphipod Waldeckia obesa (Chevreux, 1905). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 258: 215-235.

Storch V, Bluhm BA, Arntz WE (2001) Microscopic anatomy and ultrastructure of the digestive system of three Antarctic shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Polar Biology 24: 604-614.

Bluhm BA, Juterzenka Kv, Piepenburg D (1998) Distribution, standing stock, growth, mortality and production of Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the northern Barents Sea. Polar Biology 20: 325-334.