Contact Information
Institute of Marine Science230 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
Specialties
- Polar marine invertebrates
- Benthic and sea ice ecology
- Invertebrate population dynamics and trophic interactions
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
- Bering Sea Ecosystem Research - Sea ice algae, a major food source for herbivorous plankton and benthos in the eastern Bering Sea. (NSF)
- Sea ice-related research projects (NSF, NOAA)
- THE HIDDEN OCEAN: EXPLORATIONS UNDER THE ICE OF THE WESTERN ARCTIC PHASE 2 (NOAA Ocean Exploration)
- Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA): Arctic Epibenthic Community Structure and Benthic Food Web Structure (NOAA CIFAR)
- Arctic Ocean Diversity, a Census of Marine Life project (Sloan Foundation)
Links
- Growth Analysis by Age Pigments
- The Virtual Handbook on Population Dynamics
- Institute for Polar Ecology, Kiel, Germany
- Census of Marine Life
The Census of Marine Life is a growing global network of researchers in more than 50 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans -- past, present, and future. - Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar And Marine Research
- Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA) 2004
- Download curriculum vita (174 kb PDF)
Bluhm in the News
- CoML kicks off Arctic program
- SFOS scientist featured in National Geographic
- The Hidden Ocean: Explorations under the ice of the Western Arctic. "Deep-sea Benthos Diversity and Food Web Structure" and "Life in the crystal palace"
- Arctic Science Journeys on "The Hidden Ocean: Explorations under the ice of the Western Arctic
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.