Further information

Major reports on the web

• Matís. 2010. Undesirable substances in seafood products – results from the Icelandic marine monitoring activities year 2008
• Matís. 2008. Monitoring of the marine biosphere around Iceland in 2006-2007
• Minstry for the Environment. 2001. Iceland’s National Programme of Action 1 for the potection of the marine environment from land-based activities
• Regional marine and air pollution problems in the Nordic countries
• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report (ACIA)
• Arctic flora and fauna - Status and conservation

Web pages - Icelandic

• Minstry for Fisheries and Agriculture
• Minstry for the Environment
• The Marine Research Institute
  • Reports
  • Bibliography
• The Environmental Agency of Iceland
• Matís - Icelandic food research
  • Publications
• The Environmental Agency of Iceland

• Icelandic Radiation Protection Institute

• Icelandic Maritime Administration

• Icelandic Meteorological Office

Web pages - International

• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• OSPAR convention
• Seafoodnet

References and further reading

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• Ástþórsson, Ó. S., & Gíslason, Á. (1997). Biology of euphausiids in the subarctic waters north of Iceland. Marine Biology 129 (2), 319-330.
• Ástþórsson, Ó. S., & Gíslason, Á. (1998). Environmental conditions, zooplankton, and capelin in the waters North of Iceland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55 (4), 808-810.
• Ástþórsson, Ó. S., & Gíslason, Á., & Jónsson, S. (2007). Climate variability and the Icelandic marine ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research II 54, 2456-2477.
• Ástþórsson, Ó.S., & Vilhjálmsson, H. (2002). Iceland Shelf LME: Decadal Assessment and Resource Sustainability. In: K. Sherman and H. R. Skjoldal (editors): Large Marine Ecosystem of the North Atlantic. Amst. : Elsevier Science, pp. 219-240.
• Beare, D. J., Gíslason, Á., Ástþórsson, Ó. S., & McKenzie, E. (2000). Assessing long-term changes in early summer zooplankton communities around Iceland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57 (6), 1545-1561.
• Buch, E., Malmberg, S.A., & Kristmannsson, S.S. (1996). Arctic Ocean deep water masses in the western Iceland Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research 101 (C5), 11965-11973.
• Bucklin, A., Ástþórsson, Ó. S., Gislason, A., Allen, L. D., Smolenack, S. B., & Wiebe, P. H. (2000). Population genetic variation of Calanus finmarchicus in Icelandic waters: preliminary evidence of genetic differences between Atlantic and Arctic populations. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57 (6), 1592-1604.
• Gíslason, Á. (2005). Seasonal and spatial variability in egg production and biomass of Calanus finmarchicus around Iceland.
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• Gíslason, Á. (2008). Vertical distribution and seasonal dynamics of mesozooplankton in the Iceland basin. Marine Biology Research 4: 401-413
• Gislason, Á., & Ástþórsson, Ó. (1998). Seasonal variations in biomass, abundance and composition of zooplankton in the subarctic waters north of Iceland. Polar Biology 20 (2), 85-94.
• Gíslason, Á., Ástþórsson, Ó.S. (2004). Distribution patterns of zooplankton communities around Iceland in spring. Sarsia, 89: 467-477.
• Gíslason, Á, Ástþórsson, Ó.S., Pétursdóttir, H., Guðfinnsson, H., & Böðvarsdóttir, A.R. (2000). Life cycle of Calanus finmarchicus south of Iceland in relation to hydrography and chlorophyll a. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57:1619-1627.
• Gíslason, Á., Eiane, K., & Reynisson, P. (2007). Vertical distribution and mortality of Calanus finmarchicus during overwintering in oceanic waters southwest of Iceland. Marine Biology, 150:1253-1263
• Gíslason, Á., Pétursdóttir, H., Ástþórsson, Ó.S., Guðmundsson, K. and Valdimarsson, H. (2009).Inter-annual variability in abundance and community structure of zooplankton south and north of Iceland in relation to environmental conditions in spring 1990-2007. Journal of Plankton Research 31(5):541-551
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• Jónsson, S. (2007). Volume flux and fresh water transport associated with the East Icelandic Current. Progress in Oceanography 73, 231-241.
• Jónsson, S., & Valdimarsson H. (2004). A new path for the Denmark Strait Overflow Water from the Iceland Sea to Denmark Strait. Geophysical Research Letters, 31
• Jónsson, S. & Valdimarsson H. (2005). The flow of Atlantic water to the North Icelandic Shelf and its relation to the drift of cod larvae. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62, 1350-1359.
• Lilliendahl, K., & Sólmundsson, J. (1997). An estimate of summer food consumption of six seabird species in Iceland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 54, 624-630.
• Lilliendahl, K., & Sólmundsson, J. (2006). Feeding ecology of sympatric European shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis and great cormorants P. carbo in Iceland. Marine Biology 149 (4), 979-990.
• Macrander, A., Send, U., Valdimarsson, H., Jónsson, S., & Käse, R. H. (2005). A new path for the Denmark Strait Overflow Water from the Iceland Sea to Denmark Strait. Geophysical Research Letters 32
• Malmberg, S. A., & Valdimarsson, H. (2003). Hydrographic conditions in Icelandic waters, 1990-1999. ICES Marine Science Symposia 219, 50-60.
• Malmberg, S.-A. (2004). The Iceland Basin - Topography and oceanographical features. Fjölrit Hafrannsoknastofnunarinnar 109. 41 pp.
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• Sigvaldadóttir, E., Helgason, G. V., Guðmundsson, G., & Fauchald, K. (2000). Bioice: Benthic invertebrates of icelandic waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 67 (1), 673-674.
• Thompson, D. R., Lilliendahl, K., Sólmundsson, J., Furness, R. W., Waldron, S., & Phillips, R. A. (1999). Trophic relationships among six species of Icelandic seabirds as determined through stable isotope analysis. Condor 101 (4).
• Þórðardóttir, Þ., & Guðmundsson, K. (1998). Plontusvif (Phytoplankton), Lifriki sjavar. Reykjavík: Namsgagnastofnun. 12 pp
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• Vilhjálmsson, H. (1997). Climatic variations and some examples of their effects on the marine ecology of Icelandic and Greenland waters, in particular during the present century. Rit Fiskideildar 15 (1), 1-31.