- E-postIrina.Zhulay@uib.no
- BesøksadresseThormøhlens gate 53 A/B5006 Bergen
- PostadressePostboks 78035020 Bergen
I am working on the Eco-Safe Ridge Mining Project (Eco-Safe project). The project is aimed to gain knowledge on Arctic deep-sea biota and environment across the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge – a region where deep-sea mining is currently under consideration. Data generated during the project will shed some light on poorly known Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge ecosystems, which will further help to evaluate the potential impacts of the mining on these ecosystems and develop mitigation actions regarding the mining in the region. My research at UiB focuses on analyzing seafloor imagery collected with an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) and a description of benthic biotopes associated with seafloor mineral deposits.
Myreserach interests include: (1) functioning and dynamics of Arctic marine ecosystems, in particular benthic communities; (2) deep-sea ecosystems; (3) ecosystem responses to climate change; (4) effects of anthropogenic activities on the marine environment; (5) marine food webs.
- (2023). Reduced efficiency of pelagic–benthic coupling in the Arctic deep sea during lower ice cover. Scientific Reports. 12 sider.
- (2021). Functional Pattern of Benthic Epifauna in the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic Deep Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 20 sider.
- (2020). Epibenthic megafauna communities in Northeast Greenland vary across coastal, continental shelf and slope habitats. Polar Biology. 1623-1642.
- (2019). Epifaunal communities across marine landscapes of the deep Chukchi Borderland (Pacific Arctic). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 17 sider.
- (2015). Effects of aquaculture fallowing on the recovery of macrofauna communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 381-390.
- (2023). Is benthic biodiversity homogeneous or heterogeneous in the deep Arctic Ocean?
- (2023). Epibenthic biodiversity, community assembly, and food web structure across an Arctic seascape. .
- (2023). Epibenthic Communities in Northeast Greenland: Taxonomic, Functional, and Trophic Structure.
- (2019). Biological and functional traits of Arctic deep-sea benthos. .
- (2018). Epifaunal communities at ridge, plateau and basin locations in the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic deep sea.
- (2023). Life at the Bottom of the Central Arctic Ocean: Epibenthic Composition at Lomonosov Ridge and Morris Jessup Rise.
- (2018). The Chukchi Borderlands – Unexplored Seafloor Communities. .
- (2017). Epibenthic communities in the Amerasian deep-sea Chukchi Borderland.
- (2018). Trait-based approaches in rapidly changing ecosystems: A roadmap to the future polar oceans. Ecological Indicators. 722-736.