UArctic Congress 2016 12-16 September, St. Petersburg, Russia Abstract Book UArctic Congress 2016 Committees International Congress Planning Committee Lars Kullerud (Chair), UArctic Gerald Anderson, Merorial University of Newfoundland Sergey V. Andryushin, St. Petersburg State University Sergey V. Aplonov, St. Petersburg State University John Eichelberger, University of Alaska Fairbanks Pierre-André Forest, UArctic International Secretariat Kari Laine, University of Oulu Marina Kalinina, Northern (Arctic) Federal University Pål Markusson, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Brian Rogers, University of Alaska Fairbanks Outi Snellman, University of Lapland Sergey P. Tunik, St. Petersburg State University Chen Yitong, Ocean University of China Alexey A. Zavarzin, St. Petersburg State University Science Program Committee Kari Laine (Chair), University of Oulu Sergey P. Tunik (Vice-chair), St. Petersburg State University Nadezhda Alfimova, St. Petersburg State University Irina Fedorova, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Joan Nymand Larsen, Stefansson Arctic Institute Kirsi Latola, University of Oulu Lars Lövgren, Umeå University Satu Miettinen, University of Lapland Outi Moilanen (Secretary), University of Oulu Arja Rautio, University of Oulu Alexander Sergunin, St. Petersburg State University Andrian Vlakhov, European University at St. Petersburg Local Organizing Committee Natalia P. Nesmeyanova (Chair), St. Petersburg State University Nadezhda A. Alfimova, St. Petersburg State University Aleksandra A. Khruskina, St. Petersburg State University Julia V. Ilinikh, St. Petersburg State University Andrey V. Petrov, St. Petersburg State University UArctic Congress 2016 Abstract Book URN:ISBN:978-952-62-1391-0 University of the Arctic/University of Oulu Editor Outi Moilanen Cover photo: Neva River in St. Petersburg. View to Universitetskaya Embankment, Kunstkamera museum and Peter and Paul Fortress, 2012. (Alex Florstein Fedorov, Wikimedia Commons) Banner photos: 1) Ice ridges in the Beaufort Sea off the northern coast of Alaska (Harley D. Nygren, Wikimedia Commons); 2) Jake London Lake, Far Eastern Russia (Bartosh Dmytro, Wikimedia Commons); 3), Noatak National Preserve, Alaska (Western Arctic National Park, Flickr); 4) Midnight Sun (Public Domain, Pixabay); 5) Arctic Snow (Public Domain, Pixabay) Back cover photo: The Ice and Glaciers in Iceland. (Roxanne Desgagnes, GoodFreePhotos) 1 UArctic Congress 2016, 12-16 September, St. Petersburg, Russia Contents Welcoming words from UArctic President .................................................................................................11 Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................12 Plenary sessions .........................................................................................................................................13 IASC perspectives on Arctic science cooperation .................................................................................14 “Hidden” Challenges in Arctic Science .................................................................................................15 Integrating Arctic Research: Implementing a Roadmap for the Future .................................................16 Foreseeable future - foreseeable developments in the Arctic ..............................................................17 Arctic security and international cooperation: shifting paradigms .......................................................18 The Health Transition: A Challenge to Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic ...............................................19 Economic Development of the Arctic Regions of Russia .......................................................................20 The Mystery of the Geological History of the Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Cover.............................................21 Arctic trade, vulnerable societies and environment – complex interplay of varied interests ................22 Theme 1: Vulnerability of Arctic Environments ..........................................................................................23 1.1 Climate Change and Environmental Management in the Arctic ..................................................24 Changing the composition of zooplankton species in the fjords of Svalbard as a result of climate change ................................................................................................................................................25 Late Holocene paleoenvironmental settings in Baffin Bay ...................................................................26 Interannual variability of oceanic heat fluxes in the Atlantic Sector of the Arctic Ocean ......................27 Time scale of the Pliocene climatic cycles in the Arctic: Paleomagnetic Reconstruction .......................28 A multidisciplinary approach to investigate the Climate Change effects in Arctic permafrost areas .....29 The nutrient distributions and characteristics in summer of Kongsfjorden Arctic: Results based on a 10- year observation .................................................................................................................................30 Impacts of ice retreat on the phytoplankton communities and organic carbon sink in the Western Arctic Ocean under the Arctic rapid Change ........................................................................................31 Assessment of Arctic amplification based on new climate regionalization and analysis of surface air temperature variability and trends ......................................................................................................32 Arctic Climate Predictions: Pathways to Resilient Sustainable Societies (ARCPATH) .............................33 High latitude northern Eurasian regions their vulnerabilty to climate change and the contributions of the KÖPPEN-Laboratory to decipher modes and rates of environmental change .................................34 Assessment of Atmospheric Circulation in the Atlantic-Eurasian Region and Arctic Using Climate Indices. The Possible Applications of these Indices in Long-term Weather Forecasts ...........................35 Environmental and economic consequences of climate change in the Northern Sea Route area for development of the Arctic ...................................................................................................................36 Cryptic foraminiferal diversity and its role in colonization of new substrates .......................................37 Response of Arctic mountain vegetation and invertebrate communities to climate change (evidence from the Polar Urals GLORIA summits) ................................................................................................38 2 UArctic Congress 2016, 12-16 September, St. Petersburg, Russia Ecological and biochemical adaptations of aquatic organisms and changes in trophic relationships in the Arctic under climate change ..........................................................................................................39 Necessity of lipids for growth of postlarvae Leptoclinus maculatus (Stichaeidae) in the Arctic .............40 Socio-economic scenarios for improved decision making in the changing Arctic ..................................41 Giant Caldera in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean: Evidence of Catastrophic Pleistocene Volcanic Event ..................................................................................................................................................42 Probabilistic forecast of multi-year runoff under the climate change for long-term developing planning in the Arctic ........................................................................................................................................43 Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of fisheries in Northern Russia ..................................44 Wood-based energy as a strategy for climate change mitigation in the Arctic: assessment of climate impacts and resource efficiency with life cycle assessment (LCA) ........................................................45 Warming & High North Building ..........................................................................................................46 1.2 Fresh Water in the Arctic Climate System: Consequences of Global Climate Change and Future Projections of the Arctic Environment....................................................................................................47 Dynamics of the Arctic Pacific Water: A multi-model inter-comparison study ......................................48 Perspective of biological pump and carbon sink in a freshening and warming Arctic Ocean based on six “Chinare” cruises since 1999 ...............................................................................................................49 Fresh water flow across the Wandel Sea shelf in Northeast Greenland comprised of the Arctic Ocean outflow through Fram Strait and the glacier-ocean interaction............................................................50 Role of Greenland Meltwater in the changing Arctic............................................................................51 Forming the chemical composition of surface waters in the Arctic (Case study of the lake-river system of the Paz River) ..................................................................................................................................52