Jakob Thyrring

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Jakob Thyrring

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Jakob Thyrring

Biography

The aim of my research is to broaden the understanding of how climatic changes may affect the Arctic inter-tidal communities in terms of species composition, distribution and biomass. Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) are excellent harbingers of the effects of future climatic changes. I therefore use mussel populations from Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Russia and Denmark to investigate how this key species physiological adaption to the Arctic environment translate into defining distribution limits, abundance patterns and potential range shift.

I’m also interested in the ecological consequences of the invasive species in the Arctic and aim to expand our knowledge of how invasive species will influence current ecosystem structure and function in a warmer Arctic. My work on three functional levels: organisms, populations and communities are necessary to progress current understanding on the processes that link Arctic climate change with changes in biological structure.

Research interests

Collaborations

I collaborate with researcher from around the world. Current collaborations include University of British Columbia (CA), University of Manitoba (CA), Aarhus University (DK), University of Toulouse (FR), University of Western Australia (AU), Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GL), Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (PL), Arctic University of Norway (NO) and Technical University Denmark (DK).

  1. Lemcke S, Holding J, Møller EF, Thyrring J, Gustavson K, Juul-Pedersen T, Sejr MK (2019) Acute oil exposure reduces physiological process rates in Arctic photo- and zooplankton. Ecotoxicology 28 (1): 26-36, DOI: 10.1007/s10646-018-1995-4
  2. Middelbo AB, Møller EF, Arendt KE, Thyrring J, Sejr MK (2019). Spatial, seasonal and inter-annual variation in abundance and carbon turnover of small copepods in Young Sound, Northeast Greenland. Polar Biology 42 (1): 179-193, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-2416-0
  3. Telesca L, Michalek K, Sanders T, Peck L, Thyrring J, Harper EM (2018). Blue mussel shell plasticity and natural environments: a quantitative approach. Scientific Reports: 8:2865
  4. Thyrring J, Blicher ME, Sørensen JG, Wegeberg S, Sejr, MK (2017). Rising air temperatures will increase intertidal mussel abundance in the Arctic.Marine Ecology Progress Series 584:91-104, DOI: 10.3354/meps12369
  5. Thyrring J, Jensen KT, Sejr MK (2017). Gametogenesis of an intertidal population ofMytilus trossulus in NW Greenland: not a limitation for potential Arctic range expansion. Marine Ecology Progress Series 574: 65-74, DOI: 10.3354/meps12179
  6. Mathiesen SS, Thyrring J, Hemmer-Hansen J, Berge J, Sukhotin A, Leopold P, Bekaert M, Sejr MK, Nielsen EE (2017). Genetic diversity and connectivity within Mytilus in the subarctic and Arctic. Evolutionary Applications 10 (1): 39-55, DOI: 10.1111/eva.12415
  7. Thyrring J, Tremblay R, Sejr MK (2017). The importance of ice algae and pelagic phytoplankton as food sources revealed by fatty acids in a keystone species from the High Arctic.Marine Ecology Progress Series572:155-164, DOI: 10.3354/meps12143
  8. Rasmussen K & Thyrring J, Muscaralla R, Borchsenius F (2017). Climate change induced range shifts of three allergenic ragweeds (Ambrosia) in Europe and potential impact on human health. PeerJ:e3104, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3104 – Shared main author
  9. Thyrring J, Bundgaard A, Sejr MK (2017). Seasonal acclimation and latitudinal adaptation is of same magnitude in Mytilus edulis and Mytilus trossulus mitochondrial respiration. Polar Biology 40(9): 1885-1891,DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-2064-1
  10. Krause-Jensen D, Marbà N, Sanz-Martin M, Hendriks IE, Thyrring J, Carstensen J, Sejr MK, Duarte CM (2016).Long photoperiods sustain high pH in Arctic kelp forests. Science Advanced 2: e1501938, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv-1501938 – PRIME1000 recommended
  11. Thyrring J, Rysgaard S, Blicher ME, Sejr MK (2015). Metabolic cold adaptation and aerobic performance of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) along a temperature gradient into the High-Arctic region. Marine Biology 162 (1): 235-243, DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2575-7
  12. Thyrring J, Juhl BK, Holmstrup M, Blicher ME, Sejr MK (2015). Does acute lead (Pb)contamination influence membrane fatty acid composition and freeze tolerance in intertidal blue mussels in arctic Greenland? Ecotoxicology 24(9): 2036-2042, DOI: 1007/s10646-015-1539-0
  13. Thyrring J, Thomsen MS, Brunbjerg AK, Wernberg T (2015). Sessile epibiota in an estuarine ecosystem: effects of environmental and substrate variability. Marine & Freshwater Research 66 (12):1191-1200, DOI: 10.1071/MF14311
  14. Thyrring J, Thomsen MS, Wernberg T (2013). Large-scale facilitation of a sessile community by an invasive habitat-forming snail.Helgoland Marine Research67 (4): 789-794, DOI: 10.1007/s10152-013-0363-2

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring, Peck, Lloyd S. ORCIDORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck, Sejr, Mikael K., Węsławski, Jan Marcin, Harley, Christopher D.G., Menegotto, André. (2024) Shallow coverage in shallow waters: the incompleteness of intertidal species inventories in biodiversity database records. Ecography, 2024 (). 12 pp. 10.1111/ecog.07006

2021

Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring, Wegeberg, Susse, Blicher, Martin E., Krause-Jensen, Dorte, Høgslund, Signe, Olesen, Birgit, Wiktor Jr, Jozef, Mouritsen, Kim N., Peck, Lloyd S. ORCIDORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck, Sejr, Mikael K.. (2021) Latitudinal patterns in intertidal ecosystem structure in West Greenland suggest resilience to climate change. Ecography, 44 (). pp. 10.1111/ecog.05381

Nielsen, Martin B., Vogensen, Trine K., Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring, Sørensen, Jesper G., Sejr, Mikael K.. (2021) Freshening increases the susceptibility to heat stress in intertidal mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Arctic. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90 (). 10 pp. 10.1111/1365-2656.13472

Clark, Melody S. ORCIDORCID record for Melody S. Clark, Peck, Lloyd S. ORCIDORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck, Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring. (2021) Resilience in Greenland intertidal Mytilus: The hidden stress defense. Science of the Total Environment, 767 (). 12 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144366

Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring, Peck, Lloyd S. ORCIDORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck. (2021) Global gradients in intertidal species richness and functional groups. eLife, 10 (). 17 pp. 10.7554/eLife.64541

2019

Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring, Tremblay, Réjean, Sejr, Mikael K.. (2019) Local cold adaption increases the thermal window of temperate mussels in the Arctic. Conservation Physiology, 7 (). pp. 10.1093/conphys/coz098

Telesca, Luca ORCIDORCID record for Luca Telesca, Peck, Lloyd S. ORCIDORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck, Sanders, Trystan, Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring, Sejr, Mikael K., Harper, Elizabeth. (2019) Biomineralization plasticity and environmental heterogeneity predict geographical resilience patterns of foundation species to future change. Global Change Biology, 25 (). pp. 10.1111/gcb.14758

Lemcke, Signe, Holding, Johnna, Møller, Eva Friis, Thyrring, Jakob ORCIDORCID record for Jakob Thyrring, Gustavson, Kim, Juul-Pedersen, Thomas, Sejr, Mikael K.. (2019) Acute oil exposure reduces physiological process rates in Arctic phyto- and zooplankton. Ecotoxicology, 28 (). pp. 10.1007/s10646-018-1995-4

The future of Arctic biodiversity in a climate change era

The overall aim of the project is to investigate how biotic interactions combined with physiological performance underpin community sensitivity to changing environmental conditions in the Arctic. The project focuses on leading-edge populations, and investigates community sensitivity under different conditions perpetrating several stressors simultaneously. The project focuses mainly on intertidal communities, but can readily be expanded to include subtidal and the wider marine ecosystems.

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