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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are grateful to UiT The Arctic University of Norway for funding the two
research cruises, and to the crew onboard FF Helmer Hanssen for all their help and
assistance. The authors also want to thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers
for providing constructive comments in two rounds of review.
AUTHORS
Jørgen Berge (jorgen.berge@uit.no), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty
for Bioscience, Fisheries and Economy, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology,
Tromsø, Norway. Torkild Bakken, Department of Natural History, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology (NTNU) University Museum, NTNU,
Trondheim, Norway. Kristin Heggland, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty
for Bioscience, Fisheries and Economy, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology,
Tromsø, Norway. Jon-Arne Sneli (deceased), Department of Biology, NTNU,
Trondheim, Norway. Øyvind Ødegård, Department of Archaeology and Cultural
History, NTNU University Museum, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Mats Ingulstad,
Department of Modern History and Society, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Terje Thun,
The National Laboratory for Age Determination, NTNU University Museum,
NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Geir Johnsen, Department of Biology, NTNU,
Trondheim, Norway, and University Centre in Svalbard, Department of Biology,
Longyearbyen, Norway.
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archeology, and ecology in the Arctic Ocean through wood-boring bivalves.
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