• Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae are attracted by low-frequency noise simulating that of operating offshore wind farms 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Zhang, Guosong; Durif, Caroline; Larsen, Torkel; Shema, Steven; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The number and size of offshore wind (OW) turbines is increasing rapidly. OW turbines produce continuous, low-frequency noise that could impact marine fish dispersing/migrating through the facilities. Any such impact would ...
    • Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) larvae have a magnetic compass that guides their orientation 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Paris, Claire B.; Foretich, Matthew A.; Durif, Caroline; Shema, Steven; O'Brien, James E.; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is a commercially important species of gadoid fish. In the North Sea, their main spawning areas are located close to the northern continental slope. Eggs and larvae drift with ...
    • A comprehensive hypothesis on the migration of European glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) 

      Cresci, Alessandro (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a catadromous fish that spawns in the Sargasso Sea. As larvae, eels cross the Atlantic Ocean and reach the continental slope of Europe, where they metamorphose into post‐larval glass ...
    • Early ontogeny of the lesser sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) 

      Perrichon, Prescilla; Bjelland, Reidun Marie; Durif, Caroline; Fiksdal, Ingrid Uglenes; Johnsen, Espen; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Cresci, Alessandro; Browman, Howard; Sørhus, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Lesser sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) is widely distributed in North Sea ecosystems. Sandeel acts as a critical trophic link between zooplankton and top predators (fish, mammals, sea birds). Because they live buried ...
    • Effects of the electromagnetic field used in hydrocarbon surveys on marine organisms 

      Durif, Caroline; Zhang, Guosong; Cresci, Alessandro; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard; Sivle, Lise Doksæter; Nyquist, Daniel; Jensen, Hans Roger; Solheim, Jon Gunnar (Rapport fra havforskningen;2022 - 23, Research report, 2022)
      Controlled Source Electromagnetics (CSEM) technology has been used in the exploration for hydrocarbon reservoirs. It consists of an electric dipole source which is towed horizontally 30-50 m above the seabed or 10 m below ...
    • Glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) have a magnetic compass linked to the tidal cycle 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Paris, Claire B.; Durif, Caroline; Shema, Steven; Bjelland, Reidun Marie; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) has one of the longest migrations in the animal kingdom. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean twice during its life history, migrating between the spawning area in the Sargasso Sea and Europe, ...
    • Glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) imprint the magnetic direction of tidal currents from their juvenile estuaries 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Durif, Caroline; Paris, Claire B.; Shema, Steven D.; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) hatches in the Sargasso Sea and migrates to European and North African freshwater. As glass eels, they reach estuaries where they become pigmented. Glass eels use a tidal phase-dependent ...
    • Goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris) have a sex-dependent magnetic compass for maintaining site fidelity 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Larsen, Torkel; Halvorsen, Kim Aleksander Tallaksen; Durif, Caroline; Bjelland, Reidun Marie; Browman, Howard; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris) is a commercially important fish that inhabits coastal areas across the eastern Atlantic. This species moves from a shallow home territory along the coast into deeper waters in ...
    • The lunar compass of European glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) increases the probability that they recruit to North Sea coasts 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Sandvik, Anne Dagrun; Sævik, Pål Næverlid; Ådlandsvik, Bjørn; Olascoaga, Maria Josefina; Miron, Philippe; Durif, Caroline; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The European eel hatches in the Sargasso Sea and migrates across the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe. At the continental shelf, larvae metamorphose into glass eels and then recruit to coastal habitats and estuaries. Among ...
    • Magnetic fields generated by the DC cables of offshore wind farms have no effect on spatial distribution or swimming behavior of lesser sandeel larvae (Ammodytes marinus) 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Perrichon, Prescilla; Durif, Caroline; Sørhus, Elin; Johnsen, Espen; Bjelland, Reidun Marie; Larsen, Torkel; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In the North Sea, the number and size of offshore wind (OW) turbines, together with the associated network of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea cables, will increase rapidly over the coming years. HVDC cables produce ...
    • Movement patterns of temperate wrasses (Labridae) within a small marine protected area 

      Halvorsen, Kim Aleksander Tallaksen; Larsen, Torkel; Browman, Howard; Durif, Caroline; Aasen, Nicolai; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Cresci, Alessandro; Sørdalen, Tonje Knutsen; Bjelland, Reidun Marie; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The movement patterns of three commercially important wrasse (Labridae) species inside a small marine protected area (~ 0.15 km2) on the west coast of Norway were analysed over a period of 21 months. The mean distance ...
    • Movement patterns of temperate wrasses (Labridae) within a small marine protected area 

      Halvorsen, Kim Aleksander Tallaksen; Larsen, Torkel; Browman, Howard; Durif, Caroline; Aasen, Nicolai; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Cresci, Alessandro; Sørdalen, Tonje Knutsen; Bjelland, Reidun Marie; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The movement patterns of three commercially important wrasse (Labridae) species inside a small marine protected area (~ 0.15 km2) on the west coast of Norway were analysed over a period of 21 months. The mean distance ...
    • Orientation behavior and swimming speed of Atlantic herring larvae (Clupea harengus) in situ and in laboratory exposures to rotated artificial magnetic fields 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Allan, Bridie Jean Marie; Shema, Steven D.; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
    • The evolving story of catadromy in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) 

      Durif, Caroline; Arts, M.; Bertolini, F.; Cresci, Alessandro; Daverat, F.; Karlsbakk, Egil Erlingsson; Koprivnikar, J.; Moland, Even; Olsen, Esben Moland; Parzanini, C.; Power, M.; Rohtla, Mehis; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Browman, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Anguillid eels were once considered to be the classic example of catadromy. However, alternative life cycles have been reported, including skipping the freshwater phase and habitat shifting between fresh, brackish, and ...
    • The evolving story of catadromy in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) 

      Durif, Caroline; Arts, M.; Bertolini, F.; Cresci, Alessandro; Daverat, F.; Karlsbakk, Egil Erlingsson; Koprivnikar, J.; Moland, Even; Olsen, Esben Moland; Parzanini, C.; Power, M.; Rohtla, Mehis; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Browman, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Anguillid eels were once considered to be the classic example of catadromy. However, alternative life cycles have been reported, including skipping the freshwater phase and habitat shifting between fresh, brackish, and ...
    • The relationship between the moon cycle and the orientation of glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) at sea 

      Cresci, Alessandro; Durif, Caroline; Paris, Claire B.; Thompson, Cameron; Shema, Steven; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Browman, Howard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Links between the lunar cycle and the life cycle (migration patterns, locomotor activity, pulses in recruitment) of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) are well documented. In this study, we hypothesized that the orientation ...
    • A unifying hypothesis for the spawning migrations of temperate anguillid eels 

      Durif, Caroline; Stockhausen, Hagen; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Cresci, Alessandro; Nyqvist, Daniel; Browman, Howard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Anguillid eels grow in freshwater but spawn in the open ocean. The cues that guide eels over long distances to the spawning area are unknown. The Earth's magnetic field can provide directional and positional information ...