There is increasing demand for information on predator–prey interactions in the ocean as a result of legislative commitments aimed at achieving sustainable exploitation. However, comprehensive data sets are lacking for ...

We present results from acoustical (38 kHz split beam) surveys, biological sampling (trawling, zooplankton nets), and measurements of physical parameters (salinity, temperature, currents) across and along the shelf ...

An observation of Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974, on the Atlantic side of the Polar Ocean is reported. Copepods were identified by comparing nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA with a previously reported ...

Ecosystem responses to oceanographic variability resulting from recent climate changes are compared and contrasted for four high latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere, two in the Pacific (Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska) ...

Rapporten gir datagrunnlag for en vurdering av konsekvensene av oljesøl for næringsgrunnlaget for fisk. Horisontalfordeling, gytetidspunkt og gyteadferd hos dyreplankton og vertikalfordeling av egg og larver er beskrevet. ...

After spawning on the shelf off Møre, Western Norway, the spawning stock of Norwegian spring spawning herring migrates to the Norwegian Sea for feeding. Simultaneously, the adolescent part of the stock leaves the wintering ...

The present report summarizes our knowledge on the distribution of phyto- and zooplankton in the northern Barents Sea. More than 50% of the biomass of phytoplankton is produced during the spring bloom period and takes ...

The Nature Index (NI) is established to get an overview of the state and development of biodiversity within the major ecosystems of Norway. It includes marine, limnic and terrestrial ecosystems. The aim of the index is to ...