• A common-garden experiment to quantify evolutionary processes in copepods: the case of emamectin benzoate resistance in the parasitic sea louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis 

      Ljungfeldt, Lina; Espedal, Per Gunnar; Nilsen, Frank; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Glover, Kevin A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-19)
      Background The development of pesticide resistance represents a global challenge to food production. Specifically for the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry, parasitic sea lice and their developing resistance to delousing ...
    • Balanced harvesting in a variable and uncertain world – a case study from the Barents Sea. 

      Howell, Daniel; Hansen, Cecilie; Bogstad, Bjarte; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-21)
    • Baleen whale distributions and prey associations in the Barents Sea 

      Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Johannesen, Edda; Bjørge, Arne; Øien, Nils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-03-28)
      We investigated the spatial associations between minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata, fin B. physalus and humpback Megaptera novaeangliae whales and their prey in the Barents Sea in late summer of 2003 to 2007. During these ...
    • Building leaders for the UN Ocean Science Decade: a guide to supporting early career women researchers within academic marine research institutions 

      Shellock, R.J.; Cvitanovic, C.; McKinnon, M.C.; Mackay, M.; van Putten, Putten; Blythe, J.; Kelly, R.; Tuohy, P.; Maltby, K.M.; Mynott, S.; Simmonds, N.; Bailey, M.; Begossi, A.; Crona, B.; Fakoya, K.A.; Ferreira, B.P.; Ferrer, A.J.G.; Frangoudes, K.; Gobin, J.; Goh, H.C.; Haapasaari, P.; Hardesty, B.D.; Häussermann, V.; Hoareau, K.; Hornidge, A.-K.; Isaacs, M.; Kraan, M.; Li, Y.; Liu, M.; Lopes, P.F.M.; Mlakar, M.; Morrison, T.H.; Oxenford, H.A.; Pecl, G.; Penca, Jerneja; Robinson, C.; Selim, S.A.; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Soejima, K.; Soto, D.; Spalding, A.K.; Vadrot, A.; Vaidianu, N.; Webber, M.; Wisz, M.S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Diverse and inclusive marine research is paramount to addressing ocean sustainability challenges in the 21st century, as envisioned by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Despite increasing efforts ...
    • Climate change impacts on polar marine ecosystems: Toward robust approaches for managing risks and uncertainties 

      Ottersen, Geir; Constable, Andrew J.; Hollowed, Anne B.; Holsman, Kristin K.; Melbourne-Thomas, Jess; Muelbert, Mônica M.C.; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Polar Regions chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of climate change impacts on polar ...
    • Climate Change Impacts on Polar Marine Ecosystems: Toward Robust Approaches for Managing Risks and Uncertainties 

      Ottersen, Geir; Constable, Andrew J.; Hollowed, Anne B.; Holsman, Kirstin K.; Jess, Melbourne-Thomas; Muelbert, Mônica M. C.; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Polar Regions chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of climate change impacts on polar ...
    • Contaminants reach everywhere: Fish dietary samples should be surface decontaminated prior to molecular diet analysis 

      Rijal, Dilli Prasad; Hanebrekke, Tanja Lexau; Arneberg, Per; Johansen, Torild; Sint, Daniela; Traugott, Michael; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Westgaard, Jon-Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Knowledge of trophic interaction is necessary to understand the dynamics of ecosystems and develop ecosystem-based management. The key data to measure these interactions should come from large-scale diet analyses with good ...
    • Contribution of Calanus to the mesozooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea 

      Aarflot, Johanna Myrseth; Skjoldal, Hein Rune; Dalpadado, Padmini; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
    • Drift diving by hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean 

      Andersen, Julie M.; Stenson, Garry B.; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Wiersma, Yolanda F.; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Hammill, Mike O.; Boehme, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-22)
      Many pinniped species perform a specific dive type, referred to as a ‘drift dive’, where they drift passively through the water column. This dive type has been suggested to function as a resting/sleeping or food processing ...
    • Feeding in a heterogeneous environment: spatial dynamics in summer foraging Barents Sea cod 

      Johannesen, Edda; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Michalsen, Kathrine; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Fauchald, Per; Bogstad, Bjarte; Dolgov, Andrey V. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-03)
      Cod Gadus morhua are important predators in many ecosystems in the North Atlantic, but their ecological importance has diminished in many areas due to stock size reductions. In contrast, the Barents Sea cod stock is ...
    • From single species surveys towards monitoring of the Barents Sea ecosystem 

      Eriksen, Elena; Gjøsæter, Harald; Prozorkevich, Dmitry V.; Shamray, Evgeny; Dolgov, Andrey V.; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Stiansen, Jan Erik; Kovalev, Yu; Sunnanå, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The Barents Sea, a large, high-latitude shelf sea, has been monitored and investigated for more than a century. More than 1800 occasional expeditions have been organized both by Norway and Russia, and since the1960s the ...
    • Highly mixed impacts of near-future climate change on stock productivity proxies in the North East Atlantic 

      Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd; Sundby, Svein; Sandø, Anne Britt; Alix, Maud; Hjøllo, Solfrid Sætre; Tiedemann, Maik; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Junge, Claudia; Fossheim, Maria; Broms, Cecilie; Søvik, Guldborg; Zimmermann, Fabian; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Eriksen, Elena; Höffle, Hannes; Hjelset, Ann Merete; Kvamme, Cecilie; Reecht, Yves; Knutsen, Halvor; Aglen, Asgeir; Albert, Ole Thomas; Berg, Erik; Bogstad, Bjarte; Durif, Caroline; Halvorsen, Kim Aleksander Tallaksen; Høines, Åge Sigurd; Hvingel, Carsten; Johannesen, Edda; Johnsen, Espen; Moland, Even; Myksvoll, Mari Skuggedal; Nøttestad, Leif; Olsen, Erik Joel Steinar; Skaret, Georg; Skjæraasen, Jon Egil; Slotte, Aril; Staby, Arved; Stenevik, Erling Kåre; Stiansen, Jan Erik; Stiasny, Martina H.; Sundet, Jan Henry; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen; Huse, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Impacts of climate change on ocean productivity sustaining world fisheries are predominantly negative but vary greatly among regions. We assessed how 39 fisheries resources—ranging from data-poor to data-rich stocks—in the ...
    • Hvor allsidig er bardehvalenes kosthold? 

      Skern-Mauritzen, Mette (Ottar;nr. 280 - 2010, Journal article, 2010)
      Bardehvaler er store og tallrike og viktige predatorer i Barentshavet. Hvor beiter de, hva beiter de på og hva gjør de når bestander av byttedyr kollapser? For å lære mer om dette observerte vi bardehvaler under ...
    • Importance of fast ice and glacier fronts for female polar bears and their cubs during spring in Svalbard, Norway 

      Freitas, Carla; Kovacs, Kit M.; Andersen, Magnus; Aars, Jon; Sandven, Stein; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Pavlova, Olga; Lydersen, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-02-13)
      Arctic sea ice is declining rapidly, making it vital to understand the importance of different types of sea ice for ice-dependent species such as polar bears Ursus maritimus. In this study we used GPS telemetry (25 polar ...
    • Investigating Annual Diving Behaviour by Hooded Seals (Cystophora cristata) within the Northwest Atlantic Ocean 

      Andersen, Julie M.; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Boehme, Lars; Wiersma, Yolanda F.; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Hammill, Mike O.; Stenson, Garry B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-25)
      With the exception of relatively brief periods when they reproduce and moult, hooded seals, Cystophora cristata, spend most of the year in the open ocean where they undergo feeding migrations to either recover or prepare ...
    • Late summer distribution and abundance of ice-associated whales in the Norwegian High Arctic 

      Vacquié-Garcia, Jade; Lydersen, Christian; Marques, Tiago A.; Aars, Jon; Ahonen, Heidi; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Øien, Nils Inge; Kovacs, Kit M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
    • Marine mammal consumption and fisheries removals in the Nordic and Barents Seas 

      Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Lindstrøm, Ulf Ove; Biuw, Martin; Elvarsson, Bjarki; Gunnlaugsson, Thorvaldur; Haug, Tore; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian; McBride, Margaret; Mikkelsen, Bjarni; Øien, Nils Inge; Víkingsson, Gísli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this study, we assess prey consumption by the marine mammal community in the northeast Atlantic [including 21 taxa, across three regions: (I) the Icelandic shelf, Denmark Strait, and Iceland Sea (ICE); (II) the Greenland ...
    • Modelled drift patterns of fish larvae link coastal morphology to seabird colony distribution 

      Sandvik, Hanno; Barrett, Robert T; Erikstad, Kjell E; Myksvoll, Mari Skuggedal; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon; Reiertsen, Tone; Skardhamar, Jofrid; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Systad, Geir Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-13)
      Colonial breeding is an evolutionary puzzle, as the benefits of breeding in high densities are still not fully explained. Although the dynamics of existing colonies are increasingly understood, few studies have addressed ...
    • Modelled drift patterns of fish larvae link coastal morphology to seabird colony distribution 

      Sandvik, Hanno; Barrett, Robert T; Erikstad, Kjell E; Myksvoll, Mari Skuggedal; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon; Reiertsen, Tone; Skardhamar, Jofrid; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Systad, Geir Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-13)
      Colonial breeding is an evolutionary puzzle, as the benefits of breeding in high densities are still not fully explained. Although the dynamics of existing colonies are increasingly understood, few studies have addressed ...
    • Multiple stakeholders’ perspectives of marine social ecological systems, a case study on the Barents Sea 

      Mikkelsen, Nina; Planque, Benjamin; Arneberg, Per; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Hansen, Cecilie; Fauchald, Per; Holsman, Kirstin K.; Haynie, Alan C.; Ottersen, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The Barents Sea ecosystem components and services are under pressure from climate change and other anthropogenic impacts. Following an Ecosystem-based management approach, multiple simultaneous pressures are addressed by ...