Browsing Articles by Author "Skiftesvik, Anne Berit"

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    • 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 ...

    • Welfare of aquatic organisms: Is there some faith-based HARKing going on here? 

      Browman, Howard I.; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-09)
      Much of the literature on aquatic animal welfare is flawed by 4 non-mutually exclusive (and often inter-related) biases: under-reporting/ignoring of negative results, faith-based research and/or interpretations, Hypothesizing ...

    • Wrasse (Labridae) as cleaner fish in salmonid aquaculture – The Hardangerfjord as a case study 

      Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Blom, Geir; Agnalt, Ann-Lisbeth; Durif, Caroline M.F.; Browman, Howard I.; Bjelland, Reidun M.; Harkestad, Lisbeth S.; Farestveit, Eva; Paulsen, Ole Ingar; Fauske, Merete; Havelin, Trond; Johnsen, Knut; Mortensen, Stein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-15)
      Several species of wrasse (Labridae) are used as cleaner fish to remove salmon lice from farmed Atlantic salmon. We estimated the fishery and use of wrasse in Hardangerfjord. The estimated numbers of labrids used on salmon ...