• Latitudinally distinct stocks of Atlantic cod face fundamentally different biophysical challenges under on-going climate change 

      Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd; Alix, Maud; Sandø, Anne Britt; Strand, Espen; Wright, Peter J.; Johns, David G.; Thorsen, Anders; Marshall, C. Tara; Bakkeplass, Kjell Gunnar; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen; Myksvoll, Mari Skuggedal; Ottersen, Geir; Allan, Bridie Jean Marie; Fossheim, Maria; Stiansen, Jan Erik; Huse, Geir; Sundby, Svein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The reproductive success of marine ectotherms is especially vulnerable in warming oceans due to alterations in adult physiology, as well as embryonic and larval survival prospects. These vital responses may, however, differ ...
    • Leads in Arctic pack ice enable early phytoplankton blooms below snow-covered sea ic 

      Assmy, Philipp; Fernández-Méndez, Mar; Duarte, Pedro; Meyer, Amelie; Randelhoff, Achim; Mundy, Christopher John; Olsen, Lasse; Kauko, Hanna M.; Bailey, Allison; Chierici, Melissa; Cohen, Lana; Doulgeris, Anthony Paul; Ehn, Jens K.; Fransson, Agneta; Gerland, Sebastian; Hop, Haakon; Hudson, Stephen R.; Hughes, Nick; Itkin, Polona; Johnsen, Geir; King, Jennifer A.; Koch, Boris P.; Koenig, Zoe; Kwasniewski, Slawomir; Laney, Samuel R.; Nikolaus, Marcel; Pavlov, Alexey K.; Polashenski, Christopher M.; Provost, Christine; Rösel, Anja; Sandbu, Marthe; Spreen, Gunnar; Smedsrud, Lars H.; Sundfjord, Arild; Taskjelle, Torbjørn; Tatarek, Agnieszka; Wiktor, Josef; Wagner, Penelope Mae; Wold, Anette; Steen, Harald; Granskog, Mats A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
    • Lean-seafood intake increases urinary iodine concentrations and plasma selenium levels: a randomized controlled trial with crossover design 

      Øyen, Jannike; Aadland, Eli Kristin; Liaset, Bjørn; Fjære, Even; Dahl, Lisbeth; Madsen, Lise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Iodine deficiency due to insufficient nutritional intake is a public health challenge in several European countries, including Norway. Lean-seafood has a high iodine and arsenic (As) content and is a good source of selenium ...
    • Learning and anticipatory behaviour in a “sit-and-wait” predator: the Atlantic halibut 

      Nilsson, Jonatan; Kristiansen, Tore S.; Fosseidengen, Jan Erik; Stien, Lars Helge; Fernö, Anders; van den Bos, Ruud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-03)
      We studied the learning capacities and anticipatory behaviour in a “sit-and-wait” predatory fish, the Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus. In Experiment 1 two groups of halibut received series of light flashes ...
    • Lebetus scorpioides and Buenia jeffreysii (Teleostei: Gobiidae) found north of the Arctic Circle 

      Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Wienerroither, Rupert; Jensen, Gjertrud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-20)
      Two gobiid species, Lebetus scorpioides and Buenia jeffreysii, were recorded in northern Norway, for the first time north of the Arctic Circle. While both species were found on the continental shelf west of the Lofoten ...
    • Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in sediment and edible fish from the Eastern Red Sea 

      Ali, Aasim M; Sanden, Monica; Higgins, Christopher; Hale, Sarah; Alarif, Walied; Al-Lihaibi, Sultan; Ræder, Erik Magnus; Langberg, Håkon Austad; Kallenborn, Roland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Poly and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are ubiquitously detected all around the world. Herein, for the first time, concentrations of 16 selected legacy and emerging PFASs are reported for sediment and edible fish ...
    • Lemon sole Microstomus kitt in the northern North Sea: a multidisciplinary approach to the early life-history dynamics 

      Geffen, Audrey J.; Albretsen, Jon; Huwer, Bastian; Nash, Richard David Marriott (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Lemon sole Microstomus kitt is a commercially valuable flatfish species that occurs in shelf waters around the northeast Atlantic. Only the most basic life-history information is available for the North Sea. Spawning is ...
    • A length-based hypothesis for feeding migrations in pelagic fish 

      Nøttestad, Leif; Giske, Jarl; Holst, Jens Christian; Huse, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1999)
      We evaluated the costs and benefits of long-distance horizontal migration by pelagic planktivores, Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), and capelin (Mallotus ...
    • Lessons from the first generation of marine ecological forecast products 

      Payne, Mark R.; Hobday, Alistair J.; MacKenzie, Brian R.; Tommasi, Desiree; Dempsey, Danielle P.; Fässler, Sascha M. M.; Haynie, Alan C.; Ji, Rubao; Liu, Gang; Lynch, Patrick; Matei, Daniela; Miesner, Anna K.; Mills, Kathrine E.; Strand, Kjersti Opstad; Villarino, Ernesto (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
    • Lessons on Marine Protected Area Management in Northern Boreal Regions from the United States and Norway 

      McDermott, Susanne F.; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Dahle, Geir; Hart, Deborah; Haynie, Alan C.; Johannessen, Tore; Moksness, Erlend; Olsen, Esben Moland; Olsen, Erik Joel Steinar; Olson, John V.; Spencer, Paul D.; Stockhausen, William T. (Journal article, 2017)
      In comparison to tropical reef systems, relatively few marine protected areas (MPA’s) exist in temperate or subarctic systems (e.g., North Pacific and North Atlantic) where species diversity is lower, abundance of individual ...
    • Leucine did not stimulate growth and accretion in either stressed or unstressed Atlantic salmon 

      Espe, Marit; Lai, Floriana; Gomes, Ana S.; De Santis, Christian; Hartviksen, Mali B.; Holen, Elisabeth; Rønnestad, Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The aim of the current trial was to test whether leucine affected growth and accretion including test any effects on leucine upon stress. Quadruplicate tanks each containing 50 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (mean start ...
    • Life cycle of hake and likely management implications 

      Strømme, Tore; Lipinski, Marek R.; Kainge, Paulus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-12)
      Despite its economic and social importance for Namibia and South Africa, limited documented information exists regarding key aspects of the biology of deep-water hake, including its life cycle. This study utilizes data ...
    • Life history and demographic determinants of effective/census size ratios as exemplified by brown trout (Salmo trutta) 

      Serbezov, Dimitar; Jorde, Per Erik; Bernatchez, L; Olsen, Esben Moland; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      A number of demographic factors, many of which related to human-driven encroachments, are predicted to decrease the effective population size (Ne) relative to the census population size (N), but these have been little ...
    • Life history genomic regions explain differences in Atlantic salmon marine diet specialization 

      Aykanat, Tutku; Rasmussen, Martin; Ozerov, Mikhail; Niemelä, Eero; Paulin, Lars; Vähä, Juha-Pekka; Hindar, Kjetil; Wennevik, Vidar; Pedersen, Torstein; Svenning, Martin; Primmer, Craig R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
    • Life history of fjord cod from the Skagerrak in the mid-2000s compared to 1905 

      Lund, Marthe Bråthen; Olsen, Esben Moland; Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg; Stenseth, Nils Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-03-01)
      Life history changes serve as stress indicators in harvested populations. Data from recent decades show that many species of marine fish are now maturing at younger ages and smaller sizes, associated with a general increase ...
    • Life history traits for Ophryotrocha craigsmithi (Wiklund, Glover & Dahlgren, 2009), a candidate species in integrated multitrophic aquaculture 

      Svensson, Signe Gunborg Bentzröd; Strohmeier, Tore; Rastrick, Helen; Aguera, Antonio; Lock, Erik Jan Robert; Sveier, Harald; Jansen, Henrice M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ophryotrocha craigsmithi (Wiklund, Glover & Dahlgren, 2009) has repeatedly been observed in high densities at salmonid fish farms in Norway and has been shown to feed on the organic waste released during fish production. ...
    • Life in the fast lane: Revisiting the fast growth—High survival paradigm during the early life stages of fishes 

      Robert, Dominique; Shoji, Jun; Sirois, Pascal; Takasuka, Akinori; Catalán, Ignacio A.; Folkvord, Arild; Ludsin, Stuart A.; Peck, Myron A.; Sponaugle, Su; Ayón, Patricia M.; Brodeur, Richard D.; Campbell, Emily Y.; D'Alessandro, Evan K.; Dower, John F.; Fortier, Louis; García, Alberto G.; Huebert, Klaus B.; Hufnagl, Marc; Ito, Shin-ichi; Joh, Mikimasa; Juanes, Francis; Nyuji, Mitsuo; Oozeki, Yoshioki; Plaza, Guido; Takahashi, Motomitsu; Tanaka, Yosuke; Tojo, Naoki; Watari, Shingo; Yasue, Naotaka; Pepin, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Early life survival is critical to successful replenishment of fish populations, and hypotheses developed under the Growth-Survival Paradigm (GSP) have guided investigations of controlling processes. The GSP postulates ...
    • Life-course perspectives of milk consumption among young Norwegian women and their knowledge of milk as a source of iodine: a qualitative study 

      Henjum, Sigrun; Groufh-Jacobsen, Synne; Aakre, Inger; Terragni, Laura (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Mild to moderate iodine deficiency has been found among young Norwegian women of reproductive age. In Norway, cow’s milk is the main source of iodine; however, milk consumption is decreasing, particularly among young women. ...
    • Life-history implications of the allometric scaling of growth 

      Boukal, David S.; Dieckmann, Ulf; Enberg, Katja; Heino, Mikko; Jørgensen, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-27)
      Several phenomenological descriptions, such as the von Bertalanffy growth model, have been widely used to describe size-at-age and individual growth across a diverse range of organisms. However, for modelling life histories, ...
    • Lifting back the waters: Marine geophysics provides new insights into the uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area 

      Green, Andrew N.; Engelbrecht, Luke D.; Sink, Kerry; Mackay, Christine F.; Fennessy, Sean T.; Michalsen, Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Using the first high-resolution geophysical data set collected from the Thukela Banks Marine Protected Area (MPA), we reveal a plethora of hitherto unknown or poorly resolved seabed features. In tandem with several remotely ...