Recent Submissions

  • A genetic cline shapes population structure of the round sardinella along its West African distribution 

    Chlaida, Malika; Quintela, Maria; Øyro, Johanne; Dahle, Geir; Sbiba, Salaheddine; Lemrabott, Sidi Yahya Cheikhna; Taggart, John; Nikolioudakis, Nikolaos; Jurado-Ruzafa, Alba (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Small pelagic fish play an important role in marine trophic webs and human food security. Among those, Sardinella aurita represents an extremely valuable resource in West Africa, where it is assumed to conform a transboundary ...
  • Genetic investigation of population structure in Atlantic chub mackerel, Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 along the West African coast 

    Sbiba, Salah Eddine; Quintela, Maria; Øyro, Johanne; Dahle, Geir; Jurado-Ruzafa, Alba; Iita, Kashona; Nikolioudakis, Nikolaos; Bazairi, Hocein; Chlaida, Malika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Sustainable management of transboundary fish stocks hinges on accurate delineation of population structure. Genetic analysis offers a powerful tool to identify potential subpopulations within a seemingly homogenous stock, ...
  • A food-web assessment model for marine mammals, fish, and fisheries in the Norwegian and Barents Seas 

    Planque, Benjamin; Bas, Lucas Johannes; Biuw, Martin; Blanchet, Marie-Anne Ermeline; Bogstad, Bjarte; Eriksen, Elena; Drouineau, Hilaire; Eide, Cecilie Hansen; Husson, Berengere; Mousing, Erik Askov; Pedersen, Torstein; Skogen, Morten D.; Slotte, Aril; Staby, Arved; Lindstrøm, Ulf Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    The Norwegian and Barents Seas host large commercial fish populations that interact with each other, as well as marine mammal populations that feed on plankton and fish. Quantifying the past dynamics of these interacting ...
  • Lophelia reefs off North and West Africa–Comparing environment and health 

    Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Houssa, R.; M’bengue, B.; Nyadjro, E.S.; Cervantes, David; Idrissi, M.; Mahu, E.; Dia, A.S.; Olsen, Magne; Mas, Cristian Muñoz; Chierici, Melissa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    The health status of cold-water coral reefs on the West African coast was investigated with the main objective of obtaining knowledge of the adaptive capacity of Lophelia pertusa to environmental stressors. Three coral ...
  • Ethical approaches for engaging extended peer communities: Insight into responsible workshopping with citizens 

    Fuller, Jessica Leyla; Bjørkan, Maiken; Iversen, Lisbeth; Aarflot, Johanna Myrseth; Dankel, Dorothy Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)
  • Determination of Nanoparticles and Elements in Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis) along the Norwegian Coastline 

    Bruvold, Are Sæle; Valdersnes, Stig; Bienfait, André Marcel; Sanden, Monica; Loeschner, Katrin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Our work aimed to examine nanoparticle levels in 69 distinct pooled mussel samples along the Norwegian coastline, considering samples from different environmental contexts, including natural locations, potentially polluted ...
  • Lophelia reefs (Desmophyllum pertusum (Linnaeus, 1758)) in the oxygen minimum zone of the Mauritania/Senegal region – Distribution and health status 

    Moctar, Sidi M.M.; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; El Vadhel, Hammoud; Kide, Saikou O.; Kutti, Tina; Sarre, Abdoulaye; Med Mahmoud, Mohamed El Khalil; Chierici, Melissa; Niang, Magatte; Johansen, Yngve Klungseth; Cervantes, David; Mas, Cristian Muñoz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    The occurrence of cold-water coral (CWC) reefs off Northwest Africa that has a broad oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) is poorly studied. A 400 km long almost continuous coral mound chain off Mauritania that was investigated by ...
  • Improving coral monitoring by reducing variability and bias in cover estimates from seabed images 

    Curtis, Emma J.; Durden, Jennifer M.; Bett, Brian J.; Huvenne, Veerle A.I.; Piechaud, Nils; Walker, Jenny; Albrecht, James; Massot-Campos, Miquel; Yamada, Takaki; Bodenmann, Adrian; Cappelletto, Jose; Strong, James A.; Thornton, Blair (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Seabed cover of organisms is an established metric for assessing the status of many vulnerable marine ecosystems. When deriving cover estimates from seafloor imagery, a source of uncertainty in capturing the true distribution ...
  • Impacts of marine heatwaves in coastal ecosystems depend on local environmental conditions 

    Starko, Samuel; van der Mheen, Mirjam; Pessarrodona, Albert; Wood, Georgina V.; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Neufeld, Christopher J.; Montie, Shinae; Coleman, Melinda A.; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Marine heatwaves (MHWs), increasing in duration and intensity because of climate change, are now a major threat to marine life and can have lasting effects on the structure and function of ecosystems. However, the responses ...
  • Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands 

    Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey M.; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian; Malerba, Martino; Macreadie, Peter I.; Djukic, Ika; Zhao, Junbin; Young, Erica B.; York, Paul H.; Yeh, Shin-Cheng; Xiong, Yanmei; Winters, Gidon; Campus, Eilat; Whitlock, Danielle; Weaver, Carolyn A.; Watson, Anne; Visby, Inger; Tylkowski, Jacek; Trethowan, Allison; Tiegs, Scott; Taylor, Ben; Szpikowski, Jozef; Szpikowska, Grazyna; Strickland, Victoria L.; Stivrins, Normunds; Sousa, Ana I.; Sinutok, Sutinee; Scheffel, Whitney A.; Santos, Rui; Sanderman, Jonathan; Sánchez-Carrillo, Salvador; Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert; Rymer, Krzysztof G.; Ruiz-Fernandez, Ana Carolina; Robroek, Bjorn J. M.; Roberts, Tessa; Ricart, Aurora M.; Reynolds, Laura K.; Rachlewicz, Grzegorz; Prathep, Anchana; Pinsonneault, Andrew J.; Pendall, Elise; Payne, Richard J.; Ozola, Ilze; Onufrock, Cody; Ola, Anne; Oberbauer, Steven F.; Numbere, Aroloye O.; Novak, Alyssa B.; Norkko, Joanna; Norkko, Alf; Mozdzer, Thomas J.; Morgan, Pam; Montemayor, Diana I.; Martin, Charles W.; Malone, Sparkle L.; Major, Maciej; Majewski, Mikolaj; Lundquist, Carolyn J.; Lovelock, Catherine E.; Liu, Songlin; Lin, Hsing-Juh; Lillebo, Ana; Li, Jinquan; Kominoski, John S.; Khuroo, Anzar Ahmad; Kelleway, Jeffrey J.; Jinks, Kristin I.; Jerónimo, Daniel; Janousek, Christopher; Jackson, Emma L.; Iribarne, Oscar; Hanley, Torrance; Hamid, Maroof; Gupta, Arjun; Guariento, Rafael D.; Grudzinska, Ieva; Gripp, Anderson da Rocha; González Sagrario, María A.; Garrison, Laura M.; Gagnon, Karine; Gacia, Esperança; Fusi, Marco; Farrington, Lachlan; Farmer, Jenny; de Assis Esteves, Francisco; Escapa, Mauricio; Domańska, Monika; Dias, André T. C.; de los Santos, Carmen B.; Daffonchio, Daniele; Czyryca, Pawel M.; Connolly, Rod M.; Cobb, Alexander; Chudzińska, Maria; Christiaen, Bart; Chifflard, Peter; Castelar, Sara; Carneiro, Luciana S.; Cardoso-Mohedano, José Gilberto; Camden, Megan; Caliman, Adriano; Bulmer, Richard H.; Bowen, Jennifer; Boström, Christoffer; Bernal, Susana; Berges, John A.; Benavides, Juan C.; Barry, Savanna C.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Al-Haj, Alia N.; Adame, Maria Fernanda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Patchy global data on belowground litter decomposition dynamics limit our capacity to discern the drivers of carbon preservation and storage across inland and coastal wetlands. We performed a global, multiyear study in ...
  • Tackling the elephant in the room – Large-scale salmon farming and the potential for far-field ecosystem effects 

    Keeley, Nigel B.; Sævik, Pål Næverlid; Woodcock, Skye; Bannister, Raymond (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Significant expansion in salmon production globally has been partially enabled through the establishment of large-capacity sea-farms in high-energy environments that collectively produce substantial quantities of organic ...
  • Sequence of formation and inheritance of meristic variation in the post-cranial axial skeleton of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

    Philip, Antony Jesu Prabhu; Fraser, Thomas; Nordvik, Kari; Remø, Sofie C.; Hansen, Tom Johnny; Witten, Paul Eckhard; Kryvi, Harald; Fjelldal, Per Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Atlantic salmon is an important aquaculture species that has fascinated naturalists for centuries, resulting in its biology being widely characterized. Certain details about the early development and the inheritance of ...
  • Genetic Stock Identification Reveals Mismatches Between Management Areas and Population Genetic Structure in a Migratory Pelagic Fish 

    Seljestad, Gaute Wilhelmsen; Quintela, Maria; Bekkevold, Dorte; Pampoulie, Christophe; Farrell, Edward D.; Kvamme, Cecilie; Slotte, Aril; Dahle, Geir; Sørvik, Anne Grete Eide; Pettersson, Mats E.; Andersson, Leif; Folkvord, Arild; Glover, Kevin Alan; Berg, Florian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Sustainable fisheries management is important for the continued harvest of the world's marine resources, especially as they are increasingly challenged by a range of climatic and anthropogenic factors. One of the pillars ...
  • Considerations for implementing regulation of decapods in science 

    Powell, Adam; Agnalt, Ann-Lisbeth; Heasman, Kevin; Albalat, Amaya (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Decapod crustaceans, commonly utilised for pure or applied scientific research and commercial food production, have generally remained outside ethical debate. However, in the last decade many parts of the world have seen ...
  • Reef Adapt: A tool to inform climate-smart marine restoration and management decisions 

    Wood, Georgina V.; Griffin, Kingsley J.; van der Mheen, Mirjam; Breed, Martin F.; Edgeloe, Jane M.; Grimaldi, Camille; Minne, Antoine J. P.; Popovic, Iva; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; van Oppen, Madeleine J. H.; Wernberg, Thomas; Coleman, Melinda A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    A critical component of ecosystem restoration projects involves using genetic data to select source material that will enhance success under current and future climates. However, the complexity and expense of applying ...
  • Ecosystem damage by increasing tropical cyclones 

    Feehan, Colette J.; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Thomsen, Mads Solgaard; Wernberg, Thomas; Miles, Travis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Climate change is driving an ongoing increase in tropical cyclone (TC) activity. While global economic losses are projected to double by 2100, there are no comparable predictions for TC impacts to coastal ecosystems that ...
  • Exploring cohort-based density-dependent effects on maturity in Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) 

    Vatnehol, Sindre; Hølleland, Sondre Nedreås; Salthaug, Are; Høines, Åge Sigurd; Slotte, Aril; Stenevik, Erling Kåre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    The influence of density-dependent effects on fish maturity is rarely considered when evaluating different harvest strategies, nor when formulating short-term catch advice. In cases where these effects are included, the ...
  • Exploring ecosystem effects of underwater noise in the nordic seas, using the NoBa-Atlantis E2E model 

    Skartsæterhagen, Maria Kristine; Hansen, Cecilie; Fulton, Elizabeth A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Underwater noise generated by human activities, such as shipping and seismic surveys, has emerged as a growing concern. Despite the mounting evidence that noise negatively impacts marine mammals, fish, and invertebrates, ...
  • A descriptive study of carbon dioxide production and removal in full-scale RAS for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) post-smolt: A comparison of two different measurement methods for CO2 

    Jafari, Leila; Fivelstad, Sveinung; Attramadal, Kari Johanne Kihle; Flataker, Håkon; Mjaatvedt, Pernille; Olsen, Anne Berit; Chierici, Melissa; Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Reliable data on metabolic rates and CO2 removal efficiency are essential for fish welfare in intensive production and RAS design. This descriptive study at a commercial post-smolt production facility evaluates two full-scale ...
  • Multi-scale patterns in the structure of fish and fouling communities associated with seaweeds in marinas 

    Leclerc, Jean-Charles; Gonzalez, Maéva; Pezy, Jean-Philippe; Raoux, Aurore; Crec’hriou, Romain; Broudin, Caroline; Houbin, Céline; Migné, Aline; Loisel, Stéphane; Sevin, Laure; Coudret, Jérôme; Davoult, Dominique; Charbonnelle, Mathilde; Valerdi, Jean-Baptiste; Schlicklin, Ferdinand; Van Paemelen, Robin; Humbert, Suzie; Massé, Cécile; Viard, Frédérique; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Wernberg, Thomas; Thiébaut, Eric (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    Redistribution of biodiversity represents a key challenge for understanding scales of spatial variation in natural marine communities. With increasing coastal urbanization, artificial structures are proliferating, with ...

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