• Mind the gap – Relevant design for laboratory oil exposure of fish as informed by a numerical impact assessment model 

      Frøysa, Håvard Guldbrandsen; Nepstad, Raymond; Meier, Sonnich; Donald, Carey; Sørhus, Elin; Bockwoldt, Mathias; Carroll, JoLynn; Vikebø, Frode Bendiksen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Laboratory experiments provide knowledge of species-specific effects thresholds that are used to parameterize impact assessment models of oil contamination on marine ecosystems. Such experiments typically place individuals ...
    • Minding the Gaps in Fish Welfare: The Untapped Potential of Fish Farm Workers 

      Medaas, Christian; Lien, Marianne Elisabeth; Gismervik, Kristine; Kristiansen, Tore S.; Osmundsen, Tonje; Størkersen, Kristine Vedal; Tørud, Brit; Stien, Lars Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The welfare of farmed fish is often regarded with less concern than the welfare of other husbandry animals, as fish are not universally classified as sentient beings. In Norway, farmed fish and other husbandry animals are ...
    • Mine waste and acute warming induce energetic stress in the deep-sea sponge Geodia atlantica and coral Primnoa resedeaformis; results from a mesocosm study 

      Scanes, Elliot; Kutti, Tina; Fang, James Kar-Hei; Johnston, Emma L.; Ross, Pauline M; Bannister, Raymond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      There is the potential for climate change to interact with pollution in all of the Earth's oceans. In the fjords of Norway, mine tailings are released into fjords generating suspended sediment plumes that impact deep-sea ...
    • Mineral nutrition and bone health in salmonids 

      Bæverfjord, Grete; Prabhu, P. Antony Jesu; Fjelldal, Per Gunnar; Albrektsen, Sissel; Hatlen, Bjarne; Denstadli, Vegard; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Takle, Harald Rune; Lock, Erik-Jan; Berntssen, Marc; Lundebye, Anne-Katrine; Åsgård, Torbjørn Einar; Waagbø, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In the recent years, challenges faced in salmonid farming with regard to deformities have helped to improve our knowledge on skeletal biology and development of bone health in salmonids. Different nutritional, genetic and ...
    • Missing the marine forest for the trees 

      Wernberg, Thomas; Filbee-Dexter, Karen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Seascapes dominated by large, structurally complex seaweeds are ubiquitous. These critical ecosystems are under increasing pressure from human activities, and conceiving successful management strategies to ensure their ...
    • Mixed origin of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) along the Swedish west coast 

      Henriksson, Simon; Pereyra, Ricardo; Sodeland, Marte; Ortega-Martinez, Olga; Knutsen, Halvor; Wennhage, Håkan; Andre, Carl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Cryptic population structure in exploited fishes poses a major challenge for fisheries management. In Atlantic cod, sympatric ecotypes are well-known, for instance off the coast of northern Norway. Recently, two sympatric ...
    • Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): a tool for identifying management units and complex migration dynamics 

      Bekkevold, Dorte; Berg, Florian; Polte, Patrick; Bartolino, Valerio; Ojaveer, Henn; Mosegaard, Henrik; Farrell, Edward D.; Fedotova, Jelena; Hemmer-Hansen, Jakob; Huwer, Bastian; Trijoulet, Vanessa; Moesgaard Albertsen, Christoffer; Fuentes-Pardo, Angela P.; Gröhsler, Tomas; Pettersson, Mats; Jansen, Teunis; Folkvord, Arild; Andersson, Leif (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
    • Mixture toxicity of chlorpyrifos-methyl, pirimiphos-methyl, and nonylphenol in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) hepatocytes 

      Olsvik, Pål Asgeir; Søfteland, Liv Ingeborg Rosvoll (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Pesticide formulations typically contain adjuvants added to enhance the performance of the active ingredient. Adjuvants may modify the bioavailability and toxicity of pesticides. In this study, the aim was to examine to ...
    • Mock samples resolve biases in diversity estimates and quantitative interpretation of zooplankton metabarcoding data 

      Ershova, Elizaveta; Wangensteen, Owen S.; Falkenhaug, Tone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Metabarcoding is a rapidly developing tool in marine zooplankton ecology, although most zooplankton surveys continue to rely on visual identification for monitoring purposes. We attempted to resolve some of the biases ...
    • A model for the fate of carbon dioxide from a simulated carbon storage seep 

      Loranger, Scott; Pedersen, Geir; Blomberg, Ann E.A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Offshore geological carbon storage (GCS) is a rapidly developing technology essential for meeting international climate goals. While the likelihood of leakage from a properly planned geological sequestration site is low, ...
    • A model of Black Sea circulation with strait exchange (2008–2018) 

      Gunduz, Murat; Özsoy, Emin; Hordoir, Robinson (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Bosphorus exchange is of critical importance for hydrodynamics and hydroclimatology of the Black Sea. In this study, we report on the development of a medium-resolution circulation model of the Black Sea, making use ...
    • Model-informed classification of broadband acoustic backscatter from zooplankton in an in situ mesocosm 

      Dunn, Muriel Barbara; McGowan-Yallop, Chelsey; Pedersen, Geir; Falk-Petersen, Stig; Daase, Malin Hildegard Elisabeth; Last, Kim; Langbehn, Tom; Fielding, Sophie; Brierley, Andrew S.; Cottier, Finlo Robert; Basedow, Sünnje Linnéa; Camus, Lionel; Geoffroy, Maxime (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Classification of zooplankton to species with broadband echosounder data could increase the taxonomic resolution of acoustic surveys and reduce the dependence on net and trawl samples for ‘ground truthing’. Supervised ...
    • Modeling emergent life histories of copepods 

      Huse, Geir; Melle, Webjørn Raunsgård; Skogen, Morten D.; Hjøllo, Solfrid Sætre; Svendsen, Einar; Budgell, William Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The distribution and population dynamics of zooplankton are affected by the interplay between currents, behavior, and selective growth, mortality, and reproduction. Here, we present an individual based model for a copepod ...
    • Modeling fitness changes in wild Atlantic salmon populations faced by spawning intrusion of domesticated escapees 

      Castellani, Marco; Heino, Mikko Petteri; Gilbey, John; Araki, Hitoshi; Svåsand, Terje; Glover, Kevin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Genetic interaction between domesticated escapees and wild conspecifics represents a persistent challenge to an environmentally sustainable Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry. We used a recently developed eco‐genetic ...
    • Modeling key processes affecting Al speciation and transport in estuaries 

      Simonsen, Magne; Teien, Hans-Christian; Lind, Ole Christian; Sætra, Øyvind; Albretsen, Jon; Salbu, Brit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Assessments of the impacts of aluminium (Al) to aquatic organisms in estuarine waters have suffered from the lack of available models that can accurately predict the presence of toxic physico-chemical forms (species) of ...
    • Modeling the Distribution of Habitat-Forming, Deep-Sea Sponges in the Barents Sea: The Value of Data 

      Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Ross, Rebecca; Albretsen, Jon; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The use of species occurrence as a proxy for habitat type is widespread, probably because it allows the use of species distribution modeling (SDM) to cost-effectively map the distribution of e.g., vulnerable marine ecosystems. ...
    • Modeling the impact of climate change on mussel aquaculture in a coastal upwelling system: A critical assessment 

      Fuentes-Santos, Isabel; Labarta, Uxío; Fernández-Reiriz, María José; Kay, Susan; Hjøllo, Solfrid Sætre; Alvarez-Salgado, X. Antón (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Forecasting of climate change impacts on marine aquaculture production has become a major research task, which requires taking into account the biases and uncertainties arising from ocean climate models in coastal areas, ...
    • Modeling the influence of time and temperature on the levels of fatty acids in the liver of Antarctic fish Trematomus bernacchii 

      Antonucci, Matteo; Belghit, Ikram; Truzzi, Cristina; Illuminati, Silvia; Araujo, Pedro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Antarctic fish (Trematomus bernacchii) are an ideal group for studying the effect of ocean warming on vital physiological and biochemical mechanisms of adaptation, including changes in the fatty acid composition to higher ...
    • Modelled dispersal of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) larvae and potential settlement areas in the western Barents Sea 

      Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen; Hjelset, Ann Merete; Danielsen, Hanna Ellerine Helle; Hvingel, Carsten; Agnalt, Ann-Lisbeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Since the mid-1990s, a snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) population has established in the eastern Barents Sea. Spawning females and newly hatched larvae are now also found in the central Barents Sea, warranting speculations ...
    • 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 ...