• A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses 

      Howell, Kerry L.; Davies, Jaime S.; Allcock, Louise; Braga-Henriques, Andreia; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Dominguez-Carrio, Carlos; Durden, Jennifer M.; Foster, Nicola L.; Game, Chloe A.; Hitchin, Becky; Horton, Tammy; Hosking, Brett; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Mah, Christopher L.; Laguionie Marchais, Claire; Menot, Lenaick; Morato, Telmo; Pearman, Tabitha R.R.; Ross, Rebecca; Ruhl, Henry A.; Saeedi, Hanieh; Stefanoudis, Paris V.; Taranto, Gerald H.; Thompson, Michael B.; Taylor, James R.; Tyler, Paul A.; Vad, Johanne; Victorero, Lissette; Vieira, Rui P.; Woodall, Lucy C.; Xavier, Joana R.; Wagner, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Video and image data are regularly used in the field of benthic ecology to document biodiversity. However, their use is subject to a number of challenges, principally the identification of taxa within the images without ...
    • Benthic community zonation from mesophotic to deep sea: Description of first deep-water kelp forest and coral gardens in the Madeira archipelago (central NE Atlantic) 

      Braga-Henriques, Andreia; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Tokat, Erdal; Martins, Ana; Silva, Teresa; Jakobsen, Joachim; Canning-Clode, João; Jakobsen, Kirsten; Delgado, João; Voirand, Thibaut; Biscoito, Manuel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Madeira archipelago has a unique underwater landscape that is characterised by narrow shelves, steep slopes and a large submarine tributary system that boosts primary productivity in oligotrophic waters and thus offers ...
    • Benthic invertebrates in Svalbard fjords—when metabarcoding does not outperform traditional biodiversity assessment 

      Willassen, Endre; Westgaard, Jon-Ivar; Kongsrud, Jon Anders; Hanebrekke, Tanja Lexau; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Holte, Børge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      To protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity is one of the 10 challenges identified by the United Nations’s Decade of the Ocean Science. In this study we used eDNA from sediments collected in two fjords of the Svalbard ...
    • Broad-scale benthic habitat classification of the South Atlantic 

      McQuaid, Kirsty A.; Bridges, Amelia E.H.; Howell, Kerry L.; Gandra, Tiago B.R.; de Souza, Vitor; Currie, Jock C.; Hogg, Oliver T.; Pearman, Tabitha R.R.; Bell, James B.; Atkinson, Lara J.; Baum, Diane; Bonetti, Jarbas; Carranza, Alvar; Defeo, Omar; Furey, Thomas; Gasalla, Maria A.; Golding, Neil; Hampton, Shannon L.; Horta, Sebastián; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Lombard, Amanda T.; Manca, Eleonora; Marin, Yamandú; Martin, Stephanie; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Passadore, Cecilia; Piechaud, Nils; Sink, Kerry J.; Yool, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) has become a priority for many states wanting to develop national blue economy plans and meet international obligations in response to the increasing cumulative impacts of human activities and ...
    • Classification and Mapping of Benthic Biotopes in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Norwegian Waters 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Dolan, Margaret; Ross, Rebecca; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún; Albretsen, Jon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this paper, we describe the species composition of biotopes occurring in a wide range of environments and present their geographic distribution based on results from quantitative analyses of video-records collected as ...
    • Cold Temperate Coral Habitats 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Chapter, 2018)
    • Computer vision enables short- and long-term analysis of Lophelia pertusa polyp behaviour and colour from an underwater observatory 

      Osterloff, Jonas; Nilssen, Ingunn; Järnegren, Johanna; Van Engeland, Tom; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Nattkemper, Tim W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      An array of sensors, including an HD camera mounted on a Fixed Underwater Observatory (FUO) were used to monitor a cold-water coral (Lophelia pertusa) reef in the Lofoten-Vesterålen area from April to November 2015. Image ...
    • A data science approach for multi-sensor marine observatory data monitoring cold water corals (Paragorgia arborea) in two campaigns 

      van Kevelaer, Robin; Langenkämper, Daniel; Nilssen, Ingunn; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Nattkemper, Tim W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Fixed underwater observatories (FUO), equipped with digital cameras and other sensors, become more commonly used to record different kinds of time series data for marine habitat monitoring. With increasing numbers of ...
    • A data-driven method for identifying conservation-relevant benthic habitats 

      Ross, Rebecca; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Bakke, Gunnstein; Dolan, Margaret; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Due to various intergovernmental agreements, marine managers must establish marine conservation measures to prevent the destruction of conservation-relevant benthic habitats e.g. Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME). To aid ...
    • Discerning the Management-Relevant Ecology and Distribution of Sea Pens (Cnidaria: Pennatulacea) in Norway and Beyond 

      Ross, Rebecca; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Lozano, Pablo; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sea pens are considered to be of conservation relevance according to multiple international legislations and agreements. Consequently, any information about their ecology and distribution should be of use to management ...
    • Distribution and suitable habitat of the cold-water corals Lophelia pertusa, Paragorgia arborea, and Primnoa resedaeformis on the Norwegian continental shelf 

      Sundahl, Hanna; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Cold-water corals are habitat-forming species that are also classified as indicators of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) due to the threat of various anthropogenic impacts, e.g., fisheries and oil/mineral exploration. ...
    • Feltveileder for Kartlegging av marin naturvariasjon etter NiN (2.2.0). 

      Andersen, Guri Sogn; Bekkby, Trine; Dolan, Margaret; Bøe, Reidulv; Thormar, Jonas; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Elvenes, Sigrid; Naustvoll, Lars Johan; Mjelde, Marit; Brandrud, Tor Erik; Rinde, Eli; Bryn, Anders (Research report, 2019)
      Formålet med veilederen Veilederens hovedformål er å bidra til at resultatene av praktisk kartlegging i sjø i henhold til NiNs type og beskrivelsessystem blir så gode som mulig og sammenlignbare på tvers av kartleggere. ...
    • First description of a Lophelia pertusa reef complex in Atlantic Canada 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Gordon Jr., Don C.; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Kulka, Dave W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      For the first time, we describe a cold-water coral reef complex in Atlantic Canada, discovered at the shelf break, in the mouth of the Laurentian Channel. The study is based on underwater video and sidescan sonar. The reef ...
    • Forslag til forvaltningsrelevante marine naturenheter 

      Bekkby, Trine; Rinde, Eli; Oug, Eivind; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Thormar, Jonas; Dolan, Margaret; Mjelde, Marit; Gitmark, Janne Kim; Moy, Siri Røang; Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Gonzales-Mirelis, Genoveva; Systad, Geir Helge Rødli; van Son, Thijs Christiaan (NIVA-rapport, Research report, 2021)
      Regjeringen ønsker å prioritere kartlegging av naturtyper som enten er truet, viktige for mange arter, dekker sentrale økosystemfunksjoner, eller er spesielt dårlig kartlagt. En marin faggruppe ble nedsatt for å operasjonalisere ...
    • Impacts of bottom trawling and litter on the seabed in Norwegian waters 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Bottom trawling and seabed littering are two serious threats to seabed integrity. We present an overview of the distribution of seabed litter and bottom trawling in Norwegian waters (the Norwegian Sea and the southern ...
    • Mareanotokt 2023 leg 2 - Toktrapport 2023001009 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Bellec, Valerie Karin; Olssøn, Ragni; Strømme, Marte Louise; Wiberg, Daniel Hesjedal; Sveistrup, Anne (Toktrapport;2024 - 2, Research report, 2024)
      Tokt # 2023001009 (Mareano leg 2) ble gjennomført 3. til 15. juli 2023 med FF G. O. Sars. Fire kartleggingsområder i Nordsjøen og Skagerrak ble undersøkt (Fig. 1). 43 stasjoner (inkl. 4 stasjoner for bunnprøvetaking) ble ...
    • Marinbiologisk mangfold i Andfjorden marine verneområde 

      Husa, Vivian; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Kutti, Tina; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Søvik, Guldborg; Jensen, Gjertrud; Bakkeplass, Kjell Gunnar; Skjoldal, Hein Rune (Rapport fra havforskningen;2020 - 30, Research report, 2020)
      Andfjorden marine verneområde er et stort område som strekker seg fra fjord til hav. Området har en variert topografi som gir levested for en stor variasjon av marine arter. Her finnes rekefelt og gyteområder for torsk, ...
    • Marine litter in the Nordic Seas: Distribution composition and abundance 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Litter has been found in all marine environments and is accumulating in seabirds and mammals in the Nordic Seas. These ecosystems are under pressure from climatic change and fisheries while the human population is small. ...
    • 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. ...
    • Modelling benthic habitats and biotopes off the coast of Norway to support spatial management. 

      Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-25)
      Habitat conservation, and hence conservation of biodiversity hinges on knowledge of the spatial distribution of habitats, not least those that are particularly valuable or vulnerable. In offshore Norway, benthic habitats ...