• A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves 

      Dietz, Rune; Fort, Jérôme; Sonne, Christian; Albert, Céline; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Christensen, Thomas Kjær; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Danielsen, Jóhannis; Dastnai, Sam; Eens, Marcel; Erikstad, Kjell E; Galatius, Anders; Garbus, Svend-Erik; Gilg, Oliver; Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Helander, Björn; Helberg, Morten; Jaspers, Veerle; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Jónsson, Jón Einar; Kauhala, Kaarina; Kolbeinsson, Yann; Kyhn, Line A.; Labansen, Aili Lage; Larsen, Martin M.; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Reiertsen, Tone Kristin; Rigét, Frank F.; Roos, Anna; Strand, Jakob; Strøm, Hallvard; Søndergaard, Jens; Sun, Jiachen; Teilmann, Jonas; Therkildsen, Ole Roland; Thórarinsson, Thorkell Lindberg; Tjørnløv, Rune Skjold; Wilson, Simon; Eulaers, Igor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      A wide range of species, including marine mammals, seabirds, birds of prey, fish and bivalves, were investigated for potential population health risks resulting from contemporary (post 2000) mercury (Hg) exposure, using ...
    • Arctic Marine Data Collection Using Oceanic Gliders: Providing Ecological Context to Cetacean Vocalizations 

      Aniceto, Ana Sofia; Pedersen, Geir; Primicerio, Raul; Biuw, Martin; Lindstrøm, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      To achieve effective management and understanding of risks associated with increasing anthropogenic pressures in the ocean, it is essential to successfully and efficiently collect data with high spatio–temporal resolution ...
    • Comparative Modeling of Cod-Capelin Dynamics in the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves and Barents Sea Ecosystems 

      Koen-Alonso, Mariano; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Cuff, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stocks in the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves (NL) and Barents Sea (BS) ecosystems have shown divergent trajectories over the last 40 years. Both stocks experienced either an important decline ...
    • Distribution of rorquals and Atlantic cod in relation to their prey in the Norwegian high Arctic 

      Solvang, Hiroko K.; Haug, Tore; Knutsen, Tor; Gjøsæter, Harald; Bogstad, Bjarte; Hartvedt, Siri; Øien, Nils; Lindstrøm, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Recent warming in the Barents Sea has led to changes in the spatial distribution of both zooplankton and fish, with boreal communities expanding northwards. A similar northward expansion has been observed in several rorqual ...
    • Harp seal body condition and trophic interactions with prey in Norwegian high Arctic waters in early autumn 

      Haug, Tore; Biuw, Martin; Gjøsæter, Harald; Knutsen, Tor; Lindstrøm, Ulf; MacKanzie, Kirsteen M.; Meier, Sonnich; Nilssen, Kjell Tormod (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In September 2016, a marine ecosystem survey covered all trophic levels from phytoplankton to seals in the Arctic Ocean to the west and north of Svalbard. At the ice edge, 26 harp seals were sampled to assess whether recent ...
    • Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Song on a Subarctic Feeding Ground 

      Martin, Saskia C.; Aniceto, Ana Sofia; Ahonen, Heidi; Pedersen, Geir; Lindstrøm, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known to produce long complex sequences of structured vocalizations called song. Singing behavior has traditionally been associated with low latitude breeding grounds but ...
    • Monitoring marine mammals using unmanned aerial vehicles: Quantifying detection certainty 

      Aniceto, Ana Sofia; Biuw, Martin; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Solbø, Stian; Broms, Fredrik Björn; Carroll, JoLynn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being recognized as potentially useful for detection of marine mammals in their natural habitats, but an important consideration is the associated uncertainties in animal ...
    • Multiple configurations and fluctuating trophic control in the Barents Sea food-web 

      Sivel, Elliot Manuarii; Planque, Benjamin; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Yoccoz, Nigel G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Barents Sea is a subarctic shelf sea which has experienced major changes during the past decades. From ecological time-series, three different food-web configurations, reflecting successive shifts of dominance of pelagic ...
    • Overexploitation, Recovery, and Warming of the Barents Sea Ecosystem During 1950–2013 

      Pedersen, Torstein; Mikkelsen, Nina; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Renaud, Paul Eric; Nascimento, Marcela C.; Blanchet, Marie-Anne; Ellingsen, Ingrid H.; Jørgensen, Lis L.; Blanchet, Hugues (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Barents Sea (BS) is a high-latitude shelf ecosystem with important fisheries, high and historically variable harvesting pressure, and ongoing high variability in climatic conditions. To quantify carbon flow pathways ...
    • Population structure of bycaught harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Norway 

      Sanchez, Maria Quintela; Besnier, Francois; Seliussen, Bjørghild Breistein; Glover, Kevin; Lindstrøm, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
    • Rapid Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Harbour Porpoise Liver Tissue by HybridSPE®–UPLC®–MS/MS 

      Trimmel, Simone; Vike-Jonas, Kristine; Gonzalez, Susana Villa; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Asimakopoulos, Alexandros (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      A rapid hybrid solid phase extraction (HybridSPE®) protocol tailored to ultra-performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC®–ESI–MS/MS) analysis was developed for the determination ...
    • Report from a krill focused survey with RV Kronprins Haakon and land-based predator work in Antarctica during 2018/2019 

      Krafft, Bjørn Arne; Bakkeplass, Kjell Gunnar; Berge, Terje; Biuw, Martin; Erices, Julio Alberto; Jones, Elizabeth Marie; Knutsen, Tor; Kubilius, Rokas; Kvalsund, Merete; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Macaulay, Gavin; Renner, Angelika; Rey, Alina; Søiland, Henrik; Wienerroither, Rupert; Ahonen, Heidi; Goto, Jade; Hoem, Nils; Huerta, Magdelena; Höfer, Juan; Iden, Oda; Jouanneau, William; Kruger, Lucas; Liholt, Håvard; Lowther, Andy; Makhado, Azwianewi B.; Mestre, Mireia; Narvestad, Audun; Oosthuisen, Chris; Rodrigues, Jose; Øyerhamn, Rune (Rapport fra havforskningen;2019 - 21, Research report, 2019)
      The primary objective for this krill research activity was twofold 1) to conduct a survey that provides updated estimates of the biomass and distribution of krill which are used in models to estimate sustainable yield in ...
    • Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) diet on the west coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway: during a time of ecosystem change 

      Bengtsson, Oskar; Lydersen, Christian; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lindstrøm, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Global warming is causing Atlantification of water masses and concomitant changes in food webs in the Barents Sea region. To determine whether changes that have been documented at lower trophic levels are impacting the ...