• Ancient DNA reveals the Arctic origin of Viking Age cod from Haithabu, Germany 

      Star, Bastiaan; Boessenkool, Sanne; Gondek, Agata Teresa; Nikulina, Elena A.; Hufthammer, Anne Karin; Pampoulie, Christophe; Knutsen, Halvor; André, Carl; Nistelberger, Heidi Maria; Dierking, Jan; Petereit, Christoph; Heinrich, Dirk; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Jentoft, Sissel; Barrett, James H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Knowledge of the range and chronology of historic trade and long-distance transport of natural resources is essential for determining the impacts of past human activities on marine environments. However, the specific ...
    • Attuning to a changing ocean 

      Stenseth, Nils Christian; Payne, Mark R.; Bonsdorff, Erik; Dankel, Dorothy Jane; Durant, Joel Marcel; Anderson, Leif G.; Armstrong, Claire W.; Blenckner, Thorsten; Brakstad, Ailin; Dupont, Sam; Eikeset, Anne Maria; Goksøyr, Anders; Jónsson, Steingrímur; Kuparinen, Anna; Våge, Kjetil; Österblom, Henrik; Paasche, Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The ocean is a lifeline for human existence, but current practices risk severely undermining ocean sustainability. Present and future social−ecological challenges necessitate the maintenance and development of knowledge ...
    • Climate-driven changes in functional biogeography of Arctic marine fish communities 

      Frainer, André; Primicerio, Raul; Kortsch, Susanne; Aune, Magnus; Dolgov, Andrey V.; Fossheim, Maria; Aschan, Michaela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
    • Genomic stability through time despite decades of exploitation in cod on both sides of the Atlantic 

      Pinsky, Malin L; Eikeset, Anne Maria; Helmerson, Cecilia; Bradbury, Ian R.; Bentzen, Paul; Morris, Corey; Gondek, Agata; Baalsrud, Helle Tessand; Brieuc, Marine Servane Ono; Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd; Godiksen, Jane Aanestad; Barth, Julia Maria Isis; Matschiner, Michael; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Jentoft, Sissel; Star, Bastiaan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The mode and extent of rapid evolution and genomic change in response to human harvesting are key conservation issues. Although experiments and models have shown a high potential for both genetic and phenotypic change in ...
    • Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean 

      Lebrato, Mario; Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter; Müller, Marius N.; Blanco-Ameijeiras, Sonia; Feely, Richard A.; Lorenzoni, Laura; Molinero, Juan-Carlos; Bremer, Karen; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Iglesias-Rodriguez, Debora; Greeley, Dana; Lamare, Miles D.; Paulmier, Aurelien; Graco, Michelle; Cartes, Joan; Barcelos E Ramos, Joana; de Lara, Ana; Sanchez-Leal, Ricardo; Jimenez, Paz; Paparazzo, Flavio E.; Hartman, Susan E.; Westernströer, Ulrike; Küter, Marie; Benavides, Roberto; da Silva, Armindo F.; Bell, Steven; Payne, Chris; Ólafsdóttir, Sædis; Robinson, Kelly; Jantunen, Liisa M.; Korablev, Alexander; Webster, Richard J.; Jones, Elizabeth Marie; Gilg, Olivier; Bailly du Bois, Pascal; Beldowski, Jacek; Ashjian, Carin; Yahia, Nejib D.; Twining, Benjamin S.; Chen, Xue-Gang; Tseng, Li-Chun; Hwang, Jiang-Shiou; Dahms, Hans-Uwe; Oschlies, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios are biogeochemical parameters reflecting the Earth–ocean–atmosphere dynamic exchange of elements. The ratios’ dependence on the environment and organisms' biology facilitates their application ...
    • Harvesting forage fish can prevent fishing-induced population collapses of large piscivorous fish 

      Soudijn, Floor H.; van Denderen, P. D.; Heino, Mikko Petteri; Dieckmann, Ulf; de Roos, André M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
    • Inferring genetic connectivity in real populations, exemplified by coastal and oceanic atlantic cod 

      Spies, Ingrid; Hauser, Lorenz; Jorde, Per Erik; Knutsen, Halvor; Punt, André E.; Rogers, Lauren; Stenseth, Nils Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Genetic data are commonly used to estimate connectivity between putative populations, but translating them to demographic dispersal rates is complicated. Theoretical equations that infer a migration rate based on the genetic ...
    • Inferring genetic connectivity in real populations, exemplified by coastal and oceanic Atlantic cod 

      Spies, Ingrid; Hauser, Lorenz; Jorde, Per Erik; Knutsen, Halvor; Punt, André E.; Rogers, Lauren; Stenseth, Nils Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Genetic data are commonly used to estimate connectivity between putative populations, but translating them to demographic dispersal rates is complicated. Theoretical equations that infer a migration rate based on the genetic ...
    • Large-effect loci mediate rapid adaptation of salmon body size after river regulation 

      Jensen, Arne Johan; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Czorlich, Yann; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Bremset, Gunnbjørn; Finstad, Bengt; Hindar, Kjetil; Skaala, Øystein; Karlsson, Sten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Understanding the potential of natural populations to adapt to altered environments is becoming increasingly relevant in evolutionary research. Currently, our understanding of adaptation to human alteration of the environment ...
    • Large-effect loci mediate rapid adaptation of salmon body size after river regulation 

      Jensen, Arne Johan; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Czorlich, Yann; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Bremset, Gunnbjørn; Finstad, Bengt; Hindar, Kjetil; Skaala, Øystein; Karlsson, Sten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Understanding the potential of natural populations to adapt to altered environments is becoming increasingly relevant in evolutionary research. Currently, our understanding of adaptation to human alteration of the environment ...
    • A multiplier peroxiporin signal transduction pathway powers piscine spermatozoa 

      Chauvigné, Francois; Ducat, Carla; Ferré, Alba; Hansen, Tom Johnny; Carrascal, Montserrat; Abián, Joaquín; Finn, Roderick Nigel; Cerdà, Joan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The primary task of a spermatozoon is to deliver its nuclear payload to the egg to form the next-generation zygote. With polyandry repeatedly evolving in the animal kingdom, however, sperm competition has become widespread, ...
    • Oceanographic connectivity explains the intra-specific diversity of mangrove forests at global scales 

      Gouvêa, Lidiane P.; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Cavanaugh, Kyle; Serrão, Ester A.; Araújo, Miguel B.; Costello, Mark John; Westergerling, Eugenie Heliana Taraneh; Assis, Jorge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The distribution of mangrove intra-specific biodiversity can be structured by historical demographic processes that enhance or limit effective population sizes. Oceanographic connectivity (OC) may further structure ...
    • A Pleistocene legacy structures variation in modern seagrass ecosystems 

      Duffy, J. Emmett; Stachowicz, John J.; Reynolds, Pamela L.; Hovel, Kevin A.; Jahnke, Marlene; Sotka, Erik E.; Boström, Christoffer; Boyer, Katharyn E.; Cusson, Mathieu; Eklöf, Johan; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Eriksson, Britas Klemens; Fodrie, F. Joel; Griffin, John N; Hereu, Clara M.; Hori, Masakazu; Hughes, A. Randall; Ivanov, Mikhail V.; Jorgensen, Pablo; Kruschel, Claudia; Lee, Kun-Seop; Lefcheck, Jonathan S.; Moksnes, Per-Olav; Nakaoka, Masahiro; O’Connor, Mary I.; O’Connor, Nessa E.; Orth, Robert J.; Peterson, Bradley J.; Reiss, Henning; Reiss, Katrin; Richardson, J. Paul; Rossi, Francesca; Ruesink, Jennifer L.; Schultz, Stewart T.; Thormar, Jonas; Tomas, Fiona; Unsworth, Richard; Voigt, Erin; Whalen, Matthew A.; Ziegler, Shelby L.; Olsen, Jeanine L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Distribution of Earth’s biomes is structured by the match between climate and plant traits, which in turn shape associated communities and ecosystem processes and services. However, that climate–trait match can be disrupted ...
    • Reconstruction of the birth of a male sex chromosome present in Atlantic herring 

      Rafati, Nima; Chen, Junfeng; Herpin, Amaury; Pettersson, Mats; Han, Fan; Feng, Chungang; Wallerman, Ola; Rubin, Carl-Johan; Péron, Sandrine; Cocco, Arianna; Larsson, Mårten; Trötschel, Christian; Poetsch, Ansgar; Korsching, Kai; Bönigk, Wolfgang; Körschen, Heinz G.; Berg, Florian; Folkvord, Arild; Benjamin Kaupp, Kaupp; Schartl, Manfred; Andersson, Leif (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The mechanisms underlying sex determination are astonishingly plastic. Particularly the triggers for the molecular machinery, which recalls either the male or female developmental program, are highly variable and have ...
    • Recurrent convergent evolution at amino acid residue 261 in fish rhodopsin 

      Hill, Jason; Enbody, Erik D.; Pettersson, Mats E.; Sprehn, C. Grace; Bekkevold, Dorte; Folkvord, Arild; Laikre, Linda; Kleinau, Gunnar; Scheerer, Patrick; Andersson, Leif (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The evolutionary process that occurs when a species colonizes a new environment provides an opportunity to explore the mechanisms underlying genetic adaptation, which is essential knowledge for understanding evolution and ...
    • Stabilizing selection on Atlantic cod supergenes through a millennium of extensive exploitation 

      Sodeland, Marte; Jentoft, Sissel; Jorde, Per Erik; Mattingsdal, Morten; Albretsen, Jon; Kleiven, Alf Ring; Synnes, Ann-Elin; Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg; Olsen, Esben Moland; André, Carl; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Knutsen, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Life on Earth has been characterized by recurring cycles of ecological stasis and disruption, relating biological eras to geological and climatic transitions through the history of our planet. Due to the increasing degree ...
    • Stabilizing selection on Atlantic cod supergenes through a millennium of extensive exploitation 

      Sodeland, Marte; Jentoft, Sissel; Jorde, Per Erik; Mattingsdal, Morten; Albretsen, Jon; Kleiven, Alf Ring; Synnes, Ann-Elin; Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg; Olsen, Esben Moland; André, Carl; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Knutsen, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Life on Earth has been characterized by recurring cycles of ecological stasis and disruption, relating biological eras to geological and climatic transitions through the history of our planet. Due to the increasing degree ...