Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Karlsbakk, Egil"
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Alien plants, animals, fungi and algae in Norway:an inventory of neobiota
Sandvik, Hanno; Dolmen, Dag; Elven, Reidar; Falkenhaug, Tone; Forsgren, Elisabet; Hansen, Haakon; Hassel, Kristian; Husa, Vivian; Kjærstad, Gaute; Ødegaard, Frode; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Solheim, Halvor; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Åsen, Per Arvid; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Brandrud, Tor Erik; Elven, Hallvard; Endrestøl, Anders; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Fredriksen, Stein; Gammelmo, Øivind; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Hamnes, Inger Sofie; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Hegre, Hanne; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Jelmert, Anders; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Johnsen, Stein Ivar; Karlsbakk, Egil; Magnusson, Christer; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Nordén, Björn; Oug, Eivind; Pedersen, Oddvar; Pedersen, Per Anker; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Skei, Jon Kristian; Solstad, Heidi; Sundheim, Leif; Swenson, Jon; Syvertsen, Per Ole; Talgø, Venche; Vandvik, Vigdis; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Wienerroither, Rupert; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Hilmo, Olga; Henriksen, Snorre; Gederaas, Lisbeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-03)We present the results of an inventory and status assessment of alien species in Norway. The inventory covered all known multicellular neobiota, 2496 in total, 1039 of which were classified as naturalised. The latter ... -
Alien species in Norway: Results from quantitative ecological impact assessments
Sandvik, Hanno; Hilmo, Olga; Henriksen, Snorre; Elven, Reidar; Åsen, Per Arvid; Hegre, Hanne; Pedersen, Oddvar; Pedersen, Per Anker; Solstad, Heidi; Vandvik, Vigdis; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke; Ødegaard, Frode; Åström, Sandra Charlotte Helene; Elven, Hallvard; Endrestøl, Anders; Gammelmo, Øivind; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Solheim, Halvor; Nordén, Björn; Sundheim, Leif; Talgø, Venche; Falkenhaug, Tone; Gulliksen, Bjørn; Jelmert, Anders; Oug, Eivind; Sundet, Jan Henry; Forsgren, Elisabet; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Nedreaas, Kjell Harald; Wienerroither, Rupert; Husa, Vivian; Fredriksen, Stein; Sjøtun, Kjersti; Steen, Henning; Hansen, Haakon; Hamnes, Inger Sofie; Karlsbakk, Egil; Magnusson, Christer; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Pedersen, Hans Christian; Swenson, Jon; Syvertsen, Per Ole; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Gjershaug, Jan Ove; Dolmen, Dag; Kjærstad, Gaute; Johnsen, Stein Ivar; Jensen, Thomas Correll; Hassel, Kristian; Gederaas, Lisbeth (Journal article, 2020)1. Due to globalisation, trade and transport, the spread of alien species is increasing dramatically. Some alien species become ecologically harmful by threatening native biota. This can lead to irreversible changes in ... -
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta display different susceptibility to clonal strains of Paramoeba perurans
Dahle, Ole Martin Vik; Blindheim, Steffen H.; Nylund, Are; Karlsbakk, Egil; Breck, Olav; Glosvik, Henriette; Andersen, Linda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Amoebic gill disease (AGD), caused by the marine amoeba Paramoeba perurans, is an important disease of farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. in Norway. The use of wrasse as cleaner fish in salmon net pens raises questions ... -
Characterization of ‘Candidatus Syngnamydia salmonis’ (Chlamydiales, Simkaniaceae), a bacterium associated with epitheliocystis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
Nylund, Stian; Steigen, Andreas; Karlsbakk, Egil; Plarre, Heidrun; Andersen, Linda; Karlsen, Marius; Watanabe, Kuninori; Nylund, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01)Two Chlamydiales have previously been found to infect Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), Candidatus Piscichlamydia salmonis and Candidatus Clavichlamydia salmonicola. Both develop intracellularly in cyst-like inclusions in ... -
Detection of the myxosporean parasite Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) using in situ hybridization (ISH)
Markussen, Turhan; Agusti-Ridaura, Celia; Karlsbakk, Egil; Nylund, Are; Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen; Hansen, Haakon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-15)Background: Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola is a marine myxosporean parasite infecting farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). A major site for the parasite is the pseudobranch, which may be destroyed in heavily infected fish. ... -
Development of 14 Microsatellite Markers for Zoonotic Tapeworm Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea)
Bazsalovicsová, Eva; Minárik, Gabriel; Šoltys, Katarína; Radačovská, Alžbeta; Kuhn, Jesper Andreas; Karlsbakk, Egil; Skírnisson, Karl; Králová-Hromadová, Ivica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Dibothriocephalus dendriticus is one of the causative agents of the fish-borne zoonosis diphyllobothriosis. Polymorphic microsatellite markers were originally developed for future genetic studies using microsatellite library ... -
The ecological profile of Atlantic salmon escapees entering a river throughout an entire season: Diverse in escape history and genetic background, but frequently virus-infected
Madhun, Abdullah Sami; Wennevik, Vidar; Karlsbakk, Egil; Skaala, Øystein; Fiksdal, Ingrid Uglenes; Meier, Sonnich; Tang, Yongkai; Glover, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05)In 2014, 129 farmed salmon escapees captured in an upstream-migration trap located in the river Etne, western Norway, were investigated for viral infections, age at escape, size, and genetic composition. The frequency of ... -
Genetic analysis of goldsinny wrasse reveals evolutionary insights into population connectivity and potentialevidence of inadverent translocationvia aquaculture
Jansson, Eeva; Sanchez, Maria Quintela; Dahle, Geir; Albretsen, Jon; Knutsen, Halvor; André, Carl; Strand, Åsa; Mortensen, Stein; Taggart, John B.; Karlsbakk, Egil; Kvamme, Bjørn Olav; Glover, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The salmon industry is heavily dependent on wrasse for delousing infected fish. The goldsinny wrasse is numerically the most important, and each year, millions are harvested from the wild and transported large distances ... -
The gill parasite Paramoeba perurans compromises aerobic scope, swimming capacity and ion balance in Atlantic salmon
Hvas, Malthe; Karlsbakk, Egil; Mæhle, Stig; Wright, Daniel William; Oppedal, Frode (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01)The parasitic amoeba Paramoeba perurans is an aetiological agent of amoebic gill disease (AGD), a serious problem in seawater salmonid aquaculture globally. Other finfish species are also infected and infection events may ... -
Gyrodactylus triglopsi n. sp. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from the Gills of Triglops nybelini Jensen, 1944 (Teleostei: Cottidae) in the Barents Sea
Hansen, Haakon; Alvestad, Anja Helene; MacKenzie, Ken; Darrud, Mari; Karlsbakk, Egil; Hemmingsen, Willy; Arneberg, Per (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-28)Introduction Monogeneans of the genus Gyrodactylus were found on the gills of specimens of the bigeye sculpin Triglops nybelini Jensen, 1944 caught by trawl in the Barents Sea in January–February 2016. Methods Morphological ... -
Ichthyobodo hippoglossin. sp. (Kinetoplastea: Prokinetoplastida: Ichthyobodonidae fam. nov.), an ectoparasitic flagellate infecting farmed Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Isaksen, Trond Einar; Karlsbakk, Egil; Nylund, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-01-18)Diseased Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus juveniles from a hatchery in western Norway showed gill and skin infections with an Ichthyobodo species. Genus Ichthyobodo contains a single valid species, I. necator, ... -
Infection dynamics and tissue tropism of Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Nylund, Are; Hansen, Haakon; Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen; Hustoft, Håvard; Markussen, Turhan; Plarre, Heidrun; Karlsbakk, Egil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01-06)Background The myxosporean parasite Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola commonly infects farmed Atlantic salmon in northern Norway. Heavy infections are associated with pseudobranch lesions, runting and mortality in the salmon ... -
Making the best of lousy circumstances: The impact of salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis on depth preference of sea trout Salmo trutta
Mohn, Agnes Marie; Vollset, Knut; Karlsbakk, Egil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)ABSTRACT: Sea trout are known for seeking out sources of freshwater to rid themselves of salmon lice. However, the effect of natural haloclines in fjords on parasite dynamics is not well understood. We tagged 48 naturally ... -
Molecular characterization of the myoliquefactive fish parasite kudoa mirabilis (Cnidaria, kudoidae) from se Indian Ocean and its phylogenetic relationship with the kudoa thyrsites species complex
Giulietti, Lucilla; Karlsbakk, Egil; Cipriani, Paolo; Shayo, Salome Daniel; Storesund, Julia Endresen; Levsen, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Myxosporean parasites of the genus Kudoa are fish parasites of great economic importance, as some species can affect the fish fillet quality by producing macroscopic cysts or generating post mortem myoliquefaction, commonly ... -
Molecular tools for the detection and identification of Ichthyobodo spp. (Kinetoplastida), important fish parasites
Isaksen, Trond Einar; Karlsbakk, Egil; Repstad, Oddvar; Nylund, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12)Ichthyobodo spp. are ectoparasitic flagellates of fish that may cause disease (ichthyobodosis), a common problem affecting the aquaculture industry worldwide. Ichthyobodosis in farmed fish is often associated with a range ... -
Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) and Random Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Comparisons of Geographic Isolates of Neoparamoeba perurans, the Causative Agent of Amoebic Gill Disease
Johnson-Mackinnon, Jessica C.; Crosbie, Philip B.B.; Karlsbakk, Egil; Marcos-Lopez, Mar; Paley, Richard; Nowak, Barbara F.; Bridle, Andrew R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Neoparamoba perurans, is the aetiological agent of amoebic gill disease (AGD), a disease that affects farmed Atlantic salmon worldwide. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) are ... -
A new intracellular bacterium, Candidatus Similichlamydia labri sp. nov. (Chlamydiaceae) producing epitheliocysts in ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta (Pisces, Labridae)
Steigen, Andreas L; Karlsbakk, Egil; Plarre, Heidrun; Watanabe, Kuninori; Øvergård, Aina-Cathrine; Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen; Nylund, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03)Certain wrasse species (Labridae) are used as cleaner fish in salmon farms on the Norwegian coast, reducing salmon louse intensities. The pathogen repertoire of wrasse in Norway is poorly known, and the objective of the ... -
Prevalence and genotypes of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) in returning wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in northern Norway
Madhun, Abdullah Sami; Mæhle, Stig; Wennevik, Vidar; Karlsbakk, Egil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08) -
Prevalence of piscine orthoreovirus and salmonid alphavirus in sea-caught returning adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in northern Norway
Madhun, Abdullah Sami; Isachsen, Cecilie Helen; Omdal Strandenes, Linn Maren; Einen, Ann Cathrine B.; Mæhle, Stig; Wennevik, Vidar; Niemelä, Eero; Svåsand, Terje; Karlsbakk, Egil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) caused by piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) and pancreas disease (PD) caused by salmonid alphavirus (SAV) are among the most prevalent viral diseases of Atlantic salmon farmed in ... -
Snorkel sea-cage technology decreases salmon louse infestation by 75% in a full-cycle commercial test
Geitung, Lena; Oppedal, Frode; Stien, Lars Helge; Dempster, Timothy David; Karlsbakk, Egil; Nola, Velimir; Wright, Daniel William (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-13)Methods to prevent parasite infestations in farmed fish are becoming widespread, yet tests of their effectiveness often lack commercial relevance and statistical power, which may lead to technology misuse. Here, we examined ...