• Evidence for light-controlled migration amplitude of a sound scattering layer in the Norwegian Sea 

      Norheim, Eirik; Klevjer, Thor A.; Aksnes, Dag Lorents (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      The oceanic sound scattering layer (SL) is an ubiquitous acoustic signature of mesopelagic fishes and invertebrates that are important food sources for the oceanic macrofauna and players in the biological carbon pump. We ...
    • Feeding ecology of Benthosema glaciale across the North Atlantic 

      Knutsen, Tor; Strand, Espen; Klevjer, Thor A.; Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea; Broms, Cecilie; Sunde, Synne Myhre; Aksnes, Dag Lorents; García-Seoane, Eva; Melle, Webjørn Raunsgård (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-16)
      The glacier lanternfish Benthosema glaciale is a key myctophid with a wide distribution in the northern Atlantic. It is a species that has a strong vertical migration capacity and have the potential to move between the ...
    • Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean 

      Irigoien, Xabier; Klevjer, Thor A.; Røstad, Anders; Martinez, U.; Boyra, G.; Acuna, J. L.; Bode, A.; Echevarria, F.; Gonzalez-Gordillo, J. I.; Hernández-León, Santiago; Augsti, S.; Aksnes, Dag Lorents; Duarte, C. M.; Kaartvedt, Stein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-07)
      With a current estimate of ~1,000 million tons, mesopelagic fishes likely dominate the world total fishes biomass. However, recent acoustic observations show that mesopelagic fishes biomass could be significantly larger ...
    • Micronekton biomass distribution, improved estimates across four north Atlantic basins 

      Klevjer, Thor A.; Melle, Webjørn Raunsgård; Knutsen, Tor; Strand, Espen; Korneliussen, Rolf; Dupont, Nicolas; Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea; Wiebe, Peter H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Distribution of micronekton was investigated during early summer of 2013, using data from a cruise covering the central parts of four north Atlantic basins, the Norwegian Sea (NS), Iceland Sea (ICS), Irminger Sea (IRS), ...
    • Structure and functioning of four North Atlantic ecosystems - A comparative study 

      Melle, Webjørn Raunsgård; Klevjer, Thor A.; Drinkwater, Kenneth F.; Strand, Espen; Naustvoll, Lars Johan; Wiebe, Peter H.; Aksnes, Dag Lorents; Knutsen, Tor; Sundby, Svein; Slotte, Aril; Dupont, Nicolas; Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea; Korneliussen, Rolf; Huse, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The epi- and mesopelagic ecosystems of four sub-polar ocean basins, the Labrador, Irminger, Iceland and Norwegian seas, were surveyed during two legs from Bergen, Norway, to Nuuk, Greenland, and back to Bergen. The survey ...
    • Vertical distribution and migration of mesopelagic scatterers in four north Atlantic basins 

      Klevjer, Thor A.; Melle, Webjørn Raunsgård; Knutsen, Tor; Aksnes, Dag Lorents (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      We studied vertical distribution and diel vertical migration (DVM) behaviour of mesopelagic acoustic scattering layers in relation to environmental conditions in the Norwegian Sea, the Iceland Sea, the Irminger Sea, and ...