Browsing University Museum of Bergen by Author "Langhelle, Gunnar"
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The distribution of the fathead sculpin species Cottunculus subspinosus Jensen, 1902
Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Langhelle, Gunnar; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Karamushko, Oleg V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-13)The range of the rarely caught fathead sculpin species Cottunculus subspinosus has been considered restricted to the waters off East Greenland and Northeast Iceland. For the first time the species is recorded from the east ... -
Lycodes adolfi Nielsen and Fosså, 1993 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) found in the Arctic Ocean
Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Langhelle, Gunnar; de Lange Wenneck, Thomas; Wienerroither, Rupert (Journal article, 2010-10-09)Adolf’s eelpout, Lycodes adolfi, was found at five bottom trawl stations in 2007–2009, on the slope towards the Sofia Deep north of Spitsbergen, at depths of 970–1,220 m and water temperatures below 0°C. Previously, the ... -
Selective feeding on jellyfish organs by northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis
Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Langhelle, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Several marine animals prey extensively on jellyfish in spite of the low energy contents of this type of prey. Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis observed in the Barents Sea feeding on medusae of lion’s mane jellies Cyanea ... -
Walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814 found north of Spitsbergen indicates a Pacific-Atlantic connection in the species
Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Langhelle, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)A small (36.5 cm) female walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814 was caught north of Spitsbergen in 2011. The specimen had a high number of pyloric caeca (n=109), indicating a Pacific origin. The record is the ...