• Domestication-induced reduction in eye size revealed in multiple common garden experiments: The case of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) 

  Perry, William Bernard; Kaufmann, Joshka; Solberg, Monica Favnebøe; Brodie, Christopher; Coral Medina, Angela Maria; Pillay, Kirthana; Egerton, Anna; Harvey, Alison C.; Phillips, Karl P.; Coughlan, Jamie; Egan, Fintan; Grealis, Ronan; Hutton, Steve; Leseur, Floriane; Ryan, Sarah; Poole, Russell; Rogan, Gerard; Ryder, Elizabeth; Schaal, Patrick; Waters, Catherine; Wynne, Robert; Taylor, Martin I.; Prodöhl, Paulo; Creer, Simon; Llewellyn, Martin; McGinnity, Philip; Carvalho, Gary R.; Glover, Kevin Alan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Domestication leads to changes in traits that are under directional selection in breeding programmes, though unintentional changes in nonproduction traits can also arise. In offspring of escaping fish and any hybrid progeny, ...

• Amino Acid Carriers of the Solute Carrier Families 7 (SLC7) and 38 (SLC38) Are Involved in Leucine Sensing in the Brain of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) 

  Comesaña, Sara; Lai, Floriana; Jordal, Ann-Elise Olderbakk; Verri, Tiziano; Espe, Marit; Soengas, José L.; Rønnestad, Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Sensing of amino acids in fish brain, especially branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) like leucine, is involved in regulation of feed intake through different mechanisms. However, there is limited information regarding the ...

• Evaluating the suitability of RAS culture environment for rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon: A ten-year progression of applied research and technological advancements to optimize water quality and fish performance 

  Davidson, John (Doctoral thesis, 2020)

  Over the last several decades, recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) have become a viable technology for the production of high-value food-fish. In Norway, for example, many Atlantic salmon smolt farms are now using RAS, ...

• Size selection of red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and behavioural response to experimental pot designs 

  Arnesen, Kenneth (Master thesis, 2021-08-13)

• Targeted risk assessment of mercury exposure of recreational fishers: Are nephrops fishers in Norway at risk? 

  Wiech, Martin; Djønne, Christine; Kolding, Jeppe; Kjellevold, Marian; Ferter, Keno (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Recreational fishers often consume their catch, which may expose them to environmental contaminants. However, targeted risk assessment for exceeding the tolerable weekly intake (TWI) of a specific contaminant is often ...

• Early life growth is affecting timing of spawning in the semelparous Barents Sea capelin (Mallotus villosus) 

  Berg, Florian; Shirajee, Samina; Folkvord, Arild; Godiksen, Jane Aanestad; Skaret, Georg; Slotte, Aril (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Capelin (Mallotus villosus) is a forage fish and a key species in the Barents Sea (BS). The BS capelin are semelparous and hence only spawn once along the north coasts of Norway and Russia before they die. The age at ...

• Marine community changes after a hurricane disturbance across a natural CO2 gradient 

  Huseklepp, Birgit Solheim (Master thesis, 2021-09-01)

• Otolith “spawning zones” across multiple Atlantic cod populations: Do they accurately record maturity and spawning? 

  Denechaud, Côme; Geffen, Audrey J.; Smolinski, Szymon; Godiksen, Jane Aanestad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Specific changes identified in the otolith macrostructure of Northeast Arctic cod as “spawning zones” are presumed to represent spawning events, but recent experimental studies have challenged this relationship. Because ...

• Pre-catch and discard mortality in Northeast Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries: consequences for stock estimates and advice 

  Tenningen, Maria; Zimmermann, Fabian; Enberg, Katja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Unaccounted mortality caused by discarding or pre-catch losses is a major challenge for fisheries management. In pelagic fisheries, a considerable proportion of catches may be lost due to intentional release of unwanted ...

• Operculum PIT tagging: a viable alternative to avoid human consumption in processed salmon 

  Oldham, Tina Marie Wier; Macaulay, Georgia; Stalheim, Malin; Oppedal, Frode (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background: Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags are commonly used to identify individual fish. However, use of PIT tags in commercial aquaculture research is limited by consumer safety concerns. For farmed fish, it ...

• Genetic variation of Piscine orthoreovirus and the presence of HSMI in farmed Atlantic salmon from Arctic Norway 

  Isaksen, Sofie Agnethe (Master thesis, 2021-06-22)

  Piscine orthoreovirus-1 (PRV1) is ubiquitous throughout the world and can cause heart- and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). HSMI was first diagnosed in Norway in 1999. The virus ...

• Does vaterite otolith deformation affect post-release survival and predation susceptibility of hatchery-reared juvenile Atlantic Salmon? 

  Delaval, Aurelien Nicolas; Solås, Martine Røysted; Skoglund, Helge; Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Sagittal otoliths are calcareous structures in the inner ear of fishes involved in hearing and balance. They are usually composed of aragonite; however, aragonite can be replaced by vaterite, a deformity which is more ...

• Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales 

  Barrio, Isabel C.; Ehrich, Dorothee; Soininen, Eeva M; Ravolainen, Virve; Bueno, C. G.; Gilg, Olivier; Koltz, Amanda; Speed, James David Mervyn; Hik, David S.; Mörsdorf, M.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Angerbjørn, A.; Bêty, Joël; Bollache, L.; Boulanger-Lapointe, N.; Brown, G. S.; Eischeid, Isabell; Giroux, M. A.; Hajek, T.; Hansen, Brage Bremset; Hofhius, S. P.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Lang, J.; Latty, C.; Lecomte, N.; Macek, P.; McKinnon, L.; Myers-Smith, I. H.; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Prevey, J. S.; Roth, J. D.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Schmidt, N. M.; Smith, P.; Sokolov, A.; Sokolova, N.; Stolz, C.; van Bemmelen, R.; Varpe, Øystein; Woodard, P. F.; Jonsdottir, I. S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Understanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, ...

• Characterization of benthic communities at Loki’s Castle vent field using a photomosaic 

  Hamstad, Ida Marie (Master thesis, 2021-08-30)

  Loki’s Castle was the first black smoker hydrothermal vent field to be discovered on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR), and is known to host a specialized and highly endemic fauna. Despite being studied since its discovery ...

• Effects of nuisance submerged vegetation on the fauna in Norwegian rivers 

  Velle, Gaute; Skoglund, Helge; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The abundance of aquatic vegetation is increasing in rivers and lakes worldwide. The aim of this study was to find how the macrophyte Juncus bulbosus Linnaeus affects salmonids and benthic macroinvertebrates in Norwegian ...

• The salmon louse genome: Copepod features and parasitic adaptations 

  Skern-Mauritzen, Rasmus; Malde, Ketil; Eichner, Christiane; Dondrup, Michael; Furmanek, Tomasz; Besnier, Francois; Komisarczuk, Anna Zofia; Nuhn, Michael; Dalvin, Sussie; Edvardsen, Rolf Brudvik; Klages, Sven; Huettel, Bruno; Stueber, Kurt; Grotmol, Sindre; Karlsbakk, Egil Erlingsson; Kersey, Paul; Leong, Jong S; Glover, Kevin Alan; Reinhardt, Richard; Lien, Sigbjørn; Jonassen, Inge; Koop, Ben F; Nilsen, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Copepods encompass numerous ecological roles including parasites, detrivores and phytoplankton grazers. Nonetheless, copepod genome assemblies remain scarce. Lepeophtheirus salmonis is an economically and ecologically ...

• Rapid climate changes during the Lateglacial and the early Holocene as seen from plant community dynamics in the Polar Urals, Russia 

  Bjune, Anne E.; Greve Alsos, Inger; Brendryen, Jo; Edwards, Mary E.; Haflidason, Haflidi; Johansen, Maren S.; Mangerud, Jan; Paus, Aage; Regnéll, Carl; Svendsen, John-Inge; Clarke, Charlotte L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  A detailed, well-dated record of pollen and sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) for the period 15 000–9500 cal a bp describes changes at Lake Bolshoye Shchuchye in the Polar Ural Mountains, located far east of the classical ...

• A multilevel dataset of microplastic abundance in the world’s upper ocean and the Laurentian Great Lakes 

  Isobe, Atsuhiko; Azuma, Takafumi; Cordova, Muhammad Reza; Cózar, Andrés; Galgani, Francois; Hagita, Ryuichi; Kanhai, La Daana; Imai, Keiri; Iwasaki, Shinsuke; Kako, Shin’ichro; Kozlovskii, Nikolai; Lusher, Amy L; Mason, Sherri A; Michida, Yutaka; Mituhasi, Takahisa; Morii, Yasuhiro; Mukai, Tohru; Popova, Anna; Shimizu, Kenichi; Tokai, Tadashi; Uchida, Keiichi; Yagi, Mitsuharu; Zhang, Weiwei (Journal article, 2021)

  A total of 8218 pelagic microplastic samples from the world’s oceans were synthesized to create a dataset composed of raw, calibrated, processed, and gridded data which are made available to the public. The raw microplastic ...

• Adult body growth and reproductive investment vary markedly within and across Atlantic and Pacific herring: a meta-analysis and review of 26 stocks 

  dos Santos Schmidt, Thassya C.; Hay, Doug E.; Sundby, Svein; Devine, Jennifer A.; Óskarsson, Guðmundur J.; Slotte, Aril; Wuenschel, Mark J.; Lajus, D. L.; Johannessen, Arne; van Damme, Cindy J. G.; Bucholtz, Rikke H.; Kjesbu, Olav S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Life-history traits of Pacific (Clupea pallasii) and Atlantic (Clupea harengus) herring, comprising both local and oceanic stocks subdivided into summer-autumn and spring spawners, were extensively reviewed. The main ...

• Trait-based responses to land use and canopy dynamics modify long-term diversity changes in forest understories 

  Happonen, Konsta; Muurinen, Lauralotta; Virtanen, Risto; Kaakinen, Eero; Grytnes, John Arvid; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Parisot, Philippe; Wolff, Matias; Maliniemi, Tuija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Aim: Land use is the foremost cause of global biodiversity decline, but species do not respond equally to land-use practices. Instead, it is suggested that responses vary with species traits, but long-term data on the ...

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