• Ethical approaches for engaging extended peer communities: Insight into responsible workshopping with citizens 

  Fuller, Jessica Leyla; Bjørkan, Maiken; Iversen, Lisbeth; Aarflot, Johanna Myrseth; Dankel, Dorothy Jane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the most ambitious and encompassing global framework for ecological, economic, and social sustainability for our planet to date. However, the relevance of ...

• The parasitic copepod, Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911 castrate its mesopelagic fish host Benthosema glaciale 

  Andersen, Øivind; Glenner, Henrik; Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The mesopelagic fish Benthosema glaciale [Actinopterygii: Myctophiformes: Myctophidae], abundant in open ocean and deep fjords, is targeted for future exploitation despite existing knowledge gaps on population vital rates. ...

• Systematic revision of Orbiniidae (Annelida) 

  Meca Jimenez, Miguel Angel (Doctoral thesis, 2025-02-07)

  Orbiniidae er en mangfoldig gruppe annelider, som omfatter mer enn 200 beskrevne arter gruppert i 20 slekter. Orbiniider er vanlige og rikelig i bløtbunnssamfunn, og utgjør et viktig ledd i bentiske næringskjeder (inkludert ...

• The orientation mechanisms of juvenile Atlantic lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) and the role of geomagnetic cues in their migration 

  Kristiansen, Torjus Gravelseter (Master thesis, 2024-11-20)

  The Atlantic lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) is a species that is of both ecological and economic importance, yet its migratory orientation mechanisms are poorly understood. This study investigated whether juvenile lumpfish ...

• Freshwater history influences farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) performance in seawater 

  Lai, Floriana; Rønnestad, Ivar; Budaev, Sergei; Balseiro Vigo, Pablo; Gelebart, Virginie; Pinto Pedrosa, Cindy; Stevnebø, Anita; Haugarvoll, Erlend; Korsøen, Øyvind Johan; Tangen, Kasper Løberg; Folkedal, Ole; Handeland, Sigurd Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The quality of smolts is one of the key factors for successful salmon production. We compared growth performance, physiological traits, and environmental adaptation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) after transfer into a ...

• A multi-omics approach to Fervidobacterium, a group of thermophilic feather-degrading anaerobes 

  Javier Lopez, Ruben (Doctoral thesis, 2025-02-14)

  Keratin er et av de mest tallrike molekylene på jorden og utmerker seg også for sin motstandskraft og holdbarhet. Det er et strukturelt protein som finnes i epidermis hos virveldyr, hovedsakelig involvert i isolasjons- og ...

• Comparing physiological responses of acute and chronically stressed diploid and triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

  Madaro, Angelico; Lai, Floriana; Fjelldal, Per Gunnar; Hansen, Tom Johnny; Gelebart, Virginie; Muren, Brynjar; Rønnestad, Ivar; Olsen, Rolf-Erik; Stien, Lars Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  We compared the performance and physiological response of diploid and triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) following 21 days of either unpredictable chronic stress (UCS) or no disturbance (control). Thereafter, all four ...

• The Core of the Matter—Importance of Identification Method and Biological Replication for Benthic Marine Monitoring 

  Jensen, Mads Kristian Reinholdt; Jensen, Mads Reinholdt; Agersnap, Sune; Egelyng Sigsgaard, Eva; Ávila, Marcelo De Paula; Glenner, Henrik; Wisz, Mary S; Thomsen, Philip Francis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Benthic macrofauna are important and widely used biological indicators of marine ecosystems as they have limited mobility and therefore integrate the effects of local environmental stressors over time. Recently, environmental ...

• Water treatment of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) effluent water through microalgal biofilms 

  Böpple, Hanna; Kymmell, Noor L.E.; Slegers, Petronella Margaretha; Breuhaus, Peter Helmut Herbert; Kleinegris, Dorinde Mechtilde Meike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This research studied the growth of microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris and Phaeodactylum tricornutum) on a biofilm reactor using effluent water from salmon production in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). RAS effluent ...

• Onset of circadian rhythmicity in the brain of Atlantic salmon is linked to exogenous feeding 

  Eilertsen, Mariann; Norland, Sissel; Dolan, David William Peter; Karlsen, Rita; Gomes, Ana Cristina Da Silva; Bolton, Charlotte M.; Migaud, Herve; Rønnestad, Ivar; Helvik, Jon Vidar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  An organism’s biological processes are adapted to and driven by rhythmicity in the natural environment and periodicity of light is one of the most influential factors. In a developing organism, the onset of circadian ...

• Cell death induced by Lepeophtheirus salmonis labial gland protein 3 in salmonid fish leukocytes: A mechanism for disabling host immune responses 

  Midtbø, Helena Marie Doherty; Borchel, Andreas; Morton, Hugh Craig; Paley, Richard; Monaghan, Sean; Haugland, Gyri Teien; Øvergård, Aina-Cathrine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is an ectoparasite feeding on mucus, skin, and blood of salmonids. On parasitised fish erosions and, at later lice stages, ulcerations appear at the louse feeding site. In susceptible ...

• Functional characterisation of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) labial gland proteins: Implications for host immune modulation and anti-coagulation 

  Midtbø, Helena Marie Doherty (Doctoral thesis, 2025-01-31)

  Den ektoparasittiske lakselusen, som infesterer laksefisk mens den spiser på vertens slim, hud og blod, utgjør et betydelig problem for oppdrett av atlantisk laks. Nåværende behandlingsstrategier er ikke bærekraftige og ...

• Biofilter and degasser performance at different alkalinity levels in a brackish water pilot scale recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for post-smolt Atlantic salmon 

  Jafari, Leila; Montjourides, Marie Aline; Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen; Attramadal, Kari Johanne Kihle; Fivelstad, Sveinung; Dahle, Håkon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Maintaining pH stability in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) is essential, as it has a direct impact on the toxicity of ammonia, CO2, and other metabolite compounds, as well as the efficiency of critical processes ...

• Tigecycline-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from sewage in Norway carry heavy-metal resistance genes encoding conjugative plasmids 

  Radisic, Vera; Salvà-Serra, Franscisco; Moore, Edward RB; Marathe, Nachiket (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objectives Tigecycline is a last-resort antibiotic used for treatment of infections with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. The aim of the study was to understand the genetic mechanism of resistance and the genetic ...

• Can machine-learning algorithms improve upon classical palaeoenvironmental reconstruction models? 

  Sun, Peng; Holden, Philip B.; Birks, Harry John Betteley (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Classical palaeoenvironmental reconstruction models often incorporate biological ideas and commonly assume that the taxa comprising a fossil assemblage exhibit unimodal response functions of the environmental variable of ...

• In vitro responses of Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) endothelial cells to contaminants under hypoxic and high pressure conditions 

  Noally, Gwenaelle Samantha Chloe (Master thesis, 2024-11-27)

  Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), as apex predators in their marine ecosystem, are vital for maintaining ecological balance. These seals are expert divers, frequently reaching depths below 600 meters, where ...

• Does size matter? The importance of size and winter signal for the smoltification of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Linnaeus 1758) 

  Bjelland, Helene Bjørnevik (Master thesis, 2024-10-29)

  In Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) aquaculture, there has been a trend toward producing larger smolt in freshwater (FW) as a way to reduce production time in open net-pens at sea (SW). Earlier, the common way to induce ...

• Liver condition of 0 and 1-group cod (Gadus morhua) in the Barents Sea 

  Langnes, Øyvind; Eriksen, Elena; Folkvord, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Liver condition is hypothesized to be a better condition index for juvenile cod than other somatic condition indices, since cod store most of their excess energy in their liver. It is suggested that population changes in ...

• The ontogeny of lymphoid organs and IgM+ B-cells in ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) reveals a potential site for extrarenal B-cell lymphopoiesis: The pancreas 

  Etayo, Angela; Bjørgen, Håvard; Koppang, Erling Olaf; Lie, Kai Kristoffer; Bjelland, Reidun Marie; Hordvik, Ivar; Øvergård, Aina-Cathrine; Sæle, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Vaccination of farmed fish is the most effective prophylactic measure against contagious diseases but requires specific knowledge on when the adaptive immune system is fully developed. The present work describes kidney and ...

• Population structure and history of North Atlantic Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus musculus) inferred from whole genome sequence analysis 

  Jossey, Sushma; Haddrath, Oliver; Loureiro, Livia; Weir, Jason T.; Lim, Burton K.; Miller, Jacqueline; Scherer, Stephen W.; Goksøyr, Anders; Lille-Langøy, Roger; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli; Engstrom, Mark D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Knowledge of genetic diversity and structure is essential for developing conservation strategies for endangered species. Blue whales were hunted to near extinction in the mid-twentieth century. Not-withstanding almost ...

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