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A brief history of climate – the northern seas from the Last Glacial Maximum to global warming
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)The understanding of climate and climate change is fundamentally concerned with two things: a well-defined and sufficiently complete climate record to be explained, for example of observed temperature, and a relevant ... -
The bright and dark side of autonomy: How autonomy support and thwarting relate to student motivation and academic functioning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-30)According to Self-Determination Theory, autonomy support is essential in fostering optimal learning, growth, and functioning in students across all levels. In contrast, autonomy thwarting is associated with student ... -
Bringing science communication skills into the university classroom and back out again: What do palaeoscience educators think?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)University-level pedagogy and public science communication both have the same broad goal: to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and understanding from a specialist or expert, to a non-specialist group. Recent research has ... -
Brood size in a subsocial bark beetle breeding in live plants
(Master thesis, 2009-06-01)Maternal care is found in many insect species, and maternal care affects both offspring survival and growth significantly. The effect of maternal care was tested on the monogynous bark beetle Scolytodes gunnerae which ... -
Bruk av Biller (Coleoptera) som predatorer på Iberiaskogsneglen, Arion lusitanicus Mabille 1868
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Bryophytes dominate plant regulation of soil microclimate in alpine grasslands
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Soil temperature and moisture are important regulators of a broad range of biotic and abiotic processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Vegetation can, in turn, play a role in regulating soil microclimate, which creates potential ... -
Buffering climate change with nature
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)It is increasingly evident that climate sustainability depends not only on societal actions and responses, but also on ecosystem functioning and responses. The capacity of global ecosystems to provide services such as ... -
Buffering effects of soil seed banks on plant community composition in response to land use and climate.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aim: Climate and land use are key determinants of biodiversity, with past and ongoing changes posing serious threats to global ecosystems. Unlike most other organism groups, plant species can possess dormant life‐history ... -
Building Blocks of Sustainability in Marine Fisheries Management. Stakeholders, objectives, and strategies
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-06-12)Fisheries management, freshwater or marine, is found in virtually every country in the world. Fisheries management is the activity of organizing and controlling the extent of human exploitation of a single fish resource ... -
BUMPER v1.0: A Bayesian user-friendly model for palaeo-environmental reconstruction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-01)We describe the Bayesian user-friendly model for palaeo-environmental reconstruction (BUMPER), a Bayesian transfer function for inferring past climate and other environmental variables from microfossil assemblages. BUMPER ... -
Bærekraft i Vestnorsk Landbruk - En deskriptiv studie av landbruket i Nordhordland Biosfæreområdet og bøndenes syn på bærekraft i landbruket
(Master thesis, 2019-08-31)Landbruket spiller en meget viktig rolle for å oppnå en bærekraftig utvikling i Norge. Norge har påtatt seg å oppfylle FNs bærekraftsmål, og dette betyr blant annet å finne løsninger knyttet til landbrukets rolle som ... -
The C-terminal domain of eukaryotic initiation factor 5 promotes start codon recognition by its dynamic interplay with eIF1 and eIF2 beta
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-28)Recognition of the proper start codon on mRNAs is essential for protein synthesis, which requires scanning and involves eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) eIF1, eIF1A, eIF2, and eIF5. The carboxyl terminal domain (CTD) ... -
Ca^2+-signalling in C. intestinalis notochord cells during embryonic development
(Master thesis, 2018-05-10)C. intestinalis notochord is an essential structure during embryonic development, conveying position and fate information, in addition to serving as a structural support and enabling locomotion during larval stage. Researchers ... -
Cadmium in Brown Crab Cancer pagurus in Norwegian Waters
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-05-23)The Brown crab Cancer pagurus is appreciated as seafood and its fishery is of importance in several European countries. However, findings of high levels of cadmium have increased concern about food safety, and spatial ... -
Cadmium in brown crab Cancer pagurus. Effects of location, season, cooking and multiple physiological factors and consequences for food safety
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Brown crab Cancer pagurus is appreciated as seafood in several European countries. However, cadmium levels in crabs can be elevated and their consumption may pose a hazard for human health. To assess if cadmium poses a ... -
Cadmium in the shore crab Carcinus maenas along the Norwegian coast: geographical and seasonal variation and correlation to physiological parameters
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04)Previously, high concentrations of cadmium have been found in the hepatopancreas of the edible or brown crab (Cancer pagurus) sampled from positions north of about 67° N, compared to regions further south along the Norwegian ... -
CAGEr: Precise TSS data retrieval and high-resolution promoterome mining for integrative analyses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Cap analysis of gene expression (CAGE) is a high-throughput method for transcriptome analysis that provides a single base-pair resolution map of transcription start sites (TSS) and their relative usage. Despite their high ... -
Caligus elongatus and other sea lice of the genus Caligus as parasites of farmed salmonids: A review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This review was prompted by reports of unusually large numbers of sea lice tentatively identified as Caligus elongatus infesting farmed salmon in northern Norway. Following a brief introduction to the sea lice problem in ... -
Can an old alien benefit from rising ocean temperatures? An experimental and field study on the growth and local distribution of Codium fragile subsp. fragile (Chlorophyta)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)Codium fragile subsp. fragile (hereafter C. fragile) is a widespread non-native chlorophyte. Experimental and observational approaches were used to examine the influence of temperature on its growth and local distribution ... -
Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The relative contribution of bryophytes to plant diversity, primary productivity, and ecosystem functioning increases towards colder climates. Bryophytes respond to environmental changes at the species level, but because ...