Browsing Department of Biological Sciences by Title
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Managing biodiversity: Impacts of Legal Protection in Mountain Forests of the Himalayas
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08-04)Legal protection has been used as means of conserving forests and associated biodiversity in many regions of the world since the eighteenth century. However, most forests in the global south, even those within protected ... -
Mangrove forest extent and status along the Eritrean Red Sea coast
(Master thesis, 2015-10-08)A mangrove forest species and spatial extent study has been conducted in Eritrea to see if there has been mangrove forest area change over the last two decades, and to describe mangrove cover status. GIS, field work data ... -
Mapping benthic ecological diversity and interactions with bottom-contact fishing on the Flemish Cap (northwest Atlantic)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The ecological diversity of benthic invertebrates from bottom trawl surveys was mapped for the Flemish Cap, a plateau of ~200 km radius in the northwest Atlantic. Species density (SpD), the exponential Shannon diversity ... -
Mapping key neuropeptides involved in the melanocortin system in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) brain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The melanocortin system is a key regulator of appetite and food intake in vertebrates. This system includes the neuropeptides neuropeptide y (NPY), agouti-related peptide (AGRP), cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript ... -
Mapping stakeholder networks for the co-production of multiple ecosystem services: A novel mixed-methods approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Governance of ecosystem services (ES) requires an understanding of the complex dynamics of collaboration (and contestation) of multiple stakeholders and multiple ES. However, many studies consider only a few ES or stakeholder ... -
Mapping the connections : An integrated approach to mapping Nature’s contributions to people in a Nordic biosphere reserve
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-04-24)Naturen og hennes økosystemer gir flere bidrag til mennesker som gagner vår velvære. Disse økosystemtjenestene er truet på grunn av omfattende menneskelige aktiviteter som har resultert i omfattende arealbruksendringer, ... -
Mapping the pattern of essential neuroendocrine cells related to puberty and VA opsin expression provides further insight in the photoreceptive regulation of the BPG axis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), seasonal photoperiod is shown to regulate the onset of sexual maturation, yet which brain region(s) is involved, and how light information impacts the neuroendocrine system are still not ... -
Marine animal evolutionary developmental biology—Advances through technology development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Evolutionary developmental biology, the interdisciplinary effort of illuminating the conserved similarities and differences during animal development across all phylogenetic clades, has gained renewed interest in the past ... -
Marine Benthic Diatoms Contain Compounds Able to Induce Leukemia Cell Death and Modulate Blood Platelet Activity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-11-18)In spite of the high abundance and species diversity of diatoms, only a few bioactive compounds from them have been described. The present study reveals a high number of mammalian cell death inducing substances in ... -
Marine community changes after a hurricane disturbance across a natural CO2 gradient
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Marine mimivirus relatives are probably large algal viruses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-01-23)Background Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus is the largest known ds-DNA virus and its 1.2 Mb-genome sequence has revealed many unique features. Mimivirus occupies an independent lineage among eukaryotic viruses and its ... -
Marine Plastics from Norwegian West Coast Carry Potentially Virulent Fish Pathogens and Opportunistic Human Pathogens Harboring New Variants of Antibiotic Resistance Genes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)To our best knowledge this is the first study characterizing fish pathogens isolated from marine plastics from the West coast of Norway for their potential for pathogenicity using whole genome sequencing. Marine plastic ... -
A marine zooplankton community vertically structured by light across diel to interannual timescales
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The predation risk of many aquatic taxa is dominated by visually searching predators, commonly a function of ambient light. Several studies propose that changes in visual predation will become a major climate-change impact ... -
Massive structural and compositional changes over two decades in forest fragments near Kampala, Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Private forests harbor considerable biodiversity, however, they are under greater threat than reserved areas, particularly from urbanization, agriculture, and intense exploitation for timber and fuel wood. The extent to ... -
Maternal gene evolution from a comparative perspective
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-09-27)Foreldreomsorg er et utbredt fenomen i livets tre. Arter bruker ulike midler på å ta vare på avkommet sitt. En metode er å tilføre proviant til de ubefruktede eggene. Slike tilførte midler dekker kravene til energi ... -
Maximizing fisheries yields while maintaining community structure
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Under the ecosystem approach to fisheries, an optimal fishing pattern is one that gives the highest possible yield while having the least structural impact on the community. Unregulated, open-access African inland fisheries ... -
Me, myself and I -Teachers’ self-motivation and sense of responsibility determine the use of active learning methods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Extended use of laboratory and field courses makes biology a discipline considering itself as a habitual practitioner of active learning strategies. We investigated how widely the faculty at the Department of Biological ... -
Measurements of Lesser sandeel schools (Ammodytes marinus) using omnidirectional fisheries sonar
(Master thesis, 2012-09-03)The coverage of this master thesis is 58 pages, with 25 Figures and 9 Tables. The Simrad SH90 high frequency omidirectional sonar was used in a field experiment in 2011 to acoustically investigate the distribution of Lesser ...