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    • Taxonomic review of the orders mysida and stygiomysida (Crustacea, Peracarida) 

      Meland, Kenneth; Mees, Jan; Porter, Megan; Wittmann, Karl J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-30)
      The order Mysida (2 families, 178 genera, 1132 species) contains species across a broad range of habitats, such as subterranean, fresh, brackish, coastal, and surface to deep-sea habitats. The Stygiomysida (2 families, 2 ...

    • A taxonomic revision of the Caridean shrimp, Pasiphaea tarda (Krøyer, 1845) 

      Bjørnestad, Fredrik Egeland (Master thesis, 2016-05-27)
      The taxonomic status of the Caridean shrimp, Pasiphaea tarda (Krøyer, 1845), has been a matter of debate throughout the years, and various authors have argued whether or not P. princeps and P. principalis should be synonymized ...

    • The taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of Potentilla L. (Rosaceae) : An investigation of generic delimitation and reticulate evolution, using low-copy nuclear markers 

      Persson, Nannie Linnéa (Doctoral thesis, 2021-01-15)
      The process of polyploidization (genome duplication) is a common mechanism in plant speciation. Autopolyploidy arises within one species, and allopolyploidy arises after hybridization. Ploidy levels in the genus Potentilla ...

    • Taxonomy and morphology of Calciopappus curvus sp. nov. (Syracosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophyceae), a novel appendage-bearing coccolithophore 

      Archontikis, Odysseas A.; Millán, Josué G.; Andruleit, Harald; Cros, Lluïsa; Kleijne, Annelies; Heldal, Mikal; Doan-Nhu, Hai; Winter, Amos; Blanco-Bercial, Leocadio; Young, Jeremy R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Based on scanning electron microscopy observations, a new species of the coccolithophore genus Calciopappus (Syracosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophyceae) is described from the surface waters off Bergen and from the lower photic ...

    • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2019 

      Amarasinghe, Gaya K.; Ayllón, María A.; Bào, Yīmíng; Basler, Christopher F.; Bavari, Sina; Blasdell, Kim R.; Briese, Thomas; Brown, Paul A.; Bukreyev, Alexander; Balkema-Buschmann, Anne; Buchholz, Ursula J.; Chabi-Jesus, Camila; Chandran, Kartik; Chiapponi, Chiara; Crozier, Ian; de Swart, Rik L.; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Dolnik, Olga; Drexler, Jan F.; Dürrwald, Ralf; Dundon, William G.; Duprex, W. Paul; Dye, John M.; Easton, Andrew J.; Fooks, Anthony R.; Formenty, Pierre B.H.; Fouchier, Ron A.M.; Freitas-Astúa, Juliana; Griffiths, Anthony; Hewson, Roger; Horie, Masayuki; Hyndman, Timothy H.; Jiāng, Dàohóng; Kitajima, Elliott W.; Kobinger, Gary P.; Kondo, Hideki; Kurath, Gael; Kuzmin, Ivan V.; Lamb, Robert A.; Lavazza, Antonio; Lee, Benhur; Lelli, Davide; Leroy, Eric M.; Lǐ, Jiànróng; Maes, Piet; Marzano, Shin-Yi L.; Moreno, Ana; Mühlberger, Elke; Netesov, Sergey V.; Nowotny, Norbert; Nylund, Are; Økland, Arnfinn Lodden; Palacios, Gustavo; Pályi, Bernadett; Pawęska, Janusz T.; Payne, Susan L.; Prosperi, Alice; Ramos-González, Pedro Luis; Rima, Bertus K.; Rota, Paul; Rubbenstroth, Dennis; Shī, Mǎng; Simmonds, Peter; Smither, Sophie J.; Sozzi, Enrica; Spann, Kirsten; Stenglein, Mark D.; Stone, David M.; Takada, Ayato; Tesh, Robert B.; Tomonaga, Keizō; Tordo, Noël; Towner, Jonathan S.; van den Hoogen, Bernadette; Vasilakis, Nikos; Wahl, Victoria; Walker, Peter J.; Wang, Lin-Fa; Whitfield, Anna E.; Williams, John V.; Zerbini, F. Murilo; Zhāng, Tāo; Zhang, Yong-Zhen; Kuhn, Jens H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In February 2019, following the annual taxon ratification vote, the order Mononegavirales was amended by the addition of four new subfamilies and 12 new genera and the creation of 28 novel species. This article presents ...

    • Teleconnections between the northern North Atlantic and the Tropical Atlantic 

      Pearson, Marcia Luiza (Master thesis, 2009-05-13)
      Paleoclimatic reconstructions of variations in rainfall and upwelling in the tropical Cariaco Basin, off Venezuela coast, suggest that meridional displacement of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is linked ...

    • The teleost fish PepT1-type peptide transporters and their relationships with neutral and charged substrates 

      Vacca, Francesca; Gomes, Ana S.; De Gennaro, Marco; Rønnestad, Ivar; Bossi, Elena; Verri, Tiziano (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In teleosts, two PepT1-type (Slc15a1) transporters, i.e., PepT1a and PepT1b, are expressed at the intestinal level. They translocate charged di/tripeptides with different efficiency, which depends on the position of the ...

    • The teleost polymeric Ig receptor counterpart in ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) differs from pIgR in higher vertebrates 

      Etayo, Angela; Bjørgen, Håvard; Koppang, Erling Olaf; Hordvik, Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      As mucosal barriers in fish are the main sites where pathogens are encountered, mucosal immunity is crucial to avoid infection in the aquatic environment. In teleost fish, immunoglobulins are present in gut, gill and skin ...

    • A teleost structural analogue to the avian bursa of Fabricius 

      Løken, Oskar Mongstad; Bjørgen, Håvard; Hordvik, Ivar; Koppang, Erling Olaf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-26)
      The bursa of Fabricius is a primary and secondary lymphoid organ considered exclusively present in birds, and studies of this structure have been vital to our current understanding of the adaptive immune system of vertebrates. ...

    • Temperate infection in a virus–host system previously known for virulent dynamics 

      Knowles, Ben; Bonachela, Juan A.; Behrenfeld, Michael J.; Bondoc, Karen G.; Cael, B.B.; Carlson, Craig; Cieslik, Nick; Diaz, Ben; Fuchs, Heidi L.; Graff, Jason; Grasis, Juris; Halsey, Kimberly; Haramaty, Liti; Johns, Christopher T.; Natale, Frank; Nissimov, Jozef I.; Schieler, Brittany; Thamatrakoln, Kimberlee; Thingstad, T. Frede; Våge, Selina; Watkins, Cliff; Westberry, Toby K.; Bidle, Kay D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The blooming cosmopolitan coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi and its viruses (EhVs) are a model for density-dependent virulent dynamics. EhVs commonly exhibit rapid viral reproduction and drive host death in high-density ...

    • Temperature and size-dependency of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) oxygen requirement and tolerance 

      Remen, Mette; Nes, Armand Moe; Hangstad, Thor Arne; Geraudie, Perrine; Reynolds, Patrick; Urskog, Tonje Cecilie; Hanssen, Anna; Stefansson, Sigurd Olav; Imsland, Albert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Lumpfish are currently produced and utilized as cleaner fish, to control sea lice infestation rates in salmon net pens, but information on environmental requirements is still limited. This study aimed to determine the zone ...

    • Temperature dependent egg development and impact of light regimes on incubation of Ballan wrasse ( Labrus bergylta) egg 

      Rembelski, Lukasz Ksawery (Master thesis, 2014-10-07)

    • Temperature tolerance and distribution of the invasive non-indigenous red algae Agarophyton vermiculophyllum in seagrass meadows in Norway 

      Joys, Ingvild Kristine Sundal (Master thesis, 2021-09-15)

    • Temperature, precipitation and biotic interactions as determinants of tree seedling recruitment across the tree line ecotone 

      Tingstad, Lise; Olsen, Siri Lie; Klanderud, Kari; Vandvik, Vigdis; Ohlson, Mikael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10)
      Seedling recruitment is a critical life history stage for trees, and successful recruitment is tightly linked to both abiotic factors and biotic interactions. In order to better understand how tree species’ distributions ...

    • Temperature-associated selection linked to putative chromosomal inversions in king scallop (Pecten maximus) 

      Hollenbeck, Christopher M.; Portnoy, David S.; de la Serrana, Daniel Garcia; Magnesen, Thorolf; Matejusova, Iveta; Johnston, Ian A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The genomic landscape of divergence—the distribution of differences among populations or species across the genome—is increasingly characterized to understand the role that microevolutionary forces such as natural selection ...

    • Temperature-dependent digestion handling time in juvenile cod and possible consequences for prey choice 

      Knutsen, Ian; Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1999-05-18)
      The paper combines experimental work with modelling. The aim was to estimate the temperature-dependent digestion handling time, which is defined as the time taken to digest the whole prey or the whole stomach contents, and ...

    • Temperature-dependent egg production and egg hatching rates of small egg-carrying and broadcast-spawning copepods Oithona similis, Microsetella norvegica and Microcalanus pusillus 

      Barth-Jensen, Coralie Marie Christine; Koski, Marja; Varpe, Øystein; Glad, Peter; Wangensteen, Owen Simon; Præbel, Kim; Svensen, Camilla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Reproductive rates of copepods are temperature-dependent, but poorly known for small copepods at low temperatures, hindering the predictions of population dynamics and secondary production in high-latitude ecosystems. We ...

    • Temporal changes in boreal vegetation under 70 years of conservation 

      Maliniemi, Tuija; Huusko, Karoliina; Muurinen, Lauralotta; Grytnes, John Arvid; Tukiainen, Helena; Virtanen, Risto; Alahuhta, Janne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Biodiversity conservation through protected areas (PAs) is often based on the idea that biodiversity is relatively static. This assumption is increasingly being challenged as species and communities shift their distributions ...

    • Temporal evolution of under-ice meltwater layers and false bottoms and their impact on summer Arctic sea ice mass balance 

      Salganik, Evgenii; Katlein, Christian; Lange, Benjamin; Matero, Ilkka; Lei, Ruibo; Fong, Allison A.; Fons, Steven; Divine, Dmitry; Oggier, Marc; Castellani, Giulia; Bozzato, Deborah; Chamberlain, Emelia; Hoppe, Clara J. M.; Müller, Oliver; Gardner, Jessie; Rinke, Annette; Simoes Pereira, Patric; Ulfsbo, Adam; Marsay, Christopher; Webster, Melinda; Maus, Sønke; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Granskog, Mats (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Low-salinity meltwater from Arctic sea ice and its snow cover accumulates and creates under-ice meltwater layers below sea ice. These meltwater layers can result in the formation of new ice layers, or false bottoms, at the ...

    • Temporal patterns in Saturnidae (silk moth) and Sphingidae (hawk moth) assemblages in protected forests of central Uganda 

      Akite, Perpetra; Telford, Richard; Waring, Paul; Akol, Anne M; Vandvik, Vigdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-25)
      Forest-dependent biodiversity is threatened throughout the tropics by habitat loss and land-use intensification of the matrix habitats. We resampled historic data on two moth families, known to play central roles in many ...