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  Growing season extension and delayed senescence: phenological responses to altered snow regimes and nutrient enrichment in High Arctic tundra species 

  Bjerkholt, Frida Pernille (Master thesis, 2025)

  Arctic ecosystems are experiencing rapid changes in climate conditions, with a shift in snow regimes and nutrient availability, likely to impact plant phenology and productivity. This study investigates how increased snow depth and nutrient enrichment influence the timing of phenological phases and length of the growing season in tundra vegetation in Adventdalen, Svalbard. A factorial field experiment ...
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  Drivers of fish parasite infracommunities in a high latitude system – a dive into host and parasite traits shaping parasite diversity 

  Normann, Vilde Wikevand (Master thesis, 2025)

  Understanding the structuring drivers of host-parasite communities is central to predicting how these organisms will respond to environmental changes that are occurring at a rapid rate in northern latitude systems. Many factors shaping complex and ecologically important communities of fish-parasites in freshwater systems remain incompletely understood, particularly at the infracommunity level. Using ...
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  Plastic-related chemicals associated with polymers and their effects on thyroid hormones in fledglings of Northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from Svalbard 

  Fivelstad, Marthe (Master thesis, 2025)

  Northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) are pelagic seabirds prone to ingest plastics. Upon ingestion, plastic particles can have both physical and chemical impacts, although these effects are poorly understood. This study investigated the occurrence of plastic-related chemicals (PRCs) in relation to the type of plastic polymers ingested, as well as their potential endocrine disrupting effects on ...
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  Hyperspectral Imaging as a Tool for Characterization of Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) 

  Mikalsen, Simon Myrvoll (Master thesis, 2025)

  Plants growing at high latitudes are subjected to environmental conditions with significantly different light and temperature regimes compared to lower latitudes, which can influence local adaptations related to the plant’s secondary metabolite profile. Several studies have demonstrated the potential of utilizing hyperspectral imaging in plant phenotyping. This thesis provides insight into how plant ...
• Drivers of coastal ecosystem structure: Using fishing mortality, primary production and temperature to predict biomass distributions of ecosystems along the Norwegian Coast 

  Synnes, Guro Bang (Master thesis, 2025)

  Coastal ecosystems constitute productive marine areas that provide valuable ecosystem services such as harvestable fish stocks and critical habitats for spawning. With increasing impacts of human activities and climate change on coastal ecosystems, more knowledge about what shapes their structure is needed to manage them sustainably. Ecosystem modeling in Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) has been widely ...

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