Multiple studies on the performance of machine-learning stock portfolios have shown the efficacy of machine-learning portfolios on large stock exchanges, especially the American- and Chinese market. Fewer studies have been conducted on smaller cap markets, which consists of smaller, less-liquid investment options. The purpose of this thesis is therefore to explore the possibilities to beat the ...

Ongoing changes along the northeastern Atlantic coastline provide an opportunity to explore the influence of climate change and multitrophic interactions on the recovery of kelp. Here, vast areas of sea urchin‐dominated barren grounds have shifted back to kelp forests, in parallel with changes in sea temperature and predator abundances. We have compiled data from studies covering more than 1,500‐km ...

For decades, the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) has been found to ingest and accumulate high loads of plastic due to its feeding ecology and digestive tract morphology. Plastic ingestion can lead to both physical and toxicological effects as ingested plastics can be a pathway for hazardous chemicals into seabirds' tissues. Many of these contaminants are ubiquitous in the environment and the ...

The purpose of the thesis is to support the initial stage of the Climate Smart Forestry Norway (CSFN) undertaken by a consortium between NMBU, NIBIO, LUKE (Finland), and Wageningen University & Research, which is a five-year project aimed to assess how Norway’s forests are best managed in order to adapt to climate change. As part of the CSFN project a framework for quantifying probability and effects ...

Several shrimp trawl fisheries use a Nordmöre sorting grid to avoid bycatch of fish. However, small fish can pass through the grid. Therefore, the retention of juvenile fish often remains an issue during shrimp trawling. We investigated the vertical distribution of deepwater shrimp (<i>Pandalus borealis</i>) and dominant bycatch species at the point where the Nordmöre grid section is installed. This ...

In this thesis I ask the question “can you trust someone you have never met”. The background for this is the temporary nature of cabin crew teams which implies that it is not possible to rely on conventional trust, and to better understand how it still is possible to trust someone you have never met I have focused on factors that contribute to initial trust (or categorization) and swift trust. An ...

Depending on the particular institutional and organizational set-up, different management tasks can be suitable for different forms of co-management arrangement. This thesis focuses on examining the possibility of implementing the marketing-oriented fisheries co-management in Lake Victoria (Tanzanian side) for Nile perch fisheries. The community-based organization BMU was selected as fisher’s ...

The seasonal fisheries in Norway is both a blessing and a curse. The fisheries management have for decades tried to find a way to move some of the seasonal pressure from the traditional season to other parts of the year. This have been done with different levels of success. The duty system is an example of one of the tools that have been tried to secure the supply of fresh fish for the land industry ...

Phytoplankton blooms in the Arctic Ocean's seasonal sea ice zone are expected to start earlier and occur further north with retreating and thinning sea ice cover. The current study is the first compilation of phytoplankton bloom development and fate in the seasonally variable sea ice zone north of Svalbard from winter to late summer, using short-term sediment trap deployments. Clear seasonal patterns ...

Stable isotope analysis has been used to examine marine food webs since the 1980s and has become a valuable tool for studying carbon sources and trophic structures in benthic food chains in the Arctic. Prior to the present study, no one has used stabile isotope analysis to test for a difference in the main carbon source or trophic structure along a depth gradient in the Arctic. Carbon sources (pelagic ...