Sammendrag Forekomsten av lakselus (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer) på vill sjøørret (Salmo trutta L.,), vill sjørøye (Salvelinus alpinus L.,) og laksesmolt (Salmo salar L.,) i burforsøk ble undersøkt i den oppdrettsintensive Altafjorden og den oppdrettsfrie Porsangerfjorden. Innsamling av data fant sted i de to respektive fjordene i juli til august 2010. Infeksjonen av lakselus på villfisken ...

The spring season is important to polar bears, since females with young cubs leave the maternity dens, ringed seal pupping creates a peak in prey availability, and it is the mating season. Understanding space- and resource use at this time is a key to understanding polar bear ecology. This study from Svalbard, Norway analyzed 348 measurements of spring-to-spring displacement from 220 polar bears ...

This paper investigates possible biological and economic effects of using marine sanctuaries as a management tool, employing cellular automata techniques to model biological growth and area distribution, assuming open access to the fish stock resources outside the protected area. The cellular automata model incorporates a fish harvest model based on standard assumptions. In agreement with previous ...

Denne oppgaven søker å belyse temaene organisasjonskultur, endringsprosesser og sensemaking i organisasjoner. Dette i form av en problemstilling som i hovedsak søker å skape innsikt og forståelse rundt organisasjonskulturens betydning for aktørenes egen fortolkning av krise og endring. Finanskrisen anno 2008 er konteksten for denne studien, og direkte årsak til de endringer som studeres. Kombinasjonen ...

The diet of polar bears in the Svalbard area was assessed based analyses of scats (n=119) collected in the Archipelago between 2003 and 2010. Most of the samples were collected in spring. Morphological analysis of the prey remains together with genetic analyses of tissue fragments found in the scats showed that ringed seals (Pusa hispida) were the most important prey group present; this seal species ...

The current study evaluated the glucose-lowering effect of ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (Gl-PS) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. The diabetic mice were randomly divided into four groups (8 mice per group): diabetic control group, low-dose Gl-PS treated group (50 mg/kg, Gl-PS), high-dose Gl-PS treated group (150 mg/kg, Gl-PS) and positive drug control treated group (glibenclamide, ...

The Amphipod-genus Metopa is a relatively large genus, with currently 55 accepted species. This PhD thesis consists of redescriptions of 23 of these species based on typespecimens or specimens collected and identified by the original authors; this has been done to create consistent descriptions that could form a basis for a phylogenetic analysis of Metopa. For some species Scanning Electron ...

Currently there is a lack of spring phenology studies covering small-scale altitudinal gradients of mountain birch in coastal northern Fennoscandia, a region characterized by exceptionally high precipitation of snow, which gives reason to investigate the influence of snow cover on birch budburst in this area. Furthermore, ground phenology studies are today increasingly replaced by satellite data ...

A mismatch in timing between the release of male and female gametes in external fertilizers may lead to failed fertilization or, under sperm competition, reduced paternity. To quantify the actual synchrony of gamete release and the level of sperm competition we placed video cameras on two spawning grounds of a naturally spawning population of Arctic charr ( Salvelinus alpinus). Females release eggs ...