• Genetic differentiation between inshore and offshore populations of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) 

      Hansen, Agneta; Westgaard, Jon-Ivar; Søvik, Guldborg; Hanebrekke, Tanja Lexau; Nilssen, Einar Magnus; Jorde, Per Erik; Albretsen, Jon; Johansen, Torild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-20)
      Many marine organisms have a permanent presence both inshore and offshore and spawn in multiple areas, yet their status as separate populations or stocks remain unclear. This is the situation for the northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) around the Arctic Ocean, which in northern Norway represents an important income for a small-scale coastal fishery and a large-vessel offshore fleet. In Norwegian ...
    • Impacts of salmon lice on mortality, marine migration distance and premature return in sea trout 

      Serra Llinares, Rosa Maria; Bøhn, Thomas; Karlsen, Ørjan; Nilsen, Rune; Freitas, Carla; Albretsen, Jon; Haraldstad, Tormod; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Elvik, Kristine Marit Schrøder; Bjørn, Pål Arne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-06)
      Brown trout <i>Salmo trutta</i> (L.) is a facultative anadromous species, where a portion of individuals in populations with access to the sea perform migrations to use the richer feeding resources. We investigated the effect of salmon lice <i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis</i> (Krøyer 1837) infestation on the survival and behaviour of wild trout post-smolts (average fork length = 180 mm) during their ...
    • Productive detours – Atlantic water inflow and acoustic backscatter in the major troughs along the Svalbard shelf 

      Menze, Sebastian; Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær; Nikolopoulos, Anna; Hattermann, Tore; Albretsen, Jon; Gjøsæter, Harald (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-30)
      Atlantic Water (AW) flowing along the western and northern Svalbard shelf-break extends the Atlantic domain into the Arctic and is the region’s major source of heat, nutrients and advected plankton. We investigated the inflow and recirculation of AW into four major troughs that cut into the Svalbard shelf, the Isfjorden, Kongsfjorden, Hinlopen and Kvitøya Troughs, and related the circulation patterns ...
    • Trans-polar drift-pathways of riverine European microplastic 

      Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen; Hattermann, Tore; Broms, Cecilie; Albretsen, Jon (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-17)
      High concentrations of microplastic particles are reported across the Arctic Ocean–yet no meaningful point sources, suspension timelines, or accumulation areas have been identified. Here we use Lagrangian particle advection simulations to model the transport of buoyant microplastic from northern European rivers to the high Arctic, and compare model results to the flux of sampled synthetic particles ...