• Approaching the Arctic: the occurrence of Parin’s spinyfin Diretmichthys parini (Beryciformes: Diretmidae) in the Nordic Seas 

      Lynghammar, Arve; Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Bugjerde, Berit Margrete; Wienerroither, Rupert (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-03)
      Two adult specimens of the tropical to subtropical fish species <i>Diretmichthys parini</i> are reported from the North Sea and the northern Norwegian Sea, respectively. Both were accidentally caught as bycatch by commercial trawlers. Although not uncommon in Icelandic waters, it has not been documented from the Nordic Seas previously. In light of the major currents and water temperatures in the ...
    • Demersal fish assemblages in the boreo-Arctic shelf waters around Svalbard during the warm period 2007–2014 

      Bergstad, Odd Aksel; Johannesen, Edda; Høines, Åge Sigurd; Ellingsen, Kari Elsa; Lien, Vidar Surén; Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Tveraa, Torkild; Wienerroither, Rupert; Langhelle, Gunnar; Wenneck, Thomas de Lange (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-17)
      The temporal and spatial resilience of abundance patterns of assemblages of organisms inhabiting transition zones between Arctic and boreal regions is an issue of concern in relation to climate change. The recognition that baseline information spanning such transition zones is required to facilitate future monitoring and assessments of temporal dynamics provided the motivation for the present study. ...
    • The distribution of the fathead sculpin species Cottunculus subspinosus Jensen, 1902 

      Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Langhelle, Gunnar; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Karamushko, Oleg V. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-13)
      The range of the rarely caught fathead sculpin species <i>Cottunculus subspinosus</i> has been considered restricted to the waters off East Greenland and Northeast Iceland. For the first time the species is recorded from the east side of the Norwegian Sea, and also it is found further north in the Greenland Sea than previously known. Mapping all the corroborated specimens known indicates that the ...
    • Marine fishes of the arctic region 

      Mecklenburg, Catherine W.; Lynghammar, Arve; Johannesen, Edda; Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Dolgov, Andrey V.; Karamushko, Oleg V.; Mecklenburg, Tony; Møller, Peter Rask; Steinkte, Dirk; Wienerroither, Rupert (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2018)
      First comprehensive and unified treatment of the marine fish fauna in the whole Panarctic region. Information on 229 species of marine fish. Outcome of a three year project (Dec. 2014 - Feb. 2018). Fundedby theNorwegian Ministry ofForeign Affairs.