Bilde av Kjær, Runar
Bilde av Kjær, Runar
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology runar.kjar@uit.no +4777660294 Tromsø NFH C 220

Runar Kjær


Head Engineer Freshwater Ecology Group

Job description

I'm a head engineer at the Freshwater Ecology Group at UiT.

My worktasks include planning and completing fieldwork and laboratory analysis from these samples. I'm also trained in telemetry studies, hereunder tagging and analysis of such data.

Furthermore, I support teaching of students, mainly in field, but also through lectures and seminars. Through my previous experiences I've achieved extensive competance in working in field both on freshwater  and marine ecosystems, conducting both managemental and experimental methods. I have particularely worked with anadromous salmonids, and surveillance and registration of salmon louse.


  • Gabrielle Grenier, Aslak Smalås, Runar Kjær, Rune Knudsen :
    Environmentally modulated repeat evolution of polymorphic Arctic charr life history traits
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Paolo Maria Moccetti, Anna Siwertsson, Runar Kjær, Per-Arne Amundsen, Kim Præbel, Ana-Maria Peris Tamayo et al.:
    Contrasting patterns in trophic niche evolution of polymorphic Arctic charr populations in two subarctic Norwegian lakes
    Hydrobiologia 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Rune Nilsen, Rosa Maria Serra Llinares, Agnes Marie Mohn, Runar Kjær, Anne Dagrun Sandvik, Ørjan Karlsen et al.:
    Lakselusinfestasjon på vill laksefisk våren 2019 - Framdriftsrapport til Mattilsynet
  • Rune Nilsen, Kristine Marit Schrøder Elvik, Rosa Maria Serra Llinares, Anne Dagrun Sandvik, Runar Kjær, Ørjan Karlsen et al.:
    Lakselusinfestasjon på vill laksefisk langs norskekysten i 2018 - Sluttrapport til Mattilsynet
  • Rune Nilsen, Rosa Maria Serra Llinares, Anne Dagrun Sandvik, Kristine Marit Schrøder Elvik, Runar Kjær, Ørjan Karlsen et al.:
    Lakselusinfestasjon på vill laksefisk langs Norskekysten i 2019 : Sluttrapport til Mattilsynet

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