Plankton - Biophysical Interactions - Biovolume Spectrum Theories - New Technologies (Remote Sensing, Laser Optical Plankton Counter, Underwater Video Profiler, Gliders) - Calanus finmarchicus

Current projects:

SFI HARVEST (2021-2028) - Pioneering lower-trophic level fisheries with innovations to unlock the blue bioeconomic potential. Project partner. PI Sintef Ocean

STRESSOR (2019-2022) - How multiple stressors affect zooplankton and fish resources. PI.

CARDINAL (2019-2022) - Calanus redness index from artifical intelligence applications to image analysis. PI.

GONAD (2018-2022) - Recruitment of C. finmarchicus in the Norwegian Sea. WP lead. PI Akvaplan-niva.

Insects, plants, microbes, species interactions, chemical ecology, molecular biology, transcriptomics, bioinformatics.

Arctic tundra food web dynamics 

Species interactions

Population ecology 

I have a strong interest in community ecology, biodiversity and population dynamics of benthic and sea ice-associated fauna. My research also focuses on coupling processes between the benthic, pelagic and sea ice realms in the Arctic through trophic interactions and life cycles. I am also interested in regional and pan-Arctic  integration and biophysical linkages.

Other activities

Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring System

Working group Integrated Assessment Central Arctic Ocean

Challenger 150 Arctic group

Subject editor Marine Biodiversity, guest editor various journals

Current projects

Nansen Legacy (Norwegian Research Council), also read https://sciencenorway.no/blog-nansen-legacy-project

Catchment to Coast (C2C) (Fram Center)

Sustainable development of the Arctic Ocean SUARCO (Fram Center)

Arctic Seasonal Ice Zone Ecology (Norwegian Government, UiT), see exhibition

Long-term monitoring of a subtidal hard-bottom benthic community

TUNU East Greenland Ecology

Kitikmeot Sea Science Study (Polar Knowledge Canada)

Recent projects

Arctic Ocean ecosystems - Applied technology, Biological interactions and Consequences in an era of abrupt climate change, Arctic ABC (Norwegian Research Council)

Long-term Benthos Monitoring network for detecting chance in the Arctic benthic ecosystem (LTM-Benthos) (Nordic Council of Ministries)

Impact of chemosynthetic carbon sources in marine food webs at Arctic cold seeps (VISTA)

The quest for the pole: Are southern species already capable of invading the Barents Sea? (Fram Center) Watch outreach video

A knowledge platform for industrial macroalgae cultivation, MACROSEA (Norwegian Research Council)

My research focuses on the ecotoxicology, ecological physiology and endocrinology of free-living avian and mammal species. I am particularly interested in the physiological and biological effects of contaminants (persistent organic pollutants, mercury, microplastics) in Arctic species exposed to multiple stressors.

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