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These web pages present the research activity being conducted at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research by Howard Browman, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Caroline Durif, Alessandro Cresci, Kim Halvorsen, Tonje Knutsen Sørdalen, Guosong Zhang and our team of Post-Doctoral Associates, Research Associates, Technical Assistants, students and Collaborators (click on the people menu item above). We also provide general information on the early life stages of marine fish and shellfish, and links to other web pages that might be useful to those interested in such matters (under the Resources menu item).

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Recent Publications

Publication Archive
5 most recent publications

One hundred years of topics and citations in ICES Journal of Marine Science

Smoliński, S., N. Isaksson, S.N.R. Birchenough & H.I. Browman. 2026. One hundred years of topics and citations in ICES Journal of Marine Science. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsag067.
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A novel application of passive acoustic monitoring for detecting tidal constituents through low-frequency ambient noise variability

Zhang, G., B.A. Kraftt & S. Menze. 2026. A novel application of passive acoustic monitoring for detecting tidal constituents through low-frequency ambient noise variability. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 83. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsag029.
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A wild fish image dataset for individual re-identification and phenotyping

Sørdalen, T.K., K. Malde, C. Sauvaitre, A.B. Skiftesvik, C. Beyan, T. Larsen & K.T. Halvorsen. 2026. A wild fish image dataset for individual re-identification and phenotyping. Scientific Data. doi: 10.1038/s41597-026-07045-1.
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Visual cues elicit differential aggression towards female and female mimics in the corkwing wrasse

Ellis, B., T. Sørdalen, M. Briffa, A.B. Skiftesvik, A. Wilson & K.T. Halvorsen. 2026. Visual cues elicit differential aggression towards female and female mimics in the corkwing wrasse. Behavioral Ecology. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arag022.
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Modelling of underwater radiated noise from ships measured at the Lofoten-Vesterålen cabled observatory

Brown, M.G., Gabrielle A. Murray, Guosong Zhang, Geir Pedersen. 2026. Modelling of underwater radiated noise from ships measured at the Lofoten-Vesterålen cabled observatory. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 159: 941–954. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042262.
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Last updated: May 8, 2026