Airgun blasts used in marine seismic surveys have limited effects on mortality, and no sub-lethal effects on behaviour or gene expression, in the copepod Calanus finmarchicus
Fields, D.M., N.O. Handegard, J. Dalen, C. Eichner, K. Malde, Ø. Karlsen, A.B. Skiftesvik, C.M.F. Durif & H.I. Browman. 2019. Airgun blasts used in marine seismic surveys have limited effects on mortality, and no sub-lethal effects on behaviour or gene expression, in the copepod Calanus finmarchicus. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76: 2033-2044. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz126
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Browning reduces the availability—but not the transfer—of essential fatty acids in temperate lakes
Senar, O.E., Creed I.F., Strandberg U. & M.T. Arts. 2019. Brownification, primary production and the transfer of essential fatty acids in temperate oligotrophic lakes. Freshwater Biology. 64: 2107-2119. DOI:10.1111/fwb.13399.
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Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity from import of wrasses and other cleaner fish for use in aquaculture
VKM, E. Rueness, P.R. Berg, S. Gulla, K. Halvorsen, J. Järnegren, M. Malmstrøm, T.A. Mo, E. Rimstad, H. de Boer, K. Eldegard, K. Hindar, L.R. Hole, K. Kausrud, L. Kirkendall, I. Måren, E.B. Nilsen, E.B. Thorstad, A. Nielsen & G. Velle. 2019. Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity from import of wrasses and other cleaner fish for use in aquaculture. Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. VKM report 2019: 15, ISBN: 978-82-8259-330-4, ISSN: 2535-4019.
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Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) larvae have a magnetic compass that guides their orientation
Cresci, A., C.B. Paris, M.A. Foretich, C.M.F. Durif, S. Shema, C.J. E. O’Brien, F.B. Vikebø, A.B. Skiftesvik, & H.I. Browman. 2019. Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) larvae have a magnetic compass that guides their orientation. iScience. 19: 1173-1178, doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.09.001.
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Parasite infectious stages provide essential fatty acids and lipid-rich resources to freshwater consumers
McKee K.M., Koprivnikar J., Johnson P.T. and M.T. Arts. 2019. Parasite infectious stages provide essential fatty acids and lipid-rich resources to freshwater consumers. Oecologia. doi:10.1007/s00442-019-04572-0.
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Organ health and development in larval kingfish are unaffected by ocean acidification and warming
Frommel, A.Y., Brauner, C.J., Allan, B.J.M., Nicol, S., Parsons, D.M., Pether, S.M.J., Setiawan, A.N., Smith, N., Munday, P.L. 2019. Organ health and development in larval kingfish are unaffected by ocean acidification and warming. PeerJ 7:e8266 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8266
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The effect of climate change on the escape kinematics and performance of fishes: implications for future predator–prey interactions
Domenici, P., B.J.M. Allan, C. Lefrançois, M.I. McCormick. 2019. The effect of climate change on the escape kinematics and performance of fishes: implications for future predator–prey interactions. Conservation Physiology 7: coz078.
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North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and its food: (II) interannual variations in biomass of Calanus spp. on western North Atlantic shelves
Sorochan, K.A. S. Plourde, R. Morse, P. Pepin, J.A. Runge, C. Thompson & C. L. Johnson. 2019. North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and its food: (II) interannual variations in biomass of Calanus spp. on western North Atlantic shelves. Journal of Plankton Research. 41: 687–708, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbz044.
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Scared to death? the killer effect of predation risk in snowshoe hares
Allan, B.J.M. 2019. Scared to death? the killer effect of predation risk
in snowshoe hares. Conservation Physiology 7. 10.1093/conphys/coz029.
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Testing the adaptive potential of yellowtail kingfish to ocean warming and acidification
Munday, P.L., C. Schunter, B.J.M. Allan, S. Nicol, D.M. Parsons, S.M.J. Pether, S. Pope, T. Ravasi, A.N. Setiawan, N. Smith & J.A. Domingos. 2019. Testing the adaptive potential of yellowtail kingfish to ocean warming and acidification. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 253. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00253.
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