15-18 September 2025 – The team had a major presence at the ICES Annual Science Conference in Klaipeda, Lithuania, 15-18 September 2025.
Here are the abstracts that were presented.
Durif, C.M.F., R. Bjelland, P. Perrichon, H.I. Browman, A. Cresci, E. Johnsen, T. Larsen, A.B. Skiftesvik & E. Sørhus. Effect of oil and light intensity on the feeding behavior of lesser sandeel larvae (Ammodytes marinus). Session K – oral
Cresci, A. G. Zhang, C.M.F. Durif, T. Larsen, M. Mihaljevic, G.F. Lorillard, A.B. Skiftesvik & H.I. Browman. Low-frequency continuous noise disrupts the in situ orientation of early pelagic Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae. Session A – oral
Zhang, G., A. Cresci & H.I. Browman. Quantifying underwater acoustic particle motion and directionality: implications for marine biological research. Session A – poster
Ellis, B., T.K. Sørdalen, M. Briffa, A.B. Skiftesvik, A.D.M. Wilson & K.T. Halvorsen. Visual cues and familiar recognition inform agonistic responses towards females and female mimics in the corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Session R – oral (6th place in best oral presentation competition)
Halvorsen, K.T., B.A. Ellis, H. Kindsvater, S. Alonzo, A.B. Skiftesvik, H.I. Browman, T. Larsen & T.K. Sørdalen. The untapped potential of pit telemetry for studying behavioral ecology of coastal fish. Session D – oral
Smolinski, S., Isaksson, N., S. Birchenough & H.I. Browman. What is ICES JMS publishing? Quantifying changes in topics and authorship in ICES JMS over 100 years. Session R – poster
Sørdalen, T., T. Larsen, A.B. Skiftesvik, K. Malde & K.T. Halvorsen. How cameras and AI can replace traditional tags for individual identification of fish. Session D – poster (5th place in best poster competition)
In addition. Howard, along with ICES Journal of Marine Science editors Szymon Smolinski, Lucia Lopez and Alina Wieczorek, lead a network session, Peer review: Best practices and hands-on training.
Howard and the ICES Journal of Marine Science editors who were at the conference held their annual Q&A for early career researchers about the journal and scientific publishing.
