Population cycles in small rodents have attracted attention from ecologists for more than a century. This spectacular phenomenon is crucial for the functioning of many northern food-webs and has intrigued ecologist because of its lessons for general ecology. Knowledge about the rodent cycle has, however, been hampered by the lack of reliable monitoring methods both for rodents and some of their ...

Det økende behovet for marine ressurser som ingrediens i fôr har ført til et søk etter nye ressurser, da dagens ressurser ikke lengre er bærekraftig. For å øke utbytte er det foreslått å rette søket lengre ned i næringskjeden. Marine kiselalger er et eksempel på slike organismer. Disse er ikke godt utnyttet i dag, hovedsakelig på grunn av manglende kunnskap rundt teknologi, samt forskning på hvilke ...

Formålet med denne studien var å avdekke kundeopplevelser gjennom en bankbytteprosess, som en studie av kundereisen fra gammel til ny bank. I henhold til det teoretiske rammeverket for kundereiser, ble bankbytteprosessen delt opp i tre faser, før, under og etter bankbytte. Videre ble bankkunders opplevelser knyttet til hver fase undersøkt. Opplevelse er i denne sammenheng definert som en helhetlig ...

Sticklebacks in particular have been suspected to have a role in transmission of E. crassum to its final host, the brown trout. In this study, prevalence and mean abundance of E. crassum in trout have been examined in allopatric and sympatric populations to address the suspected role of sticklebacks in the life cycle of E. crassum. 1106 trout from 22 lakes in the northern parts of Norway were ...

Norge er verdens nest største eksportør av sjømat. Inntektene skaper arbeid og aktivitet i lokalsamfunn langs hele kysten. Denne studien undersøker hvor sårbare inntektene til sjømatnæringen har vært under Covid-19 pandemien som har preget mesteparten av 2020 og hele 2021. I tillegg til å analysere inntektsutviklingen på aggregert nivå for fiskeri og havbruk, presenterer studien sektorvise analyser ...

The Arctic sea-ice-scape is rapidly transforming. Increasing light penetration will initiate earlier seasonal primary production. This earlier growing season may be accompanied by an increase in ice algae and phytoplankton biomass, augmenting the emission of dimethylsulfide and capture of carbon dioxide. Secondary production may also increase on the shelves, although the loss of sea ice exacerbates ...

Har isolert analoger av Securidine A, samt andre forbindelser fra arten Securiflustra securifrons, utført strukturoppklaring og testet for bioaktivitet.

Wear and tear on fishing gear is a sparsely investigated source of microplastic pollution in the sea. In Norway, Danish seine ropes and trawls are the fishing gears that contribute most to this pollution. The main reason for this pollution is that the seine ropes are dragged along the seabed over a considerable distance, creating a friction force that results in high ropes wear. This note reports ...

The muscle cells and extracellular matrices (ECMs) of two teleost-infecting blood flukes belonging to distinct evolutionary lineages of the Aporocotylidae (Digenea) were examined using Transmission Electron Microscopy. Four morphotypes of muscle cells were found in the freshwater species Sanguinicola sp., but were considered to be various developmental stages of a single cisternic type. In the marine ...

<p>The research presented in this thesis has focused on the economic valuation of climate change impacts on ecotourism in a coastal wetland using three different methods of stated-preference techniques to provide answers to different research questions related to coastal tourism and climate change. Rekawa coastal wetland in Southern Sri Lanka was taken as the empirical context to examine the identified ...