68 projects

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SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Svalbard reindeer spatial ecology - from individuals to populations

Populations’ dynamics and distributions change in response to climate and habitat changes, yet our current knowledge is based mostly on correlational evidence. What each animal does depends on its physiological state and immediate environment, meaning that the processes by which climate change af...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Match-mismatch between copepods and spring bloom in an Arctic fjord

Arctic ecosystems are subject to environmental changes such as increasing freshwater inputs and acidification with increasing global temperatures. This has implications for the spring phytoplankton blooms upon which Calanus copepods rely for food following the overwintering period of their lifecy...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Early-life Habitat Conditions, Telomere Dynamics and Later-life Performance in an Arctic-breeding Seabird

Adverse conditions experienced in early life (developmental and immature stage) can impose long-lasting negative effects on individuals’ survival and reproduction and thus drive population dynamics. To predict the populational consequences, it is important to find the mediator that carries the ef...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The role of energy budget in a changing world: Are forecasts missing an important aspect for Arctic insects?

The ongoing climatic changes will have undisputable effects on biodiversity and ecosystems. For small ectotherms (e.g. insects) the current state-of-the-art focusses on physiological performances (often measured as critical thermal limits), warming tolerance (resilience) and phenotypic and evolut...

Awarded: NOK 63,890

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Hiding in the shadows: effects of environmental stressors on male calanoid copepods - An insider's view

Polar ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to effects caused by environmental stressors of anthropogenic origin, such as ocean acidification (OA) and ocean warming (OW), both of which are disproportionally affecting the Arctic region. Calanoid copepods of the genus Calanus are key species in th...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINTFORSK-MARINTFORSK

Anthropogenic impacts of climate change and fisheries on reproductive and offspring performance of high-latitude marine fishes

Climate change along with fishing pressure is already known to be an important threat to oceans and marine resources. In a changing environment, consequences of these human-related stressors on fish reproductive biology and offspring require further study, warranted by the fundamental relevance o...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Ecophysiology of Atlantic salmon: Genetics versus Environment

The project is going according to plan with several good results this year. An article about physiology and heart morphology in slow and fast growing Atlantic salmon has been published in Aquaculture Reports. An article about physiology and morphology (otoliths and hearts) in different types of c...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Thermal properties of Arctic fox fur and the effect of fur lice infestation

This project will collaborate and run alongside the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) annual monitoring program on arctic fox population in Svalbard. Fur lice in the arctic fox was first identified on Svalbard in 2019 (Buhler et al. submitted). The prevalence at the time was low (approx. 10% of the...

Awarded: NOK 23,390

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating mechanisms behind thermoregulation in Svalbard reindeer, RiS ID 12119

The aim of this study is to investigate cellular mechanisms underlying Svalbard reindeer's ability to lower their body temperature in winter to save energy. To achieve this, we will collect muscle and heart tissue from culled reindeer in October as part of a larger field campaign. These samples w...

Awarded: NOK 97,646

Project Period: 2023-2023

Location: Akershus

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Physiological basis of insect community responses to climate change

The earth’s climate is rapidly changing and predicting the biological response to these changes is a major scientific challenge. To date, most research has been focused only on understanding how warmer temperatures impact organisms. Yet, less is known about the combined impacts of rising tempera...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Stress-coping strategies in a changing world: how do ground-nesting birds adapt to unpredictive predation threat?

In the Arctic, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) rely on sea ice to hunt seals. However, sea ice is decreasing due to climate warming, and bears are changing their foraging behavior, increasing egg consumption. This shift in diet can put ground-nesting bird species, such as common eiders (Somateria m...

Awarded: NOK 94,286

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Do snowshoes influence movement and route choice of Svalbard rock ptarmigan over snowy ground? (RiS ID 11821)

We are aiming to determine how changes in snow properties influence the function of a key adaptation for Arctic animals - the evolution of a snowshoe foot. Whilst increases in foot area are well known to provide extra support during movement over snow there is currently no data examining the rela...

Awarded: NOK 85,000

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Epigenetic mechanisms and cell-type specific gene expression during anoxia and re-oxygenation in crucian carp brain

Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) is a fish that, unlike most other vertebrates, can survive for a long time without oxygen (anoxia). This ability is necessary for the crucian carp to survive in Northern Europe in small ponds, where the oxygen disappears when ice and snow prevent oxygen to enter...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

Light as a Cue for Life in Arctic and Northern Seas

Light is the primary source of energy for most life on Earth. In this respect, only few other environments are as hostile to life as the Arctic waters during the polar night. Yet, latest studies have revealed light-synchronized biological activity in the marine Arctic even during the darkest peri...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Are yolk thiamine levels associated with stress hormones in arctic seabirds? A comparative approach among populations, species and food webs

Many seabird populations are drastically declining in Norway and internationally. The causes can be complex, but there has been an increasing foucus on disease as a potential causal factor, and especially thiamine deficiency (vitamin B1). Thiamine is essential for all living cells, and function a...

Awarded: NOK 54,001

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Diurnal and seasonal rhythmicity of hormones and behaviour in arctic-breeding barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis). RiS ID 11237.

Endogenous biological clocks are important for animals, as they regulate rhythmic biochemical, physiological and behavioural processes, which can be expressed daily or seasonally. Biological clocks function through the excretion of hormones and are entrained by external cues, such as the light-da...

Awarded: NOK 79,062

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal interactions and stress physiology in an Arctic-nesting seabird

Seasonal environments impose several constraints on wild animals resulting in highly sequential and often well-defined stages throughout the annual life cycle. The fitness of an individual relies on a successful integration of these stages across seasons, which can be particularly challenging for...

Awarded: NOK 78,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of pollution on the reproductive energetics of the Arctic Terns at Svalbard

In this project I will look at pollutants (both organic compounds and heavy metals), in the blood and feathers of Arctic Terns nesting in Kongsfjorden the summer of 2020. I will also look at different physiological parameters, primarily thyroid hormon blood levels. The purpose is to see if there ...

Awarded: NOK 31,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Interpreting the cortisol stress response in fish welfare research

Common aquaculture practices like transportation and vaccination can be stressful to farmed fish. Stressed fish grow more slowly and are more likely to get sick. A high level of fish welfare is important ethically, but will also improve productivity, profit and reputation of fish farms. To identi...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. mellom Norge og Frankrike

Developing a new approach to improve the understanding of appetite control and growth in salmonids

The Arctic charr is a salmonid that shows strong seasonal fluctuations in food intake. The charr has a deep resilience in response to periods of fasting indicated by a lack of central hunger signalling. The underpinning physiological mechanism of the strong tolerance to feed deprivation, however,...

Awarded: NOK 33,139

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Evolution and mechanisms of thermal tolerance in fish

Evolution and mechanisms of thermal tolerance Thermal biology is the study of how temperature shapes organisms and ecosystems. It has successfully explained many features of nature, however, two of the most central questions of thermal biology have remained unresolved: 1. What limits the tolera...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Re-oxygenation resilience - the overlooked element of anoxic survival

It is well known that the crucian carp (Carassius carassius) has a unique ability to survive without oxygen. This ability is used by the fish during the winter, when the small lakes they live in gets covered by a thick layer of ice that limits the entry of oxygen from the air to the water, and th...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2021

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

The 8th international symposium of charr

The 8th INTERNATIONAL CHARR SYMPOSIUM will be held in Tromsø in June 2015. This is a conference aiming to gather scientists, students and management with a special interest in the Salvelinus genus (charr fishes). The charrs have played an important role i n the fields of ecology and evolution, an...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Exposure and effects of emerging contaminants in marine and terrestrial birds of prey.

The project aims were to study concentrations and effects of emerging organic pollutants in nestlings of white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) from Norway and Spain. The emerging pollutants included in the study were brominated-, chlorinated- and phos...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SANCOOP-South Africa - Norway research co-operation on climate, the environment og clean energy

Climate change - can lichens protect themselves using UV-induced melanins?

Lichens dominate over large areas especially in dry ecosystems and in Arctic and Antarctic regions. Ecologically, lichens play key roles in both South Africa and Norway. For southern African dry areas, loss of lichens likely results in severe erosion and significant loss of nitrogen fixation cap...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Akershus

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Mucosal immunology in Atlantic salmon: with focus on gills and the newly discovered interbrachial lymphatic tissue (ILT).

Fundamental knowledge on salmon and fish immunology is an essential weapon in the battle against infectious disease, posing a serious threat to the productivity of the aquaculture industry. Recently, our group discovered a lymphoid tissue in the gills of Atlantic salmon not previously described i...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

ParaCharr: Adaptation of charr to a changing polar environment.

The ParaCharr project proposes to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through a multidisciplinary study of population biology, parasitology, physiology and genetics, with parasites and clock g enes selected as core study mechanisms. A...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

The smolt brain model: Unraveling nature´s regulation of neural plasticity

Limitations of neural plasticity in mammals make them vulnerable to insult with irreversible damage. We have discovered that the salmon brain undergoes a unique dramatic period of structural and chemical change mid-life during parr-smolt transformation (s moltification). Our main research goal ha...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Vestland

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Identifying therapeutic targets and causes of dopaminergic neuronal degeneration using C. elegans high-throughput genetic approaches

Understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible for neurodegenerative diseases, like Parkinson?s disease, is still an area of active investigation. Currently, no disease modifying interventions are available but only symptomatic treatments. The use of small animals to study neurodegenerative d...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2018

Location: Rogaland

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

A comparative approach to identifying genes linked to successful cognitive aging.

The honey bee is one of the best developed animal models for studies of social behavior, and it also has a long tradition in learning and memory research. Our previous work revealed a stunning social plasticity in how honey bee cognition declines with age. Aging is generally associated with progr...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2017

Location: Akershus

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