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IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Mapping threats to arctic bird populations. The effect of infectious organisms and pollution on bird health. IPY NO 172 BirdHealth

The arctic environment and its wildlife are currently being threatened; from climate change, from pollution and from infectious organisms (IO). Health in wildlife is regulating population numbers through individual survival and reproduction. Little is kno wn about the combined impact of IO and po...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Genomics as a tool for detecting selection in farm Atlantic salmon and interactions between escaped farm and wild salmon

Norway is of unique importance for the Atlantic salmon, both as the largest producer of farmed salmon and a main reservoir of wild stocks. However, escaped farmed fish make up a significant portion of spawners in the wild, and there is concern that the ge netic constitution of wild stocks is dete...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Biodiversity of marine benthos: perspective from a global change

The impacts of pronounced climate change are now apparent at various sites in the Subarctic and Arctic, and numerical simulation models converge on the prediction that future warming trends will be amplified at high northern latitudes. There is therefore an immediate and pressing need to develop ...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian and Russian Upper Atmosphere Co-operation On Svalbard

During the Norwegian - Russian research seminar organized by the Norwegian research council and the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø 9 - 10 March 2006, group 4 with members associated to upper atmospheric research on Svalbard compiled a list of actions to be taken in order to increase the coo...

Awarded: NOK 0.76 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Svalbard

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

New Fish in a New Environment: Challenges to a Comprehensive Management of Fish, Environments and Human Beings

The research project involves a doctorate project which seeks to investigate how the new issues of fish welfare and environmentally contaminated fish are shaped, managed and integrated with established practices in the public administration of fish. The s tarting point for the investigation is th...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2015

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Strategies for enhanced microbial safety of organic fermented sausages and herbal ingredients

The demand for organic foods is increasing. But still, the expressed political aim that 15% of foods from the agricultural sector in Norway shall be organically produced and sold within 2015 is a challenge. A prerequisite for the success of such products is that food producers are able to provide...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

Assessment of the monetary values of environmental and resource costs for water services

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Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Spatiotemporal dynamics of introduced bark beetles: resource competition, invasion risk and management

The movement and establishment of invasive species in new habitats is a global economic and ecological problem. The increased trade among countries and continents has increased the chances of introductions of new species. Once alien pest species have beco me established in their new habitats, the...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Biotransformation of Halogenated Organic (HOCs) and Associeted Biological Effects in Artics Seabirds

Due to their high trophic levels Arctic seabirds are exposed to relatively high amounts of halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs). Contaminant metabolism influences both tissue levels and patterns. In addition, it plays a critical role in contaminant-ind uced biological effects because of the fo...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: The sensitivity of different winter survival strategies in juvenile salmon to natural and anthropogenic variation in climate condition

Juvenile salmon winter survival is critically dependent on a combination of catabolism of stored fats and protein and intake of energy through food consumption. We propose a study aimed at providing the necessary knowledge base to predict the effect of na tural- or anthropogenic changes in climat...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRISAM-Fri prosjektstøtte samfunnsvitenskap

Modelling and Mapping of Potential Vegetation Regeneration Areas in the Sinkat District the Red Sea Hills Area, Eastern Sudan

In arid regions, the regeneration of vegetation is determined by both natural and human factors, which in turn are co-related. The spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture as determined by climate variability and physical characteristics of the c atchment is the major natural factor. The...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Zebrafish as a model for effect studies of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in aquatic ecosystems

Xenobiotic release and accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment of ED and their transfer to humans, wildlife, fish and farmed animals is a big problem. This project addresses the dynamics of this process and the possible co nsequences for environmental health and o...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Sustainable harvesting of marine resources: interactions between demographic, ecological and evolutionary effects of fishing

Fishing does not affect all fish equally. Evolutionary changes ensue whenever there are survival differences between genotypes. As fishing is often intensive, the resulting changes can be rapid. Recent work suggests that significant evolutionary changes i n maturation are common in the wild and h...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Development of Fishing Gears with Reduced Effects on Environment (DEGREE)

The objective of this application is to fund a PhD student who will work within the DEGREE project, which is recently funded by EU. DEGREE is a project with 11 international partners with the aim of quantifying the physical and biological impact of sub-co mponents of bottom trawls and then to dev...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Marine ecosystem effects of eutrophication: Interactions between small pelagic fish and predators in low oxygen waters

The starting hypothesis for this proposal is that clupeid fish (Sprat) are more tolerant to low oxygen waters than their gadoid predators. Low oxygen waters (albeit above a critical level) thus represent a resource as a predatory refuge. This hypothesis w ill be addressed during winter in a fjord...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Kulturelle landskap i den rurale periferien: Fra utgått landbrukspolitikk til innovativ landskapspolitikk

Hovedmålet med prosjektet er å utvikle grunnleggende kunnskap om sammenhengen mellom privat og kollektiv verdiskaping i kulturelle landskap og utforme strategier, verktøy og modeller som grunnlag for en innovativ landskapspolitikk i den rurale periferien. I dag mangler en politikk som gjør det...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Telemark

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Building capacity to meet the challenges of multi-level democracy: the case of conserving species with transboundary populations

European democracy is curently developing into a multi-level strcuture, with Pan-European, national, regional and local levels. Conflicts can occur when values held at one level do not correspond to those held at another level. This can often occur in cas es of biodiversity conservation where the...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Uptake, metabolism and effects of Deca-BDE, HCBD and TBBPA in terrestrial birds

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are used in a wide range of products to reduce flammability, and thus to decrease human and economical loss due to fire. At present, the production and use of the BFRs of most concern, the penta and octabrominated diphen yl ethers have been significantly reduced...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Historical relationships between climate factors and life history of High Arctic freshwater fish; predicting consequences of climate change

Lakes in the High Arctic are characterized by low water temperature, long-term ice cover, low levels of nutrients and low biodiversity. Thus, minor climatic changes may be of great importance to Arctic freshwater fish by influencing gonad development and individual growth rate - two life history ...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Assessment of risk posed by high levels of the brominated flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane in the Norwegian fjord Åsefjorden(BromRisk)

The brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have received considerable attention the last years because of their extensive use and presence in the environment. Hexabromocyclododecan (HBCD) is one of the most extensively used BFRs with an annual demand of appro ximately 17 000 metric tons. HBCD is fat ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Protected Areas as Resourced for Coastal and Rural Business Development, dr.gr.stip.

The main objective is to improve the level of knowledge on how different factors influence the possibilities for business development in protected areas. In particular spatial, institutional and procedural structures that influence business development in protected areas will be investigated. Fo...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) on the Norwegian coast: fresh water colonisation, divergence rates and adaptive speciation

This project will investigate how historical contingency and evolutionary mechanisms interact to prime ecological and physiological adaptation, which may ultimately result in speciation in the threespined stickleback. This primarily marine species has fou nded numerous anadromous- and stationary ...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Hybridisation between Atlantic salmon and brown trout in Gyrodactylus-infected rivers: consequences for population viability

Extremely high proportions of hybrids between Atlantic salmon and brown trout have recently been detected in rivers Vefsna and Driva. Both rivers have been infected by the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris since the 1970s, causing a dramatic decline in juveni le salmon densities. Reasons for the rema...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Mapping short and long term migration pattern of North Norwegian Atlantic salmon at sea

The marine phase is assumed to have the major influence on variations in population abundances of Atlantic salmon. However, compared to the freshwater phase, knowledge of marine life-history is scare and completely lacking for most populations. In recent years, important information regarding mar...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Individual assignment of Atlantic salmon caught in the ocean region

The project aims to investigate the genetic structure of Norwegian salmon populations. The results from project will, together with results from similar ongoing projects in other European projects, be used to build a common range wide database of salmon p opulations that can be used for assigning...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Effects of interactions between fish populations on ecosystem dynamics and fish recruitment in the Norwegian Sea (INFERNO)

The Norwegian Sea harbours some of the largest fish stocks in the world, including Norwegian spring spawning herring, blue whiting, mackerel and horse mackerel. These planktivorous stocks have substantial spatial- and diet overlap, and by virtue of their high abundances, they can potentially have...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Coastal fish resources: the foundation for tourist fishing and related commerce

Norwegian coastal waters contain plentiful and valuable resources that contribute to the well being and economy of the people living along the coast. During the 1990?s tourist fishing became an important part of the Norwegian tourist market. Recently, tou rist fishing has become a very active and...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Developmental Biology of Dormancy Cycling

In perennial plants, like trees, the SAM is cycling between active and dormant states in synchrony with the season (Rinne et al. 2001; Rinne and van der Schoot 2003, 2004). The SD-induced development of dormancy and acclimation involves the obstruction of cellular contacts at the SAM, including ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Long-term Effects of Oil accidents on the pelagic ecosystem of the Norwegian and Barents Seas

The Barents Sea-Norwegian Sea are used for oil production and thus susceptible to oil accident. This calls for providing an improved understanding of long-term impacts of oil accident on this pelagic ecosystem. The Barents Sea-Norwegian Sea ecosystem is c haracterized by strong interactions among...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: NoWPAS-Nordisk nettverk for doktorkandidater på Anadrom laksefisk

Formålet med et slikt nettverk som NoWPaS er todelt. 1) Vi ønsker å arrangere en selvstendig workshop hvor nordiske doktorgradstudenter kan samles, utveksle ideer, knytte kontakter og diskutere sine respektive arbeider i et tverrfaglig forum. 2) Videre vi l et slikt forum danne grunnlaget for eta...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

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