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SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Effects of climate change on the Calanus complex

Å forstå og å være i stand til å kvantifisere dynamikken i de fire Calanus-populasjonene er avgjørende for å kunne produsere realistiske prognoser for klimaeffektene i det Nordatlantiske økosystemet. Vi har analysert utvalgte tidsserier for C. finmarchicus, C. helgolandicus, C. hyperboreus og C....

Awarded: NOK 22.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Vestland

FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

ESFRI Preparatory Phase project: European Icebreaker Consortium (ERICON) - Aurora Borealis

Subsequent to being approved on the ESFRI Roadmap, ERICON has received Preparatory Phase (PP) funding from EU to establish a European consortium for construction and operation of the icebreaking research platform Aurora Borealis. University of Bergen is a mong the ERICON partner institutions Eur...

Awarded: NOK 85,112

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Seabird Population Responses to Changes in Food Conditions

Since current environmental change alters the distribution, abundance and timing of prey species in marine ecosystems, higher trophic levels will need to respond to changes in food availability. Observations from seabirds in the North Atlantic and the Nor th Pacific provide evidence that trade-of...

Awarded: NOK 0.82 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Satellite Earth Observation of the Marine Environment in the Svalbard region

Earth Observation (EO) data from polar orbiting satellites play an increasingly important role in environmental and climate sciences and for operational use. EO data in the Arctic is particular useful because the coverage from polar orbiting satellites is better at high latitudes and the fact th...

Awarded: NOK 0.71 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Promoting prosperous coastal communities - Integrated community and business development in a regional perspective

The overriding question asked by this project is: Why have some coastal communities succeeded in developing prosperous communities while others struggle? We will study factors of importance to success: demography and economic development; local and region al collaboration; the importance of a coh...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Coordination and integration of Norwegian and Russian marine research activities on Svalbard (CoNoR)

In close cooperation with Svalbard Science Forum (SSF), we propose to organize two series of symposia, one in Svalbard and one in St Petersburg to promote, coordinate and integrate planned and ongoing Norwegian and Russian research activities on Svalbard in selected research fields. We focus on ...

Awarded: NOK 0.79 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

INTERNAL HYDRAULIC PROCESSES IN AN ARCTIC FJORD

There is growing evidence that a significant fraction of the diapycnal mixing in the oceans is caused by internal hydraulic processes (e.g., internal wave breaking, internal hydraulic jumps etc.). Fjords are convenient as ocean process laboratories since they exhibit many of the physical phenome...

Awarded: NOK 0.47 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Remote Imaging and Spectral Characterization of the Cryosphere

Awarded: NOK 0.65 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

BIOWAVE: Surface wave effects in the upper ocean and concequences for biological modeling

Vi har nå avsluttet de numeriske eksperimentene og holder i disse dager på å skrive ferdig en artikkel om resultatene. I hovedsak har vi gjort to ting: (i) lagt inn bølgedrivning av havstrømmene i havmodellen, (ii) lagt inn bølgeindusert blanding i drifts modellen for torskeegg og -larver. Vi har...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

The influence of climate change on distribution and deposition processes for persistent organic pollutants on Svalbard

Based upon an initiative of an already ongoing scientific exchange and research program (NorthPOP: 185104/S50) a research project is planned to foster and harmonize the scientific co-operation between the Russian and Norwegian research activities in envir onmental chemistry on Svalbard. As priori...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Allee effects in Atlantic salmon caused by parasite infestation and interspecific hybridisation with brown trout

We propose to investigate the possibility that strong reduction of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population sizes caused by infestation of the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris, coupled with increasing rates of interspecific hybridisation between Atlantic sal mon and brown trout (S. trutta), might le...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Storfjorden Polynya Air Sea Ice Exchange Experiment

The Storfjorden Polynya Air Sea Ice Exchange Experiment (SPASIE²) will expand research capabilities in Norway in air-sea-ice interaction through a dedicated field campaign. Through this coordinated study researchers and graduate students will be exchange d between Norway and the US. The project ...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bioeconomic Multispecies Analysis of Marine Ecosystems

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bilat - Changes in the Calanus complex on both sides of the Atlantic and its possible impact on fish populations

A 10 degree latitude northward shift in the characteristic copepod populations of temperate oceans has been observed over the past several decades, seemingly in association with global warming effects on ocean water temperature. This has moved the Subarct ic and Cold Temperate copepod species int...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Vestland

FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

Geosystem 3-D Seismic Imaging (G3)

The P-Cable 3D Seismic system is a newly developed system for acquisition of high-resolution 3D data. The P-Cable system has been developed from idea to proven technology during the past eight years. It offers forefront marine technology developed by a co nsortium of Norwegian Universities and co...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Metablomics to study toxicity of acute discharges to cod larvae

The original project summary is found in the application for the NFR project 184716/S40. The intended additional methodology will strengthen the original hypothesis testing by adding increased knowledge on the molecular responses of the exposures in the study. New hypotheses will be tested with...

Awarded: NOK 0.48 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Workshop on survey methods for estimating catch, effort and economic value of widely dispersed marine recreational fisheries

The goal of this multidisciplinary workshop is to develop collaborative research on cost-effective methods that can be used to monitor catch and effort and to quantify the economic effects in diffuse marine recreational fisheries in Europe. The importanc e of quantifying catches in marine recrea...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Physical-mechanical properties of sea ice and influence of ice cover on hydrology of Svalbard fjords

The project is related to the development of network cooperation between Norwegian and Russian institutes in the field of sea ice research. The project contributes to the development of research infrastructure for the study of sea ice properties in the fi eld and laboratory conditions. We plan to...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Launch of controlled meteorological balloons from Ny-Ålesund

This proposal involves transfer of the CMET balloon technology from US to Norwegian scientists through common fieldwork in Ny-Ålesund in 2010 and 2011. Multiday flights with CMET balloons will be valuable for the modeling community for improving transport models used to predict pollution in the ...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Geoscientific permafrost collaboration between Svalbard/Norway and Alaska

One primary research aim is to compare the modern day permafrost conditions in terms of the ground thermal state, the stock of carbon and nitrogen, the potential for greenhouse gas production, the rates of permafrost land formation in the maritime arctic in Svalbard and Norway with the continent...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Changes in northern ecosystem services: what is the importance for resource-dependent communities?

A workshop will be arranged in connection with a large ongoing research project TUNDRA financed by NFR, where Russian partners are active participants. The main objective for TUNDRA is to elucidate how environmental governance and socio-economic condition s influence ecosystems and the services t...

Awarded: NOK 0.26 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

TVERS: Drivers of change in circumpolar tundra ecosystems (TUNDRA)

ARKTISK ØKONOMI: Mange Arktisk samfunn er typiske ?ensidige industristeder?, basert på utvinning og eksport av råstoff. Industriaktiviteten er lite integrert i stedets øvrige økonomiske aktivitet. I tillegg er arbeidsstyrken på slike steder svært mobil. D ette demo-økonomiske systemet gjør at man...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Influx of Atlantic Water from the Nordic Seas to the Arctic Ocean during the late glacial and the Holocene.

Under siste istid var Barentshavet dekket av Svalbard-Barentshavet isskapene. Etter isen trakk seg tilbake ble Barentshavet etter hvert en av hoved transportveiene for Atlantisk vann på vei mot Polhavet. I dag er syd-vestlige Barentshavet dominert av varm t og salt Atlantisk vann mens nordlige Ba...

Awarded: NOK 0.55 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Cooperative seismological studies on Spitsbergen

This is a proposal to establish and operate a high-quality seismic station in Barentsburg, and to carry out associated seismological studies. The project is relevant with respect to the call for proposals since it involves cooperation between Norway and R ussia in monitoring induced seismicity du...

Awarded: NOK 0.82 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Russian-Norwegian field work cooperation on marine properties in Svalbard waters

Russian-Norwegian collaboration already established in a Fram Arctic Laboratory funded PhD project, will be expanded by developing joint field work in Svalbard fjords and adjacent shelf waters. The field work will focus on seawater properties (temperature , salinity, particulate matter, optics, t...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Intracellular lifestyle of Francisella piscicida in Atlantic cod

Det vertebrate immunforsvaret består av en medfødt og en ervervet del som ved gjenkjenning av en invaderende mikrobe aktiverer eller inaktiverer ekspresjonen av et stort antall gener. Gjenkjenningsevne og type respons varierer mellom ulike arter i møte med ulike bakterier og virus. Bakterien Fran...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Use of synbiotics in aquaculture

Evaluate the effect of synbiotic [lactic acid bacteria and short chain fructooligosaccharides] on the gut microbiota, non-specific immunity and disease resistance in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) and hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus ? x O. aureus ?) . The studies will generate new informati...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Microhabitats of benthic Foraminifera in glacimarine sediments

Foraminifera are diverse and abundant marine unicellular organisms that sensitive to environmental change. Their hard shells accumulate as a fossil record and characterize past climates. Many of these minute sluggishly-moving organisms dwell within the se diment where they tend to occupy certain ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Why Is the Sea Ice Melting so Fast? Improving Understanding of Melt Processes on First-Year Arctic Sea Ice

The area of summer sea ice in the Arctic has been decreasing since satellite observations started in 1979, and the area of ice lost in summer during the last five years is far beyond what was predicted by climate models. Furthermore there has been a shift from thicker multi-year ice to thinner f...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

ARCtic Ocean Mixing: Influence of changing ice cover on internal waves and mixing

The proposal is motivated by recent findings showing i) the sensitivity of Arctic Ocean circulation to background deep-ocean diapycnal mixing and ii) enhancement of near-inertial internal wave activity and induced mixing in the absence of sea ice. Mixi ng in the stratified ocean is related to ...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

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