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HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bilat - MPAs in exploited regions in the northern boreal continental shelf

The world?s oceans are increasingly affected by impacts from many different sources: overfishing, climate change, coastal and offshore industrial development, to name a few. These impacts may result in the reduction and depletion of fish stocks, degradati on of important habitats, and threats to ...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Many voices - one dialogue

Summit attendees will reflect a wide range of perspectives on the future of the Arctic. Participants will evaluate options for Arctic governance in terms of four criteria: (i) the feasibility of implementing them under prevailing Arctic conditions, (ii) t he extent to which they are flexible and ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bilat - Relating laboratory and field bioaccumulation; importance of abiotic and biotic parameters, and use of trophic magnification factors

The Bioaccumulation Advisory Group (BSAG) of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is in the process of organizing a workshop to be held in New Orleans 2 days prior to SETAC NA, 2009 (i.e., 18-19 November). The workshop will focus on the low, or non-existing, translation of...

Awarded: NOK 99,418

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

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

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

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Growth performance and detoxification of mussels cultured in a fjord enhanced by forced upwelling of nutrient rich deeper water

A previous study in the Lysefjord was the first full-scale experiment to use submerged brackish water discharged in a controlled manner to force upwelling in a fjord area providing enhanced phytoplankton concentration and production. In this project we hy pothesize that this enhanced phytoplankto...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Investigations of population structure in shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in the North Atlantic

The northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) is the most valuable shellfish resource in the North Atlantic and supports one of the world's largest fisheries. The need to establish stock boundaries and study the spatial organization of shrimp has been emphasi zed by the international shrimp milieu. P...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: 3rd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium - Emerging solutions for emerging challenges

The 3rd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium is planned to be held in Bergen in April 14-16, 2010. It follows in the succesful path of the two previous meetings in Oslo (2004) and Trondheim (2008). The University of Bergen and the Norwegian Societ y for Pharmacology and Toxicology are joi...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

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

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Making the most of fisheries information underpinning policy, management and science

In summary the conference will focus on the following topics: -Development and evaluation of policy and regulatory measures -Data requirements to support environmental, economic and social understanding of fisheries dynamics and management -Collection o f socio-economic data and fishers knowled...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

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

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

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

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

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

36th Annual Larval Fish Conference

The early life stages of fishes are a principal focus of many ecological studies and have been a focus of Norwegian marine science for over 100 years. Their distributions and densities are indicative of spawning and nursery areas, spawning seasons, larval behaviour, and year-class strength. Even...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

3rd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium - Emerging solutions for emerging challenges

The 3rd Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium is planned to be held in Bergen in April 14-16, 2010. It follows in the succesful path of the two previous meetings in Oslo (2004) and Trondheim (2008). The University of Bergen and the Norwegian Societ y for Pharmacology and Toxicology are joi...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Vestland

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

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Bioprospecting in the svalbard reindeer microbiome - establishing a Norwegian-Australian joint research effort

Understanding the enzymology of plant biomass conversion is a key issue in the world's desires to establish a sustainable bio-based economy. Currently available enzyme technology is insufficiently effective, and several fundamental key questions as to how enzymes and plant cell walls interact re...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Bioeconomic Multispecies Analysis of Marine Ecosystems

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Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

The New Challenges in High Seas Fisheries Management: Dealing with Competition Across Institutional Venurs

One of todays most pressing marine governance issues is the how to effectively govern areas beyond national jurisdiction, on the high seas. This project will address two clusters of current challenges in high seas fisheries management: i) the adoption of trade measures to combat IUU-fishing (ill...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

Toxic Algae: Taxonomy, Quantification and Early Warning

TOXICALGAE tok sikte på å øke forståelsen av giftig marine mikroalger og vi fokuserte primært på arter som er giftig for fisk. Mange av dem er små, skjøre og vanskelig å oppdage ved hjelp av standard overvåkingsmetoder som lysmikroskopi, derfor er nye verktøy som enkelt og nøyaktig kan oppdage og...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2016

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Understanding fitness-related effects of dispersed oil on Calanus finmarchicus

The planktonic copepod Calanus finmarchicus is the dominating species in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea in terms of biomass, and because of its central position in the food web and large lipid content it is by far the most important source of energy fo r a number of fish species. This crucial ...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Wildlife-human interactions: from conflict to coexistence in sustainable landscapes. Publication and communication phase

In the period 2007 - 2009, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences have been involved in a cooperation project with the Centre for Ecological Studies at the Indian Institute for Sciences and other Indian p artners. The project has been financed by...

Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

APECS: Shaping the Future of Polar Research International Directorate Office

Norway, as many western countries, is facing a scientific generation gap in conjunction with the difficulty in recruiting natural and physical scientists. The work of APECS is helping young scientists maneuver the challenging academic world, encouraging t hem to stay in science, and recruit the n...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

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

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

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