• Evidence of avian influenza virus inseabirds breeding on a Norwegian high-Arctic archipelago 

      Lee, Megan Marie; Jaspers, Veerle L.B.; Gabrielsen, W. Geir; Munro Jenssen, Bjørn; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Mortensen, Åse-Karen; Lundgren, Silje Strand; Waugh, Courtney A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Wild aquatic birds serve as the natural reservoir for avian influenza virus (AIV), a disease with significant implications for avian and mammalian health. Climate change is predicted to impact the dynamics of AIV, particularly ...
    • Immunomodulation by metals and environmental pollutants in seabirds breeding on Svalbard 

      Lundgren, Silje Strand (Master thesis, 2018)
      This master thesis investigated the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead, selenium and zinc in plasma and feathers of black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridcatyla) (n = 17), as well as feathers of ...