• Extent and ecological importance of escape through spawning in sea-cages for Atlantic cod 

      Uglem, Ingebrigt; Knutsen, Øyvind; Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd; Hansen, Øyvind J; Mork, Jarle; Bjørn, Pål Arne; Varne, Rebekka; Nilsen, Rune; Ellingsen, Ingrid H.; Dempster, Timothy David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The culture of certain fish species to sizes at which they can reproduce has led to the escape of fertilised eggs or ‘escape through spawning’. To investigate the extent and ecological importance of spawning in sea-cages ...
    • Timing is everything: Survival of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar postsmolts during events of high salmon lice densities 

      Bøhn, Thomas; Gjelland, Karl Øystein; Serra Llinares, Rosa Maria; Finstad, Bengt; Primicerio, Raul; Nilsen, Rune; Karlsen, Ørjan; Sandvik, Anne Dagrun; Skilbrei, Ove Tommy; Elvik, Kristine Marit Schrøder; Skaala, Øystein; Bjørn, Pål Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Atlantic salmon in aquaculture act as reservoir hosts and vectors of parasites like salmon lice and this parasite is shown to harm wild salmonid populations. In this study, n = 29,817 tagged Atlantic salmon were studied ...