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Towards holistic insect monitoring: Species discovery, description, identification and traits for all insects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Holistic insect monitoring needs scalable techniques to overcome taxon biases, determine species abundances, and gather functional traits for all species. This requires that we address taxonomic impediments and the paucity ... -
An integrative framework for dark taxa biodiversity assessment at scale: A case study using Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)1. Species extinctions increase at a global scale; therefore, rapid inventorying of our planet's biodiversity is becoming more and more important. As insects represent the highest portion of the fauna and play key ecological ... -
Resolving biology’s dark matter: species richness, spatiotemporal distribution, and community composition of a dark taxon
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Zoology’s dark matter comprises hyperdiverse, poorly known taxa that are numerically dominant but largely unstudied, even in temperate regions where charismatic taxa are well understood. Dark taxa are everywhere, ... -
Arenicolidae (Annelida) in Norwegian waters: Species occurrence, bathymetric distribution and identification of juvenile specimens
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The two species of Arenicolidae, Arenicola marina and Arenicolides ecaudata, are common along the Norwegian coast. Juveniles and anterior fragments are often encountered when grab sampling, making traditional morphological ... -
A holo-omics analysis shows how sugar kelp can boost gut health in Atlantic salmon
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The projected growth of Aquaculture requires continuous optimisation of feeding regimes, especially in enhancing disease resilience through immunostimulating feed supplements. Seaweed has been introduced as a promising ... -
Corroborating written history with ancient DNA: The case of the Well-man described in an Old Norse saga
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The potential of ancient DNA analyses to provide independent sources of information about events in the historical record remains to be demonstrated. Here we apply palaeogenomic analysis to human remains excavated from a ... -
Host-gut microbiota interactions shape parasite infections in farmed Atlantic salmon
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Animals and their associated microbiota share long evolutionary histories. However, it is not always clear how host genotype and microbiota interact to affect phenotype. We applied a hologenomic approach to explore how ... -
Lebertia litoralis sp. nov. a new water mite described on morphological and molecular characters (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Lebertiidae)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)An integrative taxonomic approach, combining new morphological data with the analysis of partial COI sequences (DNA-barcodes) is used to describe Lebertia litoralis Zawal & Szenejko sp. nov. from lake habitats in Poland ... -
Effectiveness of conservation measures to support biodiversity in boreal timber-production forests
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Large parts of the boreal forest ecosystems have been greatly affected by human use, and the current timber-oriented forest management practice that dominates boreal forests is proven to cause biodiversity and ecosystem ... -
Remote sensing, words, objects: In pursuit of new avenues for coastal archaeology in Tierra del Fuego and Norway
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:383, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Tierra del Fuego and Norway are situated in the high latitudes of separate hemispheres, but they share some striking similarities: their archipelagic coastal configurations host myriad fjords, channels, islands, and rocks, ... -
Future of DNA-based insect monitoring
(Journal article, 2023)Insects are crucial for ecosystem health but climate change and pesticide use are driving massive insect decline. To mitigate this loss, we need new and effective monitoring techniques. Over the past decade there has been ... -
Marine migration, thermal habitat use and feeding habits of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L. 1758)) in SW Greenland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Climate change is altering northern coastal aquatic habitats, especially in fjords. Data on current ecosystem structure and biodiversity in many northern fjord and coastal ecosystems, especially for Greenland, are lacking. ... -
Cryptic species diversity and eDNA metabarcoding in marine ecosystem monitoring
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:343, Doctoral thesis, 2024)English summary Marine sediments constitute the largest ecosystem on Earth, yet they remain poorly studied. With increasing human activities in the coastal zone, these understudied environments face unprecedented pressures ... -
Environmental drivers of food webs in charr and trout-dominated cold-water lakes
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Climate change vulnerability of Arctic char across Scandinavia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Climate change is anticipated to cause species to shift their ranges upward and poleward, yet space for tracking suitable habitat conditions may be limited for range-restricted species at the highest elevations and latitudes ... -
Effects of cattle and cervids on plants and flower-visiting insects in young spruce plantations
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Archaeological evidence of resource utilisation of walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, over the past two millennia: A systematic review protocol
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, is an iconic pinniped and predominant molluscivore that is well adapted to Arctic and subarctic environments. Its circumpolar distribution, large body size and ivory tusks facilitated its ... -
Linked Selection and Gene Density Shape Genome-Wide Patterns of Diversification in Peatmosses
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Genome evolution under speciation is poorly understood in nonmodel and nonvascular plants, such as bryophytes—the largest group of nonvascular land plants. Their genomes are structurally different from angiosperms and ... -
Population structure of Dugong dugon across the Indo-Pacific revealed by historical mitogenomes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Sirenia, an iconic marine taxon with a tropical and subtropical worldwide distribution, face an uncertain future. All species are designated ‘Vulnerable’ to extinction by the IUCN. Nonetheless, a comprehensive understanding ... -
Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia? An attempt to identify the discoverer of St James’s tomb through osteological and biomolecular analyses (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)After St James the Apostle, Bishop Teodomiro of Iria-Flavia is the most important figure associated with the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. He supposedly discovered the apostolic tomb after a divine revelation between ...
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