• Corroborating written history with ancient DNA: The case of the Well-man described in an Old Norse saga 

  Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Ebenesersdóttir, S. Sunna; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Petersén, Anna; Vågene, Åshild J.; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Denham, Sean Dexter; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Gilbert, Edmund; Werge, Thomas; Hansen, Thomas F; Kockum, Ingrid; Alfredsson, Lars; Olsson, Tomas; Hovig, Eivind; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Stefánsson, Kári; Stenøien, Hans Kristen; Helgason, Agnar; Martin, Michael David (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 

  Brealey, Jaelle Caitlin; Kodama, Miyako; Agerbo Rasmussen, Jacob; Hansen, Søren B.; Santos-Bay, Luisa; Lecaudey, Laurene Alicia; Hansen, Martin; Fjære, Even; Myrmel, Lene Secher; Madsen, Lise; Bernhard, Annette; Sveier, Harald; Kristiansen, Karsten; Gilbert, M Thomas P; Martin, Michael David; Limborg, Morten Tønsberg (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) 

  Zawal, Andrzej; Gerecke, Reinhard; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Stur, Elisabeth; Szenejko, Magdalena (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 

  Tange, Ane Christensen; Sjølie, Hanne Kathrine; Austrheim, Gunnar (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 

  Eidshaug, Jo Sindre P. (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 

  Chua, Physilia Y. S.; Bourlat, Sarah J; Ferguson, Cameron; Korlevic, Petra; Zhao, Leia; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Meier, Rudolf; Lawniczak, Mara K.N. (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 

  Davidsen, Jan Grimsrud; Eldøy, Sindre Håvarstein; Piper, Adam; Moccetti, Coralie; Brodersen, Jakob; Whoriskey, Frederick G.; Power, Michael (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 

  Hektoen, Martin Mejdell (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 

  Kangosjärvi, Henna; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Byström, Pär; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Power, Michael John; Sánchez-Hernández, Javier; Eloranta, Antti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

• Climate change vulnerability of Arctic char across Scandinavia 

  Muhlfeld, Clint C.; Cline, Timothy J.; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Hessen, Dag Olav; Perrin, Sam; Thaulow, Jens; Whited, Diane; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn (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 

  Valaker, Jenny; Helbert, Juliette; Schubert, Veronika; Mathisen, Karen Marie; Henriksen, Marie Vestergaard; Nielsen, Anders; Austrheim, Gunnar; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

• Archaeological evidence of resource utilisation of walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, over the past two millennia: A systematic review protocol 

  Buss, Danielle Lia; Dierickx, Katrien Alfred C; Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Elliot, Deirdre; Rankin, Lisa K.; Whitridge, Peter; Frasier, Brenna; Richard, Jean-Simon; van den Hurk, Youri; Barrett, James Harold (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 

  Meleshko, Olena; Martin, Michael David; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Stenøien, Hans Kristen; Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand; Szövényi, Péter; Hassel, Kristian (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 

  Furness, Lydia Hildebrand; Kersten, Oliver Sven; Boilard, Aurélie; Keith-Diagne, Lucy; Brito, Cristina; Barrett, James Harold; Kitchener, Andrew; Sabin, Richard; Lavery, Shane; Plön, Stephanie; Star, Bastiaan (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) 

  Perez Ramallo, Patxi; Rodríguez-Varela, Ricardo; Staniewska, Alexandra; Ilgner, Jana; Krzewins, Maja; Chivall, David; Higham, Tom; Götherström, Anders; Roberts, Patrick (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 ...

• Ritual Practice at Late Iron-Age and Viking-Age Cemeteries in Norway: The Mortuary Houses From Skeiet, Vinjeøra 

  Sauvage, Raymond; Macphail, Richard I. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  THREE PROPOSED LATE IRON- AND VIKING-AGE MORTUARY HOUSES were recently excavated in Central Norway. Excavations and geoarchaeological investigations imply underground wooden buildings resembling domestic houses with doors. ...

• Sharkaeology: Expanding Understandings of Historical Chinese Diaspora Shark Fisheries in Monterey Bay, California, through the Genetic Species Identification of Archaeological Chondrichthyes Remains 

  Royle, Thomas Coulton; Kennedy, J. Ryan; Guiry, Eric J.; Jackman, Luke S.; Shichiza, Yuka; Yang, Dongya Y. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Prior to burning down in 1906 CE, Point Alones in the Monterey Bay region of Central California was home to one of the largest Chinese fishing communities in the United States of America. Both historical records and the ...

• Violence as a lens to Viking societies: A comparison of Norway and Denmark 

  Bill, Jan; Jacobson, David; Nagel, Susanne; Strand, Lisa Mariann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Comparing Viking Age Norway and Denmark, the article examines the primary proposition that as centers of authority become progressively more robust, violence will be proportionately contained. The article introduces a new ...

• From Life to Death in Iron Age and Medieval Vinjefjord. Unveiling Burial Practices, Settlement and Landscape History 

  Sauvage, Raymond (Book, 2024)

  Archaeological excavations in 2019 and 2020 at Vinjefjord in Central Norway uncovered extensive evidence of settlements and graves from societies that thrived in this region during the Iron Age, the Viking Age, and the ...

• Genomic context determines the effect of DNA methylation on gene expression in the gut epithelium of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

  Katirtzoglou, Aikaterini; Hansen, Søren B.; Sveier, Harald; Martin, Michael David; Brealey, Jaelle C.; Limborg, Morten T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The canonical view of DNA methylation, a pivotal epigenetic regulation mechanism in eukaryotes, dictates its role as a suppressor of gene activity, particularly within promoter regions. However, this view is being challenged ...

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