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    • Screening programme 2016 - Selected compounds with relevance for EU regulation 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Borgen, Anders; Fjeld, Eirik; Halse, Anne Karine; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Nizzetto, Pernilla Bohlin; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Vogelsang, Christian (NILU-rapport;34/2017, Research report, 2017)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study into the occurrence of selected solvents, siloxanes, flame retardants, bisphenols and other PBT compounds in effluents, sewage sludge, surface water, sediments, house ...
    • Screening Programme 2020, Part 1 and 2: Plastic Additives and REACH Compounds 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Bæk, Kine; Dadkhah, Mona Eftekhar; Eikenes, Heidi; Halse, A.K.; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel; Rundberget, Thomas; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Kringstad, Alfhild; Rødland, Elisabeth Strandbråten; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Harju, Mikael; Beylich, Bjørnar; Vogelsang, Christian (NIVA-rapport;7684-2021, Research report, 2022)
      I screening 2020 gjennomført av Norsk institutt for vannforskning (NIVA) og NILU-Norsk institutt for luftforskning i fellesskap ble det satt søkelys på forekomst og mulige miljøproblemer av 160 kjemikalier. Forbindelser ...
    • Screening Programme 2021 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Bæk, Kine; Dadkhah, Mona Eftekhar; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel; Rundberget, Thomas; Ndungu, Kuria; Rødland, Elisabeth Strandbråten; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Harju, Michael; Beylich, Bjørnar; Vogelsang, Christian (NIVA-rapport;7765-2022, Research report, 2022)
      The Screening Programme 2021 was carried out by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) and NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research. The spotlight was placed on the occurrence and possible environmental problems ...
    • Screening Programme 2022. New environmental pollutants. 

      Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Reid, Malcolm; Rostkowski, Pawel; Bæk, Kine; Rundberget, Thomas; Vogelsang, Christian; Rødland, Elisabeth; Beylich, Bjørnar; Eikenes, Heidi; Bäcklund, Are; Walker, Sam-Erik; Borgen, Anders Røsrud; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Håland, Alexander; Schmidbauer, Norbert (NIVA-rapport;7906-2023, Research report, 2023)
      The 2022 Screening Programme followed up on some findings from the 2020 Screening Programme. This included further investigation of plastic-related substances, tyre-related substances, and disinfection agents. The 2022 ...
    • Se-enrichment of Chlorella vulgaris grown under different trophic states for food supplementation 

      Pires, Rita; Costa, Margarida; Silva, Joana; Pedras, Bruno; Concórdio-Reis, Patrícia; Lapa, Nuno; Ventura, Márcia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Most European countries, including Portugal, have soils with low selenium (Se) concentrations. This mineral has antioxidant and chemoprotective functions essential for the human immune system. Despite Se being mostly ...
    • Sea-based sources of microplastics to the Norwegian marine environment 

      Lusher, Amy; Pettersen, Ragnhild (NIVA-rapport;7568, Research report, 2021)
      This report is an update of data available on primary and secondary discharges of microplastics from sea-based sources to the Norwegian marine environment. Nine broad potential sea-based source categories are relevant to ...
    • Seasonal and spatial variations in biomarker baseline levels within Arctic populations of mussels (Mytilus spp.) 

      Storhaug, Ekaterina; Nahrgang, Jasmine; Pedersen, Kristine Bondo; Brooks, Steven; Petes, Laura; Bakhmet, Igor N.; Frantzen, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Climate change and pollution resulting from human activities in the Arctic require reliable monitoring systems in sentinel species. Mytilus spp. are used as sentinel species all around the world. The use of Mytilus spp. ...
    • Seasonal and year-to-year variation of mercury concentration in perch (Perca fluviatilis) in boreal lakes 

      Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Fjeld, Eirik; Rognerud, Sigurd; Lund, Espen; Larssen, Thorjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The authors examined the seasonal and year‐to‐year variations of mercury (Hg) concentrations in populations of perch (Perca fluviatilis) from 2 boreal freshwater lakes in southeast Norway. Fish Hg concentrations were ...
    • Seasonal diversity and dynamics of haptophytes in the Skagerrak, Norway, explored by high-throughput sequencing 

      Egge, Elianne Sirnæs; Johannessen, Torill Vik; Andersen, Tom; Eikrem, Wenche; Bittner, Lucie; Larsen, Aud; Sandaa, Ruth-Anne; Edvardsen, Bente (Journal article, 2015)
      Microalgae in the division Haptophyta play key roles in the marine ecosystem and in global biogeochemical processes. Despite their ecological importance, knowledge on seasonal dynamics, community composition and abundance ...
    • Seasonal forecasting of lake water quality and algal bloom risk using a continuous Gaussian Bayesian network 

      Jackson-Blake, Leah Amber; Clayer, Francois; Haande, Sigrid; Sample, James Edward; Moe, S. Jannicke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Freshwater management is challenging, and advance warning that poor water quality was likely, a season ahead, could allow for preventative measures to be put in place. To this end, we developed a Bayesian network (BN) for ...
    • Seasonal pollutant levels in littoral high-Arctic amphipods in relation to food sources and terrestrial run-off 

      Skogsberg, Stina Linnea Emelie; Mcgovern, Maeve; Poste, Amanda; Jonsson, Sofi; Arts, Michael T.; Varpe, Øystein; Borgå, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Increasing terrestrial run-off from melting glaciers and thawing permafrost to Arctic coastal areas is expected to facilitate re-mobilization of stored legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg), potentially ...
    • Seasonal rainfall affects occurrence of organohalogen contaminants in tropical marine fishes and prawns from Zanzibar, Tanzania 

      Haarr, Ane; Mwakalapa, Eliezer B; Mmochi, Aviti J; Lyche, Jan L; Ruus, Anders; Othman, Halima; Larsen, Martin M.; Borgå, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Seasonal differences in precipitation may affect contaminant dynamics in tropical coastal regions due to terrestrial runoff of contaminants to the marine environment after the rainy seasons. To assess the effect of seasonal ...
    • Seasonal riverine inputs may affect diet and mercury bioaccumulation in Arctic coastal zooplankton 

      Carrasco, Nathalie; Mcgovern, Maeve; Evenset, Anita; Søreide, Janne E.; Arts, Michael T.; Jonsson, Sofi; Poste, Amanda Elizabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Climate change driven increases in permafrost thaw and terrestrial runoff are expected to facilitate the mobilization and transport of mercury (Hg) from catchment soils to coastal areas in the Arctic, potentially increasing ...
    • Seasonal turnover in community composition of stream-associated macroinvertebrates inferred from freshwater environmental DNA metabarcoding 

      Jensen, Mads Reinholdt; Egelyng Sigsgaard, Eva; Agersnap, Sune; Rasmussen, Jes Jessen; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Wiberg-Larsen, Peter; Thomsen, Philip Francis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Macroinvertebrate communities are crucial for biodiversity monitoring and assessment of ecological status in stream ecosystems. However, traditional monitoring approaches require intensive sampling and rely on invasive ...
    • Seasonal Variability of the Carbonate System and Air–Sea CO2 Flux in the Outer Changjiang Estuary, East China Sea 

      Liu, Jing; Bellerby, Richard; Li, Xiaoshuang; Yang, Anqiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Three field surveys were conducted in the outer Changjiang Estuary on the inner shelf of the East China Sea in March, July, and October, 2018. Observations of total-scale pH (pHT), total alkalinity (AT), and calculated ...
    • Seasonal variation in marine C:N:P stoichiometry: can the composition of seston explain stable Redfield ratios? 

      Frigstad, Helene; Andersen, Tom; Hessen, Dag Olav; Naustvoll, L..J.; Johnsen, Torbjørn Martin; Bellerby, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Seston is suspended particulate organic matter, comprising a mixture of autotrophic, heterotrophic and detrital material. Despite variable proportions of these components, marine seston often exhibits relatively small ...
    • Seasonal variation of mercury and δ15N in fish from Lake Heddalsvatn, southern Norway 

      Moreno, Clara E.; Fjeld, Eirik; Deshar, Min Kaji; Lydersen, Espen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      Seasonal variations of mercury (Hg) concentration in muscle tissue of northern pike (Esox lucius L), European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L) and European perch (Perca fluviatilis L) have been investigated in Lake ...
    • Seasonality in land–ocean connectivity and local processes control sediment bacterial community structure and function in a High Arctic tidal flat 

      Handler, Eleanor R.; Andersen, Sebastian; Gradinger, Rolf Rudolf; Mcgovern, Maeve; Vader, Anna; Poste, Amanda Elizabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Climate change is altering patterns of precipitation, cryosphere thaw, and land–ocean influxes, affecting understudied Arctic estuarine tidal flats. These transitional zones between terrestrial and marine systems are ...
    • Seaweed forests are carbon sinks that may help mitigate CO2 emissions: a comment on Gallagher et al. (2022) 

      Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Pessarrodona, Albert; Duarte, Carlos M.; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Hancke, Kasper; Smale, Daniel; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recently, Gallagher et al. (2022) suggested that seaweed ecosystems are net heterotrophic carbon sources due to CO2 released from the consumption of external subsidies. Here we outline several flaws in their argument, which ...
    • Secchi depth in the Oslofjord-Skagerrak area: theory, experiments and relationships to other quantities 

      Aas, Eyvind; Høkedal, Jo; Sørensen, Kai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The Secchi depth and its relationships to other properties of the sea water in the Oslofjord–Skagerrak area have been investigated. White and black disks of different sizes have been applied, and the Secchi depth has been ...