• NordAqua, a Nordic Center of Excellence to develop an algae-based photosynthetic production platform 

      Allahverdiyeva, Yagut; Aro, Eva-Mari; Bavel, Bert van; Escudero, Carlos; Funk, Christiane; Heinonen, Jarna; Herfindal, Lars; Lindblad, Peter; Makinen, Sari; Penttilä, Merja; Sivonen, Kaarina; Chauton, Matilde Skogen; Skomedal, Hanne; Skjermo, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      NordAqua is a multidisciplinary Nordic Center of Excellence funded by NordForsk Bioeconomy program (2017–2022). The research center promotes Blue Bioeconomy and endeavours to reform the use of natural resources in a ...
    • Nordic Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Status and Outlook 

      Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Gundersen, Hege; Björk, Mats; Gullström, Martin; Dahl, Martin; Asplund, Maria E.; Boström, Christoffer; Holmer, Marianne; Banta, Gary T.; Graversen, Anna Elizabeth Løvgren; Pedersen, Morten Foldager; Bekkby, Trine; Frigstad, Helene; Skjellum, Solrun Figenschau; Thormar, Jonas; Gyldenkærne, Steen; Howard, Jennifer; Pidgeon, Emily; Ragnarsdóttir, Sunna Björk; Mols-Mortensen, Agnes; Hancke, Kasper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Vegetated coastal and marine habitats in the Nordic region include salt marshes, eelgrass meadows and, in particular, brown macroalgae (kelp forests and rockweed beds). Such habitats contribute to storage of organic carbon ...
    • Nordre Fosen vannområde – marine undersøkelser av miljøtilstand i utvalgte vannforekomster 2014-16 

      Johnsen, Torbjørn Martin; Gitmark, Janne Kim; Håvardstun, Jarle (NIVA-rapport;7166, Research report, 2017)
      I Nordre Fosen vannområde har det vært gjennomført undersøkelser for å fastslå miljøtilstanden i 5 utvalgte vannforekomster med innsamling på lokalitetene Vågen på Storfosna, Herfjorden, Osen, Setervågen og Kuringvågen. ...
    • The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let’s cooperate! 

      Dulio, Valeria; Koschorreck, Jan; van Bavel, Bert; van den Brink, Paul; Hollender, Juliane; Munthe, John; Schlabach, Martin; Aalizadeh, Reza; Agerstrand, Marlene; Ahrens, Lutz; Allan, Ian; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Barceló, Damià; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Boutroup, Susanne; Brack, Werner; Bressy, Adele; Christensen, Jan H.; Cirka, Lubos; Covaci, Adrian; Derksen, Anja; Deviller, Genevieve; Dingemans, Milou M. L.; Engwall, Magnus; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Gago-Ferrero, Pablo; Hernández, Félix; Herzke, Dorte; Hilscherová, Klára; Hollert, Henner; Junghans, Marion; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Keiter, Steffen; Kools, Stefan A. E.; Kruve, Anneli; Lambropoulou, Dimitra; Lamoree, Marja; Leonards, Pim; Lopez, Benjamin; López de Alda, Miren; Lundy, Lian; Makovinská, Jarmila; Marigómez, Ionan; Martin, Jonathan W.; McHugh, Brendan; Miège, Cécile; O'Toole, Simon; Perkola, Noora; Polesello, Stefano; Posthuma, Leo; Rodriguez-Mozaz, Sara; Roessink, Ivo; Rostkowski, Pawel; Ruedel, Heinz; Samanipour, Saer; Schulze, Tobias; Schymanski, Emma L.; Sengl, Manfred; Tarabek, Peter; Hulscher, Dorien Ten; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Togola, Anne; Valsecchi, Sara; van Leeuwen, Stefan; von der Ohe, Peter; Vorkamp, Katrin; Vrana, Branislav; Slobodnik, Jaroslav (Others, 2020)
      The Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC) is currently under development as a joint research and innovation programme to strengthen the scientific basis for chemical risk assessment in the EU. The plan is to ...
    • Norsk naturindeks. Statistiske beregningsmetoder for utnyttelse av vanndirektivdata i naturindeksen – ferskvannsindeksen vannplanter (TIc) som eksempel 

      Gundersen, Hege; Mjelde, Marit; Schartau, Ann Kristin; Oug, Eivind (NIVA-rapport;7324, Research report, 2018)
      Arbeidet i dette prosjektet har vist hvordan ulike metoder for beregning av tilstand og referansetilstand kan bli brukt for å øke den geografiske representativiteten for punktmålte indikatorer i naturindeksen. Ferskvanns ...
    • The Norwegian river monitoring programme 2019 – water quality status and trends 

      Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Kaste, Øyvind; Sample, James Edward; Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Norling, Magnus Dahler; Guerrero, Jose-Luis; Allan, Ian; Nizzetto, Luca (NIVA-rapport;7564, Research report, 2020)
      In the Norwegian River Monitoring Programme (in Norwegian: Elveovervåkingsprogrammet) 20 rivers along the Norwegian coastline are monitored for chemical and hydrological parameters. It is a continuation of river monitoring ...
    • The Norwegian river monitoring programme 2020 – water quality status and trends 

      Kaste, Øyvind; Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Poste, Amanda; Sample, James Edward; Hjermann, Dag Øystein (NIVA-rapport;7738-2022, Research report, 2022)
      In the Norwegian River Monitoring Programme (in Norwegian: Elveovervåkingsprogrammet) 20 rivers along the Norwegian coastline are monitored for chemical and hydrological parameters. It is a continuation of the RID programme ...
    • The Norwegian river monitoring programme 2021 – water quality status and trends 

      Kaste, Øyvind; Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Sample, James Edward; Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Skancke, Liv Bente; Allan, Ian; Jenssen, Marthe Torunn Solhaug; Bæk, Kine; Poste, Amanda (NIVA-rapport;7760-2022, Research report, 2022)
      In the Norwegian River Monitoring Programme (in Norwegian: Elveovervåkingsprogrammet) 20 rivers along the Norwegian coast are monitored for physical and chemical parameters. This report presents the current status (2021) ...
    • The Norwegian River Monitoring Programme Priority substances and emerging contaminants in selected Norwegian rivers 

      Allan, Ian; Jenssen, Marthe Torunn Solhaug; Bæk, Kine; Kaste, Øyvind (NIVA-rapport;7688, Research report, 2022)
      Riverine inputs and direct discharges to Norwegian coastal waters in 2020 have been estimated in accordance with the OSPAR Commission’s principles. This report focuses on EU Water Framework Directive priority substances ...
    • The Norwegian river monitoring programme – water quality status and trends in 2018 

      Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Kaste, Øyvind; Sample, James Edward; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Selvik, John Rune; Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Norling, Magnus Dahler; Guerrero, Jose-Luis (NIVA-rapport;7441, Research report, 2019)
      In the Norwegian River Monitoring Programme (Elveovervåkingsprogrammet) 20 rivers along the Norwegian coastline are monitored for chemical and hydrological parameters. It is a continuation of a former monitoring programme, ...
    • The Norwegian Water Column Monitoring programme 2021: Assessing the impacts of Ekofisk and Eldfisk offshore oil and gas installations on the marine environment 

      Brooks, Steven; Bamber, Shaw Duncan; Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar; Pampanin, Daniela Maria; Gomiero, Alessio; Martins, Samantha Eslava; Vitale, Matteo (NIVA-rapport;7878-2023, Research report, 2023)
      The Norwegian offshore Water Column Monitoring (WCM) programme investigated the potential effects of Ekofisk and Eldfisk oil and gas installations on the marine environment. Produced water (PW) impacts were assessed in the ...
    • Notodden Lufthavn - Sedimentundersøkelser i forbindelse med planlagt utfylling i Heddøla 

      Økelsrud, Asle (NIVA-rapport;7787-2022, Research report, 2022)
      I forbindelse med utvidelse av Notodden Lufthavn vil det være behov for å fylle ut deler av Heddøla. I den sammenheng har NIVA undersøkt et utvalg miljøgifter i sediment fra tre prøvetakingsstasjoner i Heddøla. Det var ...
    • A novel method for the quantification of tire and polymer-modified bitumen particles in environmental samples by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectroscopy 

      Rødland, Elisabeth Strandbråten; Samanipour, Saer; Rauert, Cassandra; Okoffo, Elvis D.; Reid, Malcolm James; Heier, Lene S; Lind, Ole Christian; Thomas, Kevin V; Meland, Sondre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Tire and road wear particles may constitute the largest source of microplastic particles into the environment. Quantification of these particles are associated with large uncertainties which are in part due to inadequate ...
    • De novo Development of a Quantitative Adverse Outcome Pathway (qAOP) Network for Ultraviolet B (UVB) Radiation Using Targeted Laboratory Tests and Automated Data Mining 

      Song, You; Xie, Li; Lee, YeonKyeong; Tollefsen, Knut-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation is a natural non-chemical stressor posing potential hazards to organisms such as planktonic crustaceans. The present study was conducted to revisit the lethal effects of UVB on crustaceans, ...
    • Nuisance growth of Juncus bulbosus: the roles of genetics and environmental drivers tested in a large-scale survey 

      Moe, Therese Fosholt; Brysting, Anne Krag; Andersen, Tom; Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Kaste, Øyvind; Hessen, Dag Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      1. Invasive species can transform aquatic ecosystems, and the nuisance growth of the freshwater macrophyte Juncus bulbosus has become a problem in many lakes and rivers in northern Europe. It affects biodiversity strongly ...
    • Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook 

      Poikane, Sandra; Kelly, Martyn G; Salas Herrero, Fuensanta; Pitt, Jo-Anne; Jarvie, Helen P; Claussen, Ulrich; Leujak, Wera; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Teixeira, Heliana; Phillips, Geoff (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The aim of European water policy is to achieve good ecological status in all rivers, lakes, coastal and transitional waters by 2027. Currently, more than half of water bodies are in a degraded condition and nutrient ...
    • Nutrient retention by the littoral vegetation of a large lake: Can Lake Ohrid cope with current and future loading? 

      Vermaat, Jan E.; Matzinger, Andreas; Trajanovska, Sonja; Talevska, Marina; Schneider, Susanne C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets were compiled for the littoral (29 km2) and pelagic (329 km2) of ancient, deep, clear, and hard water Lake Ohrid (Albania and North Macedonia), to assess the importance of the littoral in ...
    • Ny E39 Mandal øst – Mandal by: Førkartlegging av vannforekomster 

      Kaste, Øyvind; Andersen, Eivind Ekholt; Haraldstad, Tormod; Håvardstun, Jarle; Kemp, Joanna Lynn; Skancke, Liv Bente; Øxnevad, Sigurd (NIVA-rapport;7471, Research report, 2020)
      I forbindelse med at skal bygges ny E39 øst for Mandal er det gjennomført en førkartlegging av vannforekomster som blir berørt av veiprosjektet. Programmet har pågått i perioden oktober 2018 – oktober 2019 og har bestått ...
    • Ny kalkingsstrategi for laks i Sokndalsvassdraget 

      Høgberget, Rolf (NIVA-rapport;7145, Research report, 2017-04)
      Sokndalsvassdraget er et av de sørligste laksevassdragene i Norge. Det ble tidlig sterkt rammet av forsuring, og laksen var utryddet allerede i 1880-årene. Kalking ble påbegynt i 1987, og laksen har nå kommet tilbake til ...
    • Næringsnett og miljøgifter i Gunneklevfjorden. Beslutningsgrunnlag og tiltaksplan for forurensede sedimenter i Gunneklevfjorden, Delrapport aktivitet 2 

      Olsen, Marianne; Beylich, Bjørnar; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg (NIVA-rapport;6795, Research report, 2015)
      Næringsnett og miljøgifter i organismer er undersøkt i Gunneklevfjorden i 2013. Det er samlet inn zooplankton, bunndyr og fisk for kjemiske analyser av kvikksølv og klorerte forbindelser. Kartlegging av næringsnettet er ...