• Regional assessment of the current extent of acidification of surface waters in Europe and North America 

      Austnes, Kari; Aherne, Julian; Arle, Jens; Čičendajeva, Marina; Couture, Suzanne; Fölster, Jens; Garmo, Øyvind Aaberg; Hruska, Jakub; Monteith, Don; Posch, Max; Rogora, Michaela; Sample, James Edward; Skjelkvåle, Brit Lisa; Steingruber, Sandra; Stoddard, John L.; Ulańczyk, Rafał; Van Dam, Herman; Velasco, Manuel Toro; Vuorenmaa, Jussi; Wright, Richard Frederic; de Wit, Heleen (NIVA-rapport;7268, Research report, 2018)
      The current status of surface water acidification related to air pollution in Europe and North America has been assessed using country reports, monitoring data, critical loads and exceedance data, acid sensitivity and ...
    • Regrowth of kelp after removal of sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) 

      Carlsson, Pernilla Marianne; Christie, Hartvig C (NIVA-rapport;7431, Research report, 2019)
      With few natural predators, green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) have grown in numbers, grazed down large kelp forest areas in Northern Norway into urchin barrens. NIVA deployed three underwater cages ...
    • Reker i Indre Oslofjord - overvåking i perioden 2000-2014 

      Berge, John Arthur; Amundsen, Rita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Her presenteres resultatene av undersøkelser av forekomst av reker på 7 stasjoner i Indre Oslofjord og Drøbaksundet over en periode på 15 år. I alt ble det observert 15 ulike rekearter. Den mest hyppig observerte arten var ...
    • Relating environmental pressures to littoral biological water quality indicators in Western Balkan lakes: Can we fill the largest gaps? 

      Vermaat, Jan E.; Biberdžić, Vera; Braho, Vjola; Gjoreska, Biljana Budzakoska; Cara, Magdalena; Dana, Zamira; Đurašković, Pavle; Eriksen, Tor Erik; Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Imeri, Alma; Jovanović, Katarina; Krizmanić, Jelena; Kupe, Lirika; Loshkoska, Tatjana; Kemp, Joanna Lynn; Marković, Aleksandra; Patceva, Suzana; Rakočević, Jelena; Stojanović, Katarina; Talevska, Marina; Trajanovska, Sonja; Trajanovski, Sasho; Veljanovska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta; Vidaković, Danijela; Zdraveski, Konstantin; Zivic, Ivana; Schneider, Susanne C (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Along six transects in each of six lakes across the Western Balkans, we collected data for three groups of littoral biological water quality indicators: epilithic diatoms, macrophytes, and benthic invertebrates. We assessed ...
    • Relative impacts of multiple human stressors in estuaries and coastal waters in the North Sea–Baltic Sea transition zone 

      Andersen, Jesper H; Al-Hamdani, Zyad; Harvey, E Thérèse; Kallenbach, Emilie; Murray, Ciarán; Stock, Andy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The objectives of this study are 1) to map the potential cumulative impacts of multiple human activities and stressors on the ecosystems in the transition zone between the North Sea and Baltic Sea, for Danish waters 2) to ...
    • Release of chitobiase as an indicator of potential molting disruption in juvenile Daphnia magna exposed to the ecdysone receptor agonist 20-hydroxyecdysone 

      Song, You; Evenseth, Linn Mari; Iguchi, Taisen; Tollefsen, Knut Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      During arthropod molting, the old exoskeleton is degraded and recycled by the molting fluid. Chitobiase, a major chitinolytic enzyme in the molting fluid, has been widely used as a biomarker to indicate endocrine disruption ...
    • Reliability in distribution modeling — A synthesis and step-by-step guidelines for improved practice 

      Bryn, Anders; Bekkby, Trine; Rinde, Eli; Gundersen, Hege; Halvorsen, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Information about the distribution of a study object (e.g., species or habitat) is essential in face of increasing pressure from land or sea use, and climate change. Distribution models are instrumental for acquiring such ...
    • Remote, autonomous real‑time monitoring of environmental DNA from commercial fish 

      Hansen, Brian K; Jacobsen, Magnus W; Middelboe, Anne Lise; Preston, Christina M.; Marin III, Roman; Bekkevold, Dorte; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Møller, Peter R.; Nielsen, Einar E (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly used for monitoring marine organisms; however, offshore sampling and time lag from sampling to results remain problematic. In order to overcome these challenges a robotic sampler, ...
    • Removal of a cyanotoxins mixture by loose nanofiltration membranes applied in drinking water production 

      Lebad, Mohamed Said; Ballot, Andreas; Vogelsang, Christian; Abdessemed, Djamal; Krzeminski, Pawel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Cyanobacterial toxins may threaten human health if their levels in drinking water exceed certain thresholds. Therefore, it is important for water works that use raw water sources prone to cyanobacterial blooms to have ...
    • Removal of antibiotic resistant E. coli in two Norwegian wastewater treatment plants and by nano- and ultra-filtration processes 

      Schwermer, Carsten Ulrich; Krzeminski, Pawel; Wennberg, Aina Charlotte; Vogelsang, Christian; Uhl, Wolfgang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The effectivity of different treatment stages at two large wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located in Oslo, Norway, to remove antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli from municipal wastewater was investigated. The WWTPs ...
    • Repeatability and reproducibility of the RTgill-W1 cell line assay for predicting fish acute toxicity 

      Fischer, Melanie; Belanger, Scott E.; Berckmans, Pascale; Bernhard, Mary J.; Bláha, Ludek; Coman Schmid, Diana E.; Dyer, Scott D.; Haupt, Tina; Hermens, Joop L.M.; Hultman, Maria Thérése; Laue, Heike; Lillicrap, Adam David; Mlnaříková, Marie; Natsch, Andreas; Novák, Jirí; Sinnige, Theo L.; Tollefsen, Knut-Erik; Niederhäusern, Valentin von; Witters, Hilda; Zupanic, Anze; Schirmer, Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Predicting fish acute toxicity of chemicals in vitro is an attractive alternative method to the conventional approach using juvenile and adult fish. The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cell line assay with RTgill-W1 ...
    • Repeated environmental baseline survey at AF Miljøbase Vats in conjugation with the Ekofisk cessation EPRD project 

      Beyer, Jonny; Kvassnes, Astri Jæger; Håvardstun, Jarle; Walday, Mats; Gundersen, Hege; Schaanning, Morten (NIVA-rapport;6879, Research report, 2015)
      In this study, the environmental contamination by AF Environmental Base Vats (AFEBV) was assessed before and after the facilities demolition activities in the Ekofisk cessation EPRD project. Seafloor debris and contaminant ...
    • Repeated insecticide pulses increase harmful effects on stream macroinvertebrate biodiversity and function 

      Wiberg-Larsen, Peter; Nørum, Ulrik; Rasmussen, Jes Jessen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We exposed twelve mesocosm stream channels and four instream channels to one, two, and four pulses of the insecticide lambda-cyhalothrin (0.1 μg L−1) applied at two day intervals, each pulse lasting 90 min. Unexposed ...
    • Repeterende overvåking av bunnfauna og sedimenter i Sandsfjorden 

      Borgersen, Gunhild; Brkljacic, Marijana Stenrud; Ledang, Anna Birgitta (NIVA-rapport;7404, Research report, 2019)
      Norsk Stein AS på Jelsa har av Fylkesmannen i Rogaland blitt pålagt å utføre en oppfølgende undersøkelse av bunnfauna og sedimenter i Sandsfjorden i tilknytning til eksisterende utslippstillatelse til sjø. Undersøkelsen ...
    • Reporting Guidelines to Increase the Reproducibility and Comparability of Research on Microplastics 

      Cowger, Win; Booth, Andy M; Hamilton, Bonnie M; Thaysen, Clara; Primpke, Sebastian; Munno, Keenan; Lusher, Amy L; Dehaut, Alexandre; Vaz, Vitor P; Liboiron, Max; Devriese, Lisa I; Hermabessiere, Ludovic; Rochman, Chelsea; Athey, Samantha N; Lynch, Jennifer M; De Frond, Hannah; Gray, Andrew; Jones, Oliver AH; Brander, Susanne; Steele, Clare; Moore, Shelly; Sanchez, Alterra; Nel, Holly (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The ubiquitous pollution of the environment with microplastics - a diverse suite of contaminants - is of growing concern for science and currently receives considerable public, political, and academic attention. The potential ...
    • Resilience of Natural Phytoplankton Communities to Pulse Disturbances from Micropollutant Exposure and Vertical Mixing 

      Baho, Didier Ludovic; Leu, Eva; Pomati, Francesco; Hessen, Dag Olav; Nordberg, Jon; Moe, S. Jannicke; Skjelbred, Birger; Nizzetto, Luca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Freshwaters are increasingly exposed to complex mixtures of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) from municipal wastewater, which are known to alter freshwater communities’ structure and functioning. However, ...
    • Resipientgransking ved Tjeldbergodden - Aure i Møre og Romsdal 

      Golmen, Lars Gunder (NIVA-rapport;2647, Research report, 1991)
      Det foreligg planer om etablering av gasskraftverk og matanolfabrikk på Tjeldbergodden på Nordmøre. NIVA har i denne samanheng på oppdrag frå STATKRAFT gjennomført målingar i sjøresipienten i løpet av 1990 og 1991. Det er ...
    • Resipientovervåking av utslipp fra Elstrøm renseanlegg, Skien, i 2022 

      Hagman, Camilla Hedlund Corneliussen; Mutinova, Petra Thea; Persson, Jonas; Kile, Maia Røst (NIVA-rapport;7826-2023, Research report, 2023)
      På oppdrag fra Skien kommune har NIVA laget et overvåkingsprogram for å møte kravene i utslippstillatelsen til Elstrøm renseanlegg som har neddykket utslipp til Farelva. Overvåkingen startet i 2022 og omfattet undersøkelser ...
    • Resipientovervåking av utslipp fra Elstrøm renseanlegg, Skien, i 2023 

      Hagman, Camilla Hedlund Corneliussen; Persson, Jonas (NIVA-rapport;7955-2024, Research report, 2024)
      På oppdrag fra Skien kommune har NIVA laget et overvåkingsprogram for 2022-2024 for å møte kravene i utslippstillatelsen til Elstrøm renseanlegg, som har neddykket utslipp til Farelva. Overvåkingen i 2023 foregikk i Farelva, ...