• Bacterial bioindicators enable biological status classification along the continental Danube river 

      Fontaine, Laurent; Pin, Lorenzo; Savio, Domenico; Friberg, Nikolai; Kirschner, Alexander K. T.; Farnleitner, Andreas H.; Eiler, Alexander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Despite the importance of bacteria in aquatic ecosystems and their predictable diversity patterns across space and time, biomonitoring tools for status assessment relying on these organisms are widely lacking. This is ...
    • Bago River Sub-basin Management Plan 

      Nesheim, Ingrid; Myint, Zaw Win; Aung, Toe Toe; Tun, Zaw Lwin; Ni, Bo; Friberg, Nikolai (NIVA-rapport;7290, Research report, 2018)
      The report presents the “Bago River Sub-basin Management Plan” a plan which has been prepared by the Bago River Sub-basin Committee, with input from the Bago Non-governmental Stakeholder Group during the period of 2016 - ...
    • Balancing conservation goals and ecotourism development in coastal wetland management in Sri Lanka: A choice experiment 

      Dushani, Salpage Nesha; Aanesen, Margrethe; Vondolia, Godwin K (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Understanding the tradeoff between tourism development and environmental conservation is essential for the sustainable management of ecotourism. Accordingly, we conducted a choice experiment (CE) using valuation workshops ...
    • A baseline study of the occurrence of non-indigenous species in Danish harbours 

      Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Kallenbach, Emilie; Kjeldgaard, Mathias Brink; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Eikrem, Wenche; Fagerli, Camilla With; Oug, Eivind; Dale, Trine; Thaulow, Jens; Gitmark, Janne Kim; Hobæk, Anders; Green, Norman Whitaker; Hesselsøe, Martin; Støttrup, Josianne; Kuhn, Jesper; Bekkevold, Dorte; Jacobsen, Lars Magnus Wulf; Møller, Peter Rask; Olesen, Christian Aakjær; Carl, Henrik; Stuer-Lauridsen, Frank (NIVA-rapport;7769-2022, Research report, 2022)
      We report the first ever nation-wide study of the occurrence of non-indigenous species in Danish harbours. The sampling was car-ried out using both conventional and biomolecular methods (eDNA). In total, 16 harbours were ...
    • Battle of the borders: Is a range-extending fiddler crab affecting the spatial niche of a congener species? 

      Arakaki, Jonathann Yukio; De Grande, Fernando Rafael; Arvigo, Alexandre Luiz; Pardo, Juan Carlos Farias; Fogo, Bruno Rafael; Sanches, Fábio HC; Miyai, Caio Akira; Marochi, Murilo Zanetti; Tânia, Costa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Climate change is drastically altering environmental conditions and resource availability. Many organisms are shifting their distribution boundaries. Fiddler crabs, for instance, are important ecosystem engineers in coastal ...
    • A Bayesian Approach to Incorporating Spatiotemporal Variation and Uncertainty Limits into Modeling of Predicted Environmental Concentrations from Chemical Monitoring Campaigns 

      Wolf, Raoul; Tollefsen, Knut-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Environmental monitoring studies provide key information to assess ecosystem health. Results of chemical monitoring campaigns can be used to identify the exposure scenarios of regulatory concern. In environmental risk ...
    • A Bayesian Belief Network learning tool integrates multi-scale effects of riparian buffers on stream invertebrates 

      Forio, Marie Anne Eurie; Burdon, Francis J.; De Troyer, Niels; Lock, Koen; Witing, Felix; Baert, Lotte; De Saeyer, Nancy; Rîșnoveanu, Geta; Popescu, Cristina; Kupilas, Benjamin; Friberg, Nikolai; Boets, Pieter; Johnson, Richard K.; Volk, Martin; McKie, Brendan G.; Goethals, Peter L.M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Riparian forest buffers have multiple benefits for biodiversity and ecosystem services in both freshwater and terrestrial habitats but are rarely implemented in water ecosystem management, partly reflecting the lack of ...
    • Beach litter sources around Nuuk, Greenland: An analysis by UArctic summer school graduate course students 

      Haarr, Marthe Larsen; Bach, Lis; Chambers, Catherine P.; Falk-Andersson, Jannike; Juul-Pedersen, Thomas; Metcalfe, Ryan d'Arcy; Sinisalo, Anna Katariina; Strand, Jakob; Svendsen, Helene; Baak, Julia E.; Björnsdóttir, Helga Hvanndal; Brenner, Elsa Margaret Krook; Christiansen, Sigrid; Delattre, Cécilia; Gauthier, Maeva; Georgiou, Rachel Helen; Günther, Ljuba; Hägg, Fanny; Markussen, Ulunnguaq; Parga Martínez, Karla Berenice; le Pevedic, Arnaud; Refosco, Alice; Tandberg, Bror Kristian Raanaas; Tulatz, Felix; Van Broeck, Silke; Visser, Nathan Thomas; Wittwer, Louise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Modeling studies illustrate the potential for long-range transport of plastics into the Arctic, although the degree to which this occurs remains relatively undocumented. We utilised a teaching exercise at a UArctic summer ...
    • Befolkningsstatistikk og vannområder En tilrettelegging av data for bruk i vannforvaltning 

      Selvik, John Rune (NIVA-rapport;7362, Research report, 2019)
      Befolkningsstatistikk på 250 x 250 m rutenett vedlikeholdes av SSB, men i denne rapporten er slike data fordelt og aggregert på vannområder og de minste offisielle nedbørfeltene i Norge (NVE/reginefelter). NIVA anbefaler ...
    • Behavioural response of brown trout (Salmo trutta) to total dissolved gas supersaturation in a regulated river 

      Lennox, Robert J.; Thiemer, Kirstine; Vollset, Knut Wiik; Pulg, Ulrich; Stranzl, Sebastian; Nilsen, Cecilie Iden; Haugen, Thrond Oddvar; Velle, Gaute (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Total dissolved gas supersaturation from dams and power stations is a chronic freshwater pollutant that is toxic to animals with aquatic respiration. Laboratory ecotoxicology experiments have revealed capacity for captive ...
    • Benthic algal vegetation in Isfjorden, Svalbard 

      Fredriksen, Stein; Gabrielsen, Tove M.; Kile, Maia Røst; Sivertsen, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Benthic algal vegetation was investigated at 10 sites in Isfjorden, Svalbard. Five sites were visited during summer 2010 and five during summer 2012. Both the littoral and sublittoral vegetation were sampled, the littoral ...
    • Benthic Communities on the Mohn’s Treasure Mound: Implications for Management of Seabed Mining in the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge 

      Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Hilário, Ana; Paulsen, Emil; Costa, Carolina; Bakken, Torkild; Johnsen, Geir; Rapp, Hans Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Mohn’s Treasure, described as an inactive sulfide mound, was discovered at 2,600- m depth on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR) in 2002. In 2015, we conducted the first biological survey of Mohn’s Treasure using remotely ...
    • Benthic community status and mobilization of Ni, Cu and Co at abandoned sea deposits for mine tailings in SW Norway 

      Schaanning, Morten Thorne; Trannum, Hilde Cecilie; Øxnevad, Sigurd; Ndungu, Kuria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      During 1960–94 tailings from an ilmenite mine in southwest Norway were placed in sea deposits in a sheltered fjord and a more exposed coastal basin. In 2015 both deposit sites were sampled to assess the state of metal ...
    • Benthic Diatom Communities in Urban Streams and the Role of Riparian Buffers 

      Mutinova, Petra Thea; Kahlert, Maria; Kupilas, Benjamin; McKie, Brendan G.; Friberg, Nikolai; Burdon, Francis J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Urbanization impacts stream ecosystems globally through degraded water quality, altered hydrology, and landscape disturbances at the catchment and riparian scales, causing biodiversity losses and altered system functioning. ...
    • Benzoylurea pesticides used as veterinary medicines in aquaculture: Risks and developmental effects on nontarget crustaceans 

      Macken, Ailbhe; Lillicrap, Adam David; Langford, Katherine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Diflubenzuron and teflubenzuron are benzoylureas that are used in aquaculture to control sea lice. Flubenzurons have low toxicity to many marine species such as fish and algae but by their nature are likely to have significant ...
    • Beregning av nåværende og framtidig tilførsel og konsentrasjon av nitrogen og fosfor for vannområdene i vannregion Agder 

      Hindar, Atle; Selvik, John Rune; Christiansen, Anne Bjørkenes; Kaste, Øyvind (NIVA-rapport;6789, Research report, 2015)
      Klassifisering etter vannforskriften og tiltaksanalyser krever god kunnskap om biologiske forhold og stoffkonsentrasjon i vassdragene. Tiltaksanalyser må være basert på dokumentert fordeling av tilførsler mellom kjente ...
    • Beregninger og modelleringer av miljøeffekter i Sælenvatnet som følge av utvidelse av Sælenkanalen 

      Ledang, Anna Birgitta; Staalstrøm, Andre; Wallhead, Phil; Yakushev, Evgeny; Johnsen, Torbjørn M. (NIVA-Rapport;7061, Research report, 2016)
      I forbindelse med planleggingen av utvidelse av Sælenkanalen har det vært utført beregninger og modelleringer for å finne svar på hvilke effekter utvidelsen vil ha på miljøforholdene i Sælenvatnet. Som basis for arbeidet ...
    • Berlin statement on legacy and emerging contaminants in polar regions 

      Ebinghaus, Ralf; Barbaro, Elena; Bengtson Nash, Susan; de Avila, Cristina; De Wit, Cynthia A.; Dulio, Valeria; Felden, Janine; Franco, Antonio; Gandrass, Jürgen; Grotti, Marco; Herata, Heike; Hughes, Kevin A.; Jartun, Morten; Joerss, Hanna; Kallenborn, Roland; Koschorrek, Jan; Küster, Anette; Lohmann, Rainer; Wang, Zhanyun; MacLeod, Matthew; Pugh, Rbecca; Rauert, Caren; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Sühring, Roxanna; Vorkamp, Katrin; Xie, Zhiyong (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Polar regions should be given greater consideration with respect to the monitoring, risk assessment, and management of potentially harmful chemicals, consistent with the requirements of the precautionary principle. Protecting ...
    • Beslutningsgrunnlag og tiltaksplan for forurensede sedimenter i Gunneklevfjorden 

      Olsen, Marianne; Schaanning, Morten; Eek, Espen; Næs, Kristoffer (NIVA-rapport;6922, Research report, 2015)
      Tiltaksplanens formål er å beskrive tiltak for å redusere risiko for spredning av miljøgifter, og for helse og miljø. De foreslåtte miljømålene for Gunneklevfjorden er 1) Vannmiljøet i Gunneklevfjorden skal bedres; 2) Livet ...
    • Beslutningsgrunnlag og tiltaksplan for forurensede sedimenter i Gunneklevfjorden. Delrapport fra Aktivitet 4.Biotilgjengelighet av kvikksølv og dioksiner i sedimenter og effekter av behandling med aktivt kull 

      Schaanning, Morten; Olsen, Marianne; Ndungu, Kuria (NIVA-rapport;6796, Research report, 2015)
      Denne rapporten beskriver 1)sedimentmiljøet i Gunneklevfjorden målt med elektroder, 2) målinger av utlekking og bioakkumulering av kvikksølv, metylkvikksølv og klororganiske forbindelser (HCB, OCS og PCDD/F) og 3)effekter ...