In a world perspective, Norway is unique with its immense number of lakes and rivers of great economic and recreational values. These abundant freshwater habitats also constitute excellent model systems both for exploring basic ecological research topics as well as for developing good management strategies. The research profile of the Freshwater Ecology Group (FEG) has always been in the intersection between these two important areas, and as such is well renowned with many collaborators both nationally and internationally.
The research of the group is focused on freshwater and fish ecology, with special emphasis on population, community and evolutionary ecology, trophic interactions and food web characteristics, parasitology, and migratory behaviour.
Anders Klemetsen researchgate
Raul Primicerio google.scholar , researchgate
Per-Arne Amundsen google.scholar , researchgate
Christian Selbach google.scholar , researchgate
Rune Knudsen google.scholar , researchgate
Eloise Rochat google.scholar , researchgate
Gabrielle Grenier researchgate
Aslak Smalås google.scholar , researchgate
Parasitology
Ecology
Genetic
My work focuses on trematodes that parasitize a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. I study the role of these ecologically important parasites in marine and freshwater habitats to better understand their contribution to the systems’ biodiversity, energetics and food webs, their impact on host behaviour, and their relevance as human and wildlife pathogens in changing environments.
I am interested in understanding how organisms interact with their environment and how this leads to evolution and speciation. I use life history traits (growth, maturation, habitat use...) of Arctic charr in the Arctic and subArctic environments as a model. My current work aims at comparing multiple polymorphic Arctic charr populations to see if there is evidence of parallel evolution among populations. The goal is to combine broader traditional ecological approaches along with finer molecular techniques.
I am interested in plant ecology and freshwater ecology, and especially how climate change shapes plant and freshwater community structure. My educational background is on Plant-soil feedback, but I am now working on connectivity and flux between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, especially focusing on the role of litter and invertebrates.
