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Red listed species

John Atle Kålås


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Sandra Charlotte Helene Åström


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Odd Egil Stabbetorp

Research Ecologist Field of work: Vegetation ecology, botany, population ecology, population genetics, conservation biology, species and area management, agricultural landscapes, environmental impact assessments, landscape analysis, geographic information systems (GIS).


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Tor Erik Brandrud

Mycology (Taxonomy and Ecology of Mycorrhizal Fungi), Ecology of Aquatic macrophytes (Higer Plants and Mosses, including Aquatic Weeds; Effect Studies and Management), Vegetation ecology, Acidification Research, Nature conservancy and management (freshwater and terrestrial anvironments), Biodiversity


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Inga Elise Bruteig

  • Research management
  • Organizational work
  • Biodiversity
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Climate and the environment
  • International cooperation on environmental issues
  • Invasive alien species (IAS), threatened species
  • Epiphytic lichens

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Ola Håvard Diserud

Applied statistical modelling, multivariate analysis, interactions between aquaculture and wild salmonids, biodiversity, population and community dynamics.


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Stein Ivar Johnsen

Aquatic ecology (crayfish biology and management, fish biology and management, human impact on aquatic systems)


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Geir Helge Systad

Northern ecosystems, adaptive management, environmental risk, sensitivity and impact assessments. Seabird distribution and population ecology.

Geographical analysis and presentations (GIS). Remote analysis (radio, gls and satellite transmitters; analysis of satellite images).


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Trygve H. Hesthagen

My profession is in freshwater biology, mainly in fish research. I have major experience in planning different biological projects concerning fish stock assessment, conducting field work in rivers and lakes, and writing reports and scientific papers
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Bjørn Mejdell Larsen

Jeg har i de siste 20 årene hatt hovedarbeidsområde innenfor prosjektene ”Effektkontroll av kalking i lakseførende vassdrag”, ”Biologisk overvåking av sur nedbør”, ”Reetableringsprosjektet” og ”Tålegrenser ørret”. I forbindelse med effektkontrollen av kalking har jeg vært prosjektleder for 13-15 lakseførende elver i Agder og Rogaland i de siste årene med ansvaret for planlegging, gjennomføring og rapportering av fiskeundersøkelsene. I tillegg har jeg vært koordinator for fem av vassdragene i Rogaland. Siden 1995 har jeg i tillegg arbeidet med undersøkelser på utbredelse, kunnskapsstatus og biologi til de store ferskvannsmuslingene i Norge. Jeg er i dag ansvarlig for det nasjonale overvåkingsprogrammet for elvemusling i Norge, og har levert faglig innspill til handlingsplanen for elvemusling. Jeg er dessuten ansvarlig for undersøkelser i forbindelse med effektkontrollen av kalking på elvemusling i Ogna. Jeg har tidligere arbeidet mye både med innlandsfisk og anadrome fiskearter i regulerte vassdrag, og har også kompetanse på aldersbestemmelse av fisk og artsbestemmelse av bunndyr og plankton.


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Marianne Evju

plant ecology, monitoring of biodiversity, nature types, demography and population dynamics, plant-herbivore interactions


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Anders Endrestøl

- Insects, with special expertise in Hemiptera.
- Alien species (insects)
- Red-listed species (Hemiptera
- Monitoring and mapping of biological diversity)

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Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Arctic-alpine and boreal botany, biosystematics, plant geography, conservation genetics and genomics, vegetation ecology, floristics. Alien species: monitoring occurrences and pathways, identification of door knockers, and risk assessments.


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Björn Nordén

I am a forest ecologist and conservation scientist, and an expert in the biodiversity of temperate deciduous forest (edelløvskog), the worlds’ most degraded biome. Since there is so little left of the temperate deciduous forest, restoration is necessary, and I have led several projects on experimental evaluation of restoration measures at various scales, from creation of microhabitats to release cutting and landscape effects.

There is a strong tendency of taxonomic bias within conservation, meaning that nearly all interest is focused on a few taxa such as large animals and vascular plants, while hyper-diverse taxa such as fungi and insects are often neglected. I therefore engage in both basic exploration of biodiversity within hyper-diverse taxa, and study the effects of habitat loss, management et c on multiple taxa, including plants, bryophytes, lichens, fungi, and various insect groups. As a trained mycologist, I have over 30 years professional experience and a long list of publications on the biodiversity, ecology, taxonomy and conservation of Ascomycota, including lichenized species. Knowledge on species identification and taxonomy of hyper-diverse taxa are essential for such studies, but highly threatened and decreasing skills worldwide. My own taxonomic expertise is within pyrenomycetoid ascomycetes, especially those associated with living trees and dead wood, and I have described several species new to science from the Nordic countries.

Starting with my PhD, I have also published several papers on dispersal ecology, effects of habitat continuity, and the use of Indicator species, especially concerning cryptogams.


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Egil Bendiksen

Botany, mycology, forest ecology, environmental gradients in forest, species and area management, threatened and vulnerable species


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Bjørn Walseng

Senior Technician Field of work: Freshwater ecology, freshwater invertebrates (especially crustaceans), biodiversity, conservation plans, pollution ecology, environmental monitoring, enviromental impact assessments.


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Jon Hamner Magerøy

I have extensive experience with research on and monitoring of freshwater mussels in Norway, Canada and the USA. Research topics include habitat requirements, genetics, human impacts and ecosystem services, among others. As a part of this work, I have also studied confirmed and potential host fish for mussels. Therefore, I have gained experience with a variety of freshwater fish, both through experiments and field work. During my Ph.D., I worked on evolutionary theories on parasites that castrate their hosts. Specifically, I worked on a bacterium that castrates water fleas (daphnia).

Through my work on freshwater mussels I have also become a member of the IUCN mollusc specialist group (Molluscs), member of the management committee for the research network CONFREMUS (confremus.eu), which is a COST network for freshwater mussels in Europe, and member of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS).


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Jenni Nordén

Community ecology, ecosystem ecology, spatial ecology, fungal ecology, dispersal ecology, population dynamics, conservation biology, trait ecology, functional ecology, forest ecology, soil ecology, evolutionary biology, decomposer fungi, environmental DNA, climate change, land use change, forest management.


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Thomas Correll Jensen

Freshwater ecology, freshwater invertebrates, zooplankton, growth and respiration of zooplankton, arctic ecology, freshwater monitoring, Water Framework Directive, biological indicators, invasive species,


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Jørgen Rosvold

Leader in NINA with special responsibilities for coordinating:
- NINAs international work
- Alien species
- Threatened species
- Entomology
- Carbon and soil science
- Large botanical and entomological monitoring projects like: ANO and National insect monitoring




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Anders Lyngstad


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Red listed species

John Atle Kålås


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Sandra Charlotte Helene Åström


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Odd Egil Stabbetorp

Research Ecologist Field of work: Vegetation ecology, botany, population ecology, population genetics, conservation biology, species and area management, agricultural landscapes, environmental impact assessments, landscape analysis, geographic information systems (GIS).


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Tor Erik Brandrud

Mycology (Taxonomy and Ecology of Mycorrhizal Fungi), Ecology of Aquatic macrophytes (Higer Plants and Mosses, including Aquatic Weeds; Effect Studies and Management), Vegetation ecology, Acidification Research, Nature conservancy and management (freshwater and terrestrial anvironments), Biodiversity


Show full profile of Tor Erik Brandrud

Inga Elise Bruteig

  • Research management
  • Organizational work
  • Biodiversity
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Climate and the environment
  • International cooperation on environmental issues
  • Invasive alien species (IAS), threatened species
  • Epiphytic lichens

Show full profile of Inga Elise Bruteig

Ola Håvard Diserud

Applied statistical modelling, multivariate analysis, interactions between aquaculture and wild salmonids, biodiversity, population and community dynamics.


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Stein Ivar Johnsen

Aquatic ecology (crayfish biology and management, fish biology and management, human impact on aquatic systems)


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Geir Helge Systad

Northern ecosystems, adaptive management, environmental risk, sensitivity and impact assessments. Seabird distribution and population ecology.

Geographical analysis and presentations (GIS). Remote analysis (radio, gls and satellite transmitters; analysis of satellite images).


Show full profile of Geir Helge Systad

Trygve H. Hesthagen

My profession is in freshwater biology, mainly in fish research. I have major experience in planning different biological projects concerning fish stock assessment, conducting field work in rivers and lakes, and writing reports and scientific papers
Show full profile of Trygve H. Hesthagen

Bjørn Mejdell Larsen

Jeg har i de siste 20 årene hatt hovedarbeidsområde innenfor prosjektene ”Effektkontroll av kalking i lakseførende vassdrag”, ”Biologisk overvåking av sur nedbør”, ”Reetableringsprosjektet” og ”Tålegrenser ørret”. I forbindelse med effektkontrollen av kalking har jeg vært prosjektleder for 13-15 lakseførende elver i Agder og Rogaland i de siste årene med ansvaret for planlegging, gjennomføring og rapportering av fiskeundersøkelsene. I tillegg har jeg vært koordinator for fem av vassdragene i Rogaland. Siden 1995 har jeg i tillegg arbeidet med undersøkelser på utbredelse, kunnskapsstatus og biologi til de store ferskvannsmuslingene i Norge. Jeg er i dag ansvarlig for det nasjonale overvåkingsprogrammet for elvemusling i Norge, og har levert faglig innspill til handlingsplanen for elvemusling. Jeg er dessuten ansvarlig for undersøkelser i forbindelse med effektkontrollen av kalking på elvemusling i Ogna. Jeg har tidligere arbeidet mye både med innlandsfisk og anadrome fiskearter i regulerte vassdrag, og har også kompetanse på aldersbestemmelse av fisk og artsbestemmelse av bunndyr og plankton.


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Marianne Evju

plant ecology, monitoring of biodiversity, nature types, demography and population dynamics, plant-herbivore interactions


Show full profile of Marianne Evju

Anders Endrestøl

- Insects, with special expertise in Hemiptera.
- Alien species (insects)
- Red-listed species (Hemiptera
- Monitoring and mapping of biological diversity)

Show full profile of Anders Endrestøl

Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Arctic-alpine and boreal botany, biosystematics, plant geography, conservation genetics and genomics, vegetation ecology, floristics. Alien species: monitoring occurrences and pathways, identification of door knockers, and risk assessments.


Show full profile of Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Björn Nordén

I am a forest ecologist and conservation scientist, and an expert in the biodiversity of temperate deciduous forest (edelløvskog), the worlds’ most degraded biome. Since there is so little left of the temperate deciduous forest, restoration is necessary, and I have led several projects on experimental evaluation of restoration measures at various scales, from creation of microhabitats to release cutting and landscape effects.

There is a strong tendency of taxonomic bias within conservation, meaning that nearly all interest is focused on a few taxa such as large animals and vascular plants, while hyper-diverse taxa such as fungi and insects are often neglected. I therefore engage in both basic exploration of biodiversity within hyper-diverse taxa, and study the effects of habitat loss, management et c on multiple taxa, including plants, bryophytes, lichens, fungi, and various insect groups. As a trained mycologist, I have over 30 years professional experience and a long list of publications on the biodiversity, ecology, taxonomy and conservation of Ascomycota, including lichenized species. Knowledge on species identification and taxonomy of hyper-diverse taxa are essential for such studies, but highly threatened and decreasing skills worldwide. My own taxonomic expertise is within pyrenomycetoid ascomycetes, especially those associated with living trees and dead wood, and I have described several species new to science from the Nordic countries.

Starting with my PhD, I have also published several papers on dispersal ecology, effects of habitat continuity, and the use of Indicator species, especially concerning cryptogams.


Show full profile of Björn Nordén

Egil Bendiksen

Botany, mycology, forest ecology, environmental gradients in forest, species and area management, threatened and vulnerable species


Show full profile of Egil Bendiksen

Bjørn Walseng

Senior Technician Field of work: Freshwater ecology, freshwater invertebrates (especially crustaceans), biodiversity, conservation plans, pollution ecology, environmental monitoring, enviromental impact assessments.


Show full profile of Bjørn Walseng

Jon Hamner Magerøy

I have extensive experience with research on and monitoring of freshwater mussels in Norway, Canada and the USA. Research topics include habitat requirements, genetics, human impacts and ecosystem services, among others. As a part of this work, I have also studied confirmed and potential host fish for mussels. Therefore, I have gained experience with a variety of freshwater fish, both through experiments and field work. During my Ph.D., I worked on evolutionary theories on parasites that castrate their hosts. Specifically, I worked on a bacterium that castrates water fleas (daphnia).

Through my work on freshwater mussels I have also become a member of the IUCN mollusc specialist group (Molluscs), member of the management committee for the research network CONFREMUS (confremus.eu), which is a COST network for freshwater mussels in Europe, and member of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS).


Show full profile of Jon Hamner Magerøy

Jenni Nordén

Community ecology, ecosystem ecology, spatial ecology, fungal ecology, dispersal ecology, population dynamics, conservation biology, trait ecology, functional ecology, forest ecology, soil ecology, evolutionary biology, decomposer fungi, environmental DNA, climate change, land use change, forest management.


Show full profile of Jenni Nordén

Thomas Correll Jensen

Freshwater ecology, freshwater invertebrates, zooplankton, growth and respiration of zooplankton, arctic ecology, freshwater monitoring, Water Framework Directive, biological indicators, invasive species,


Show full profile of Thomas Correll Jensen

Jørgen Rosvold

Leader in NINA with special responsibilities for coordinating:
- NINAs international work
- Alien species
- Threatened species
- Entomology
- Carbon and soil science
- Large botanical and entomological monitoring projects like: ANO and National insect monitoring




Show full profile of Jørgen Rosvold

Anders Lyngstad


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