Research topic

Ecological status

Signe Nybø

  • Project management
  • Ecosystem condition and ecosystem accounting
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Nature Index of Norway http://www.naturindeks.no/
  • Radioecology
  • Restoring nature
  • Sustainable development with the focus on biodiversity
  • Synthesis

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Marianne Evju

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


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Erik Framstad

Main scientific experience covers population and habitat ecology of small mammals in boreal forests and mountain ecosystems. Applied research and consultancy work includes studies and assessments of boreal forest ecology, protected areas, ecological effects of agriculture and forestry on species and ecosystems, environmental impact assessments of infrastructure development projects, as well as assessments, indicators and monitoring of terrestrial biodiversity.

Main administrative experience covers management of NINA's research department in Oslo over > 25 yrs, as well as coordination of terrestrial ecosystem monitoring and major research projects and programmes on boreal forests or cultural landscapes.


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Ann Kristin Schartau

Major practical experiences cover project management concerning research and monitoring in freshwater (rivers and lakes) and in marine environments (estuarine and coastal waters). Specialization on freshwater biodiversity and water quality. Project leader for several national projects on implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive in Norway: Design of a National Monitoring Network for Reference Sites, Design of a National Network for Surveillance monitoring in freshwaters, Evaluation of methods for monitoring and assessment of freshwaters c.f. the WFD. Experience from international work on standardization of biological methods, and different aspects related to the implementation of the ECC’s Water Framework Directive.


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Anders Kolstad

  • Ecological Condition Assessment
  • Vegetation and plants
  • Large herbivores
  • Biodiversity
  • Carbon dynamics
  • Decomposition
  • Statistics
  • Remote sensing


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Joachim Paul Töpper

Alpine ecology, Ecological condition accounting, Ecosystem types, Plant ecology, Plant Physiology, Population modelling, Bayesian modelling

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Knut Andreas Eikland

  • Macro invertebrate collection
  • Macro invertebrate taxonomy
  • Echo sounding
  • Pelagic trawling
  • Gill nets (Multimesh and series)
  • Electrofishing
  • PIT tags
  • Drift diving surveys

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Anders Lyngstad


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Ecological status

Signe Nybø

  • Project management
  • Ecosystem condition and ecosystem accounting
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Nature Index of Norway http://www.naturindeks.no/
  • Radioecology
  • Restoring nature
  • Sustainable development with the focus on biodiversity
  • Synthesis

Show full profile of Signe Nybø

Marianne Evju

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


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Erik Framstad

Main scientific experience covers population and habitat ecology of small mammals in boreal forests and mountain ecosystems. Applied research and consultancy work includes studies and assessments of boreal forest ecology, protected areas, ecological effects of agriculture and forestry on species and ecosystems, environmental impact assessments of infrastructure development projects, as well as assessments, indicators and monitoring of terrestrial biodiversity.

Main administrative experience covers management of NINA's research department in Oslo over > 25 yrs, as well as coordination of terrestrial ecosystem monitoring and major research projects and programmes on boreal forests or cultural landscapes.


Show full profile of Erik Framstad

Ann Kristin Schartau

Major practical experiences cover project management concerning research and monitoring in freshwater (rivers and lakes) and in marine environments (estuarine and coastal waters). Specialization on freshwater biodiversity and water quality. Project leader for several national projects on implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive in Norway: Design of a National Monitoring Network for Reference Sites, Design of a National Network for Surveillance monitoring in freshwaters, Evaluation of methods for monitoring and assessment of freshwaters c.f. the WFD. Experience from international work on standardization of biological methods, and different aspects related to the implementation of the ECC’s Water Framework Directive.


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Anders Kolstad

  • Ecological Condition Assessment
  • Vegetation and plants
  • Large herbivores
  • Biodiversity
  • Carbon dynamics
  • Decomposition
  • Statistics
  • Remote sensing


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Joachim Paul Töpper

Alpine ecology, Ecological condition accounting, Ecosystem types, Plant ecology, Plant Physiology, Population modelling, Bayesian modelling

Show full profile of Joachim Paul Töpper

Knut Andreas Eikland

  • Macro invertebrate collection
  • Macro invertebrate taxonomy
  • Echo sounding
  • Pelagic trawling
  • Gill nets (Multimesh and series)
  • Electrofishing
  • PIT tags
  • Drift diving surveys

Show full profile of Knut Andreas Eikland

Anders Lyngstad


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