Cormorants

Svein-Håkon Lorentsen

• Research scientist focusing on seabirds and coastal seals in marine and polar environments. 
• Main research topics; population ecology, demography and reproductive biology, diet, food searching behaviour, behaviour and migration using dataloggers (GPS, GLS, TDR and satelite-transmitters) 
• Great experience with field work under challenging conditions (Antarctica, the Norwegian coast at all times of the year). 
• Impact assessments, seabirds and offshore oil and wind development, effects of kelp harvesting and disturbance from boats on seabirds.
• Supervisor of master- and PhD-students and opponent on PhD-thesis.
• In charge of the Norwegian monitoring programme for seabirds
• Administrative experience from leadership of several projects and as assistant research director and research director. 

Nina Dehnhard

• seabird ecologist with experience in the tropics, the southern hemisphere including Antarctica and in the North Atlantic
• has worked with a range of different species: boobies, tropicbirds, penguins, petrels, shags, guillemots, puffins
• fieldwork experience in partly remote and challenging environments (Christmas Island, Antarctica, Falkland/Malvinas Islands, Iceland, Norway)
• familar with a broad range of fieldwork methods: 
  • bird counts and population monitoring
  • marking birds with metal & colour rings as well as PITs
  • deployments of GPS, GLS, TDR and video cameras
• various types of data analyses and statistical modelling
  • linear mixed models with random slopes and random interceps
  • generalized additive mixed models
  • habitat suitability modelling and predicting of suitable foraging habitat
  • survival- and population-modelling
• supervisor of several Master-students
• in charge of the monitoring of plastic in fulmar stomachs for OSPAR in Norway

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).