Telephone: +47 984 64 786
E-mail: grethe.robertsen@nina.no
Department:
NINA akvatisk naturmangfold
Knowledge areas
Aquatic ecology; Biology of salmonid fishes; Experimental ecology and physiology; Interactions between aquaculture and wild salmonids; Salmonids in regulated rivers; Impacts of climate change on Arctic charr and brown trout interaction; Public compliance to conservation measures; Domestication effects; Parasitology; Marine growth of Atlantic salmon.
Key qualifications
Biology of freshwater fish; Applied statistical modelling; Experimental research in laboratory, semi-natural environments and nature; Competitive interactions; Environmental design in regulated rivers.
Education
2011: PhD in Biology. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
2005: MSc in Zoology, Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, Natural History Museum (NHM), University of Oslo (UiO), Norway
2003: BSc in Biology, Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, Department of Biosciences, UiO, Norway
Experience
- 2011 - dd: Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
- 2012 - 2018: Part time post doctoral fellow, NINA
- 2007 - 2011: PhD, Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU)
- 2006 - 2007: Technical staff, University of Oslo (UiO), Naturhistorisk museum
- 2005 - 2006: Reserach assistant, University of Oslo (UiO), Natural Hostory Museum (NHM)
- 2003 - 2005: Laboratory assistant, UiO, NHM; study assistant, various bachelor-courses, Insitute for Biology, UiO.
Worked in
2019-present: Scientific Researcher 1 - Department of Aquatic Biodiversity/Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) - Norway
2011-2019: Scientific Researcher 2 - Department of Aquatic Sciences/ NINA - Norway
2012-2016: Research fellow (post doc) constituting 2 FTEs - Department of Aquatic Sciences/ NINA - Norway
2007-2011: Research fellow (PhD) - Department of Biology, Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) - Norway
2006-2007: Technical staff – Natural History Museum (NHM), University of Oslo (UiO) - Norway
2005-2006: Scientific assistant – NHM/UiO - Norway
2003 - 2005: Laboratory assistant, UiO, NHM; study assistant, various bachelor-courses, Insitute for Biology, UiO.
Conference contributions
Robertsen, G., Helland, I.P., Englund, G., Finstad, A.G. Effects on climate on competition between Arctic char and brown trout. Ecological and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes, Montreal, Canada, 2018.
Robertsen, G., Reid, D., Reid, D., Einum, S., Aronsen, T., Fleming, I. A., Sundt-Hansen, L., Karlsson, S., Kvingedal, E., Ugedal, O. & Hindar, K. Can variation in metabolic rate explain context-dependent performance of farmed salmon offspring? OIKOS, Trondheim, Norway, 2018.
Kvingedal, E., Robertsen, G., Burton, T., Sandvik, G.K., Einum, S. & Hindar, K. Activity pattern of farmed and wild Atlantic salmon offspring: does environmental complexity matter? Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids IV, Girona, Spain, 2015.
Robertsen, G., Kvingedal, E., Burton, T., Sandvik, G.K., Einum, S. & Hindar, K. Does the outcome of competition between offspring of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon depend on river substrate and/or individual metabolic rate? Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids IV, Girona, Spain, 2015.
Robertsen, G., Armstrong, J.D., Nislow, K.H., Herfindal, I., McKelvey, S. & Einum, S. Spatial variation in the relationship between performance and metabolic rate in wild juvenile Atlantic salmon. Society for Experimental Biology, Valencia, Spain, 2013.
Sundt-Hansen L. E, Huisman J., Skoglund H, Robertsen G., Karlsson S & Hindar, K. Effects of wild salmon origin and environment on the outcome of competition with farmed salmon. 2012 ICES Annual Science Conference, Bergen, Norway, 2012.
Hahn, C., Robertsen, G., Bachmann, L. & Bakke, T.A. The Gyrodactylus species complex infecting Holarctic Salvelinus spp. XIth European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, Cluij-Napoca, Romania, 2012.
Robertsen, G., Skoglund, H. & Einum, S. Competitive regimes shape the spatio-temporal pattern of offspring size effects in Atlantic salmon. European Workshop for Doctoral Fellows on Salmo salar and Salmo trutta Research. Gotein-Libarrenx, France, 2011.
Robertsen, G., Einum, S., Nislow, K.H., McKelvey, S. & Armstrong, J.D. Effect of environmental quality on the performance of juvenile Atlantic salmon. Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids, Luarca, Asturias, Spain, 2010.
Martinussen, P.A., Robertsen, G. & Einum, S. Density-dependent diet composition of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids, Luarca, Asturias, Spain, 2010.
Skoglund, H., Einum, S. & Robertsen, G. Effects of timing and density on post-emergence performance of Atlantic salmon. Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids, Luarca, Asturias, Spain, 2010.
Robertsen, G., Kvingedal, E. & Einum, S. Does relative family-specific performance depend on competitive intensity in juvenile brown trout? Evolutionary potential in natural populations. Sandbjerg Estate, Sønderborg, Denmark, 2010 (poster).
Robertsen, G., Einum, S., Nislow, K.H., McKelvey, S. & Armstrong, J.D. Does juvenile performance depend on parent sea age? European Workshop for Doctoral Fellows on Salmo salar and Salmo trutta Research. Pitlochry, Scotland, 2010.
Robertsen, G., Kvingedal, E. & Einum, S. Dispersal in juvenile salmonids – a looser’s outcome or a family matter? European Workshop for Doctoral Fellows on Salmo salar and Salmo trutta Research. Southampton, England, 2009.
Robertsen, G., Plaisance, L., Bachmann, L. & Bakke, T.A. Resident Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is a suitable host for sustained Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea) infections in southern Norway. The 5th International Charr Symposium, Reykjavik, Island, 2006.
Olstad, K., Cable, J., Robertsen, G. & Bakke, T.A. Transmission of Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), with emphasis on dead hosts as a reservoir of infection. The 1st symposium of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2005.
Robertsen, G., Bachmann, L. & Bakke, T.A.. Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) as a natural host for Gyrodactylus salaris in Norway. The 1st Symposium of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2005.
Robertsen, G., Bachmann, L. & Bakke. Taxonomy and systematics of Gyrodactylus spp. (Monogenea) from Eurasian species of Salvelinus. IX European Multicolloquium of Parasitology (EMOP IX), Valencia, Spain, 2004.
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