Browsing Scientific publications by Author "Vollset, Knut Wiik"

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    • Effects of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis on wild sea trout Salmo trutta—a literature review 

      Thorstad, Eva Bonsak; Todd, Christopher D.; Uglem, Ingebrigt; Bjørn, Pål Arne; Gargan, Patrick G.; Vollset, Knut Wiik; Halttunen, Elina; Kålås, Steinar; Berg, Marius; Finstad, Bengt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Salmon farming increases the abundance of salmon lice, which are ectoparasites of salmonids in the sea. Here we review the current knowledge on the effects of salmon lice on wild sea trout. Salmon lice feed on host mucus, ...

    • Pink salmon in Norway: the reluctant invader 

      Sandlund, Odd Terje; Berntsen, Henrik Hårdensson; Fiske, Peder; Kuusela, Jorma; Muladal, Rune; Niemelä, Eero; Uglem, Ingebrigt; Forseth, Torbjørn; Mo, Tor Atle; Thorstad, Eva B.; Veselov, Alexey E.; Vollset, Knut Wiik; Zubchenko, Alexander V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      In 2017, Norway experienced an invasion of the Pacific salmonid pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in numbers never before seen in rivers all along the coast. Significant numbers were also caught in other parts of ...

    • Predation research with electronic tagging 

      Lennox, Robert J.; Dahlmo, Lotte Svengård; Ford, Adam T.; Sortland, Lene K.; Vogel, Emma; Vollset, Knut Wiik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Predation is a fundamental aspect of ecology that drives ecosystem structure and function. A better understanding of predation can be facilitated by using electronic tags that log or transmit positions of predator or prey ...

    • Prospects for the future of pink salmon in three oceans: From the native Pacific to the novel Arctic and Atlantic 

      Lennox, Robert; Berntsen, Johan Henrik Hårdensson; Garseth, Åse Helen; Hinch, Scott G.; Hindar, Kjetil; Ugedal, Ola; Utne, Kjell Rong; Vollset, Knut Wiik; Whoriskey, Frederick G.; Thorstad, Eva Bonsak (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      While populations of other migratory salmonids suffer in the Anthropocene, pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbusca Salmonidae) are thriving, and their distribution is expanding both within their natural range and in the Atlantic ...