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Utdannelse:
1988 – 1991, Realfaglinjen, Hamar Katedralskole
1991 - 1994, Universitetet i Bergen. Studerte biologi, matematikk og kjemi
1994 - 1995. Universitetsstudiene på Svalbard (UNIS)
1995 - 1997. Hovedfagsstudent ved Norges Fiskerihøgskole (NFH) og Universitetsstudiene på Svalbard (UNIS)
1998. Avla Cand.scient.-eksamen i marin biologi/zoologi ved Norges Fiskerihøgskole, Universitetet i Tromsø.
Stillinger:
1999. Engasjement som vitenskapelig assistent ved Biologisk Seksjon, Norsk Polarinstitutt, Tromsø.
1999. Fast stilling som avdelingsingeniør (marin økologi), med arbeidsoppgaver hovedsakelig innen prosjekter på isbjørn og andre sjøpattedyr ved Forskningsavdelingen, Norsk Polarinstitutt.
Publikasjoner:
a) Artikler i internasjonale journaler (peer review):
1. Andersen, M., Hjelset, A.M., Gjertz, I., Lydersen, C., and Gulliksen, B. 1999. Growth, age at sexual maturity and condition in bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from Svalbard, Norway. Polar Biology 21: 179-185
2. Hjelset, A.M., Andersen, M., Gjertz, I., Lydersen, C., and Gulliksen, B. 1999. Feeding habits of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from the Svalbard area, Norway. Polar Biology 21: 186-193
3. Andersen, M., Lie, E., Derocher, A.E., Belikov, S.E., Bernhoft, A., Boltunov, A.N., Garner, G.W., Skaare, J.U., Wiig, Ø. 2001. Geographic variation of PCB congeners in polar bears (Ursus maritimus), from Svalbard to the Chukchi Sea. Polar Biology 24: 231-238
4. Derocher, A.E., Wiig, Ø., and Andersen, M. 2002. Diet composition of polar bears in Svalbard and the western Barents Sea. Polar Biology 25: 448-452
5. Carroll, J., Wolkers, H., Andersen, M., and Rissanen, K. 2002. Bioaccumulation of radiocaesium in Arctic seals. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44: 1366-1371
6. Grahl-Nilsen, O., Andersen, M., Derocher, A.E., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Wiig, Ø. 2003. Fatty acid composition of the blubber of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and of their prey, ringed seals (Phoca hispida), bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) and harp seals (Phoca groenlandica). Marine Ecology Progress Series 265: 275-282
7. Verreault, J., Gabrielsen, G.W., Chu, S., Muir, D.C.G., Andersen, M., Hamaed, A., and Letcher, R.J. 2005. Brominated Flame Retardants and Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers two Arctic Top-Predators: Glaucous Gulls and Polar Bears. Environmental Science and Technology 39: 6021-6028
8. Derocher, A.E., Andersen, M. and Wiig, Ø. 2005. Sexual dimorphism in polar bears. Journal of Mammalogy 85: 895-901
9. Bjørn A. Krafft, Kit M. Kovacs, Magnus Andersen, Jon Aars, Christian Lydersen, Torbjørn Ergon, and Tore Haug. 2006. Abundance of ringed seals in the fjords of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, during the moulting period. Marine Mammal Science 22: 394-412
10. Andersen, M., Gwynn, J.P., Dowdall, M., Lydersen, C. and Kovacs K. 2006. Radiocaesium in marine mammals from Svalbard and the Barents and the Greenland Seas. The Science of the Total Environment 363: 87-94
11. Marques TA., Andersen M., Christensen-Dalsgaard S., Belikov S., Boltunov A., Wiig Ø., Buckland ST., and Aars J. 2006. The use of Global Positioning Systems to record distances in a line-transect survey. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 34: 759-763
Artikler i publikasjonsfasen:
Andersen, M., and Aars, J. Short-term behavioural response of polar bears to disturbance by snowmobiles. Accepted for publication, Polar Biology.
b) Korrespondanse i internasjonale journaler (peer review):
1. Grahl-Nielsen O, Andersen M, Derocher AE, Lydersen C, Wiig Ø, Kovacs KM. Reply to Comment on Grahl-Nielsen et al. (2004): sampling, data treatment and predictions in investigations on fatty acids in marine mammals. MEPS 281:303-306
c) Rapporter/Arbeidsdokumenter
1. Lydersen, C., Krafft, B., Andersen, M., & Kovacs, K. 2002. Marine Mammals in the Bellsund – Van Mijenfjord – Van Keulenfjord –area. New investigations and status of knowledge. Norsk Polarinstitutt Rapportserier 121. 36 pp.
2. A.E.Derocher, Ø. Wiig, M. Andersen, D. Vongraven, M. Ekker. 2002. Polar bear research and management in Norway 1997 – 2001. In: Lunn, Nicholas J., Schliebe, Scott and Born, Erik W. (2002). Polar Bears: Proceedings of the 13th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Nuuk, Greenland. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Vii + 153pp.
3. Bjørn A. Krafft, Christian Lydersen, Magnus Andersen, Kit M. Kovacs. 2004. Aerial survey of ringed and bearded seals in Van Mijen and Van Keulenfjorden, June 2003. Norsk Polarinstitutt Internrapport 16. 17 pp.
4. Gwynn, J., Andersen, M., Fuglei, E., Lind, B., Dowdall, M., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K. Radionuclides in Marine and Terrestrial Mammals of Svalbard. StrålevernRapport 2005:7. Østerås: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, 2005.
5. Krafft, B.A.. Kovacs, K.M., Ergon, T., Andersen, M., Aars, J., Haug, T. and Lydersen, C. 2005. Abundance of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in the fjords of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, during the peak molting period. NAMMCO Scientific Committee Meeting, Reine, Lofoten, Norway, 25-27 October 2005. SC/13/16. 34 pp.
6. Andersen, M. and Aars, J. 2005. Behavioural response of polar bears to disturbance by snowmobiles. Norsk Polarinstitutt Kortrapport/Brief Report Series 2, 12 pp
7. J. Aars, A.E. Derocher, M. Andersen, D. Vongraven, M. Ekker, Ø. Wiig, 2006. Polar bear management and research in Norway 2001–2005.In: Aars J, Lunn NJ, Derocher AE (2006). Polar Bears: Proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 20–24 June 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
d) Internasjonale konferanser:
1. Andersen, M., Hjelset, A.M., Gjertz, I., Lydersen, C., and Gulliksen, B. 1998. Growth, age at sexual maturity and condition in bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from Svalbard, Norway. World Mar. Mammal Sci. Conf., Monaco, 20-24 Jan. 1998. p 4. (Poster)
2. Hjelset, A.M., Andersen, M., Gjertz, I., Lydersen, C., and Gulliksen, B. 1998. Feeding habits of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from the Svalbard area, Norway. World Mar. Mammal Sci. Conf., Monaco, 20-24 Jan. 1998. p 64. (Poster)
3. Andersen, M., Lie, E., Belikov, S.E., Boltunov, A.N., Derocher, A.E., Garner, G.W., Skaare, J.U., Wiig, Ø. 1999. Geographic variation of selected PCB congeners in polar bears (Ursus maritimus), from Svalbard to the Chukchi Sea. The 13th Bien. Conf. Biol. Mar. Mamm., Hawaii, 29.Nov.-3.Des. 1999. P 5. (Poster)
4. Derocher, A.E., Andersen, M., Grahl-Nilsen, O., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Wiig, Ø. 2001. Fatty acid composition of the blubber of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and of their prey, ringed seals (Phoca hispida), bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) and harp seals (Phoca groenlandica). The 14th Bien. Conf. Biol. Mar. Mamm., Vancouver 28. Nov.-3 Dec. 2001. p 57. (Poster)
5. Mauritsen, M., Andersen, M., Belikov, S.E., Boltunov, A.N., Derocher. A.E., Hansen, E., Ims, R.A., Pavlova, O., Wiig, O., Yoccoz, N.G. 2001. Relating polar bear ecology to the dynamics of sea ice. The 14th Bien. Conf. Biol. Mar. Mamm., Vancouver 28. Nov.-3 Dec. 2001. p 138. (Poster)
6. Carroll, J., Wolkers, H., Andersen, M., Rissanen, K. 2002. Radionuclides in Harp, Bearded, and Ringed Seals from Svalbard. AMAP 1-4 October 2002, Rovaniemi, Finland. (Poster)
7. Halvorsen, A-K., Derocher, A.E., Andersen, M., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Wiig, Ø. & Grahl-Nielsen, O. 2002: Fatty-acid composition in the blubber of polar bears. 15th Norwegian Symposium of Chromatography, Sandefjord, Norway 6th-8th January.
8. Andersen, M., Goodwin, H., and Aars, J. 2003. GPS-collars: a new tool in polar bear satellite telemetry. The 15th Bien. Conf. Biol. Mar. Mamm. Greensboro, North Carolina, Dec. 14.-19. 2003 (Poster).
9. Krafft, B.A., Lydersen, C., Andersen, M., Haug, T. and Kovacs, K. M. 2003. An aerial survey of ringed seals in Svalbard, Norway, using digital photography The 15th Bien. Conf. Biol. Mar. Mamm. Greensboro, North Carolina, Dec. 14.-19. 2003 (Poster).
10. Aars, J., Andersen, M., Belikov, S.E., Boltunov, A.N., Buckland, S., Marques, T., and Wiig, Ø. 2004. The Barents Sea polar bear (Ursus maritimus) population size estimated by line transects. Marine Mammals of the Holarctic, Koktebel, Ukraine, October 11.-17. 2004. p 19-20 (Spoken presentation)
11. Jonathan Verreault, Shaogang Chu, Robert J. Letcher, Derek C.G. Muir, Magnus Andersen, Ahmad Hamaed, and Geir W. Gabrielsen. 2005. Flame Retardants and Methoxylated and Hydroxylated PBDEs in two Norwegian Arctic Top–Predators: Glaucous Gulls and Polar Bears. Brominated Flame Retardant workshop, Gaithersburg (Maryland, USA) June 13-15, 2005 (Poster).
12. Gwynn J.P., Andersen M., Dowdall M., Lydersen C. and Kovacs K.M. Cesium-137 in Marine Mammals from Svalbard and the Barents and Greenland Seas. In: The 2nd International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment & the 6th International Conference on Environmental Radioactivity in the Arctic and Antarctic, Nice 2nd to 6th October 2005 (Extended Abstracts).
13. Andersen, M., and Aars, J. Behavioural responses of polar bears to disturbance by snowmobiles. The 16th Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, USA, December 2005
14. Aars, Jon; Andersen, Magnus; Belikov, Stanislav; Boltunov, Andrei; Buckland, Stephen T.; Marques, Tiago A.; Wiig, Øystein. Using line transects to estimate the size of the Polar Bear population in the Barents Sea area.. The 16th Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, USA, December 2005
e) Andre publikasjoner:
1. Andersen, M. 1998. Growth, age at sexual maturity and condition in bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from Svalbard. Hovedfagsoppgave, Norges Fiskerihøgskole, Universitetet i Tromsø.
f) Felt-rapporter (ikke publisert):
1. Andersen, M. og Strøm, H. 2001. Feltrapport fra overvåkningsprogram på sjøfugl, Vest Spitsbergen sommeren 2001. NP Upublisert feltrapport.
2. Bjørn A. Krafft, Magnus Andersen, Ludvig Krag, Morten W. Riser, Brage Hansen, Pernilla Hansson and Tommy Sandal (2001). A census of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in Adventdalen, Svalbard, during the summer of 2001. NP Unpublished report, 4. September 2001.
3. Andersen, M. og Hjelset, AM. 2002. Feltrapport – Overvåking av sjøfugl på Fuglehuken, Ossian Sars og Ingeborgfjellet 2002. NP Upublisert feltrapport.
4. Andersen, M. og Hjelset, AM. 2003. Feltrapport – Overvåking av sjøfugl på Fuglehuken og i Ossian Sarsfjellet 2003. NP Upublisert feltrapport.
5. Andersen, M. og Hjelset, AM. 2004. Feltrapport – Overvåking av sjøfugl på Fuglehuken og i Ossian Sarsfjellet 2004. NP Upublisert feltrapport.
