Prof Dag L. Aksnes (B) Quantitative marine ecology, biological oceanography, modelling of physical-biological processes, representation of environmental variation in biological models. dag.aksnes@bio.uib.no

Prof Ulf Båmstedt (B) Nutritional ecology and trophodynamics in planktonic systems. Importance of food quality for copepod growth and fecundity. Carnivourous feeding of krill. Significance of jellyfish predation in marine environments. ulf.bamstedt@bio.uib.no

Sen Sci Richard Bellerby(C) Global carbon cycle, marine biogeochemistry, ocean carbon modelling, novel instrumentation for carbon dioxide studies, mesocosm studies of climatic control of biogeochemical cycling. richard.bellerby@gfi.uib.no

Prof Jarle Berntsen (M) Numerical simulation in fluid mechanics, mathematical modelling of plankton, population dynamics of fish. jarle.berntsen@mi.uib.no

Prof Gunnar Bratbak (B) Structure and function of marine microbial communities. Factors regulating population dynamics and fluxes in food web. Viral ecology in relation to phytoplankton and bacteria. gunnar.bratbak@bio.uib.no

Ass Prof Torleiv Brattegard (B) Faunistics and biogeography of suprafauna and benthos in the Norwegian Sea and surrounding areas. torleiv.brattegard@bio.uib.no

Prof Ole Brix (B) Molecular mechanisms involved in the control of haemoglobin-oxygen-binding, to access the influence of physico-chemical conditions in the environment on gas transport. ole.brix@bio.uib.no

Ass Prof Jorun Egge (B) Experimental marine phytoplankton ecology. Mesocosm experiments of effects of physical, chemical and biological parameters on the plankton community. jorun.egge@bio.uib.no

Prof Anders Fernö (B) Spatio-temporal dynamics of demersal and pelagic fish and school dynamics. Anti-predator behaviour of fish larvae. The effect of genetic factor and learning on the feeding and antipredator behaviour of fish. anders.ferno@bio.uib.no

Ass Prof Øyvind Fiksen (B) spatio-temporal distribution of fish and zooplankton. Variability in recruitment success in fish. Numerical modelling of predator-prey interactions in aquatic environments. oyvind.fiksen@bio.uib.no

Prof Arild Folkvord (B) Experimental studies on growth and survival mechanisms of fish larvae: marine juvenile production and process-oriented recruitment studies. Size- and temperature dependent growth in juvenile flatfish and cod, otolith microstructure analysis, RNA/DNA analysis. arild.folkvord@bio.uib.no

Prof Hans Jørgen Fyhn (B) Environmental physiology of fish larvae and zooplankton, mainly focusing on bioenergetics, amino acids and protein in relation to osmoregulation, development and nutrition. hans.fyhn@bio.uib.no

Prof Jarl Giske, BATMARE coordinator (B) Evolutionary modelling of spatial behaviour, life history and population dynamics of zooplankton and fish, individual-based methods for ecosystem modelling. jarl.giske@bio.uib.no

Prof Anders Goksøyr (MB) Ecotoxicological studies of effects of pollutants on marine organisms. Laboratory and field studies of molecular responses using toxicoproteomic approaches for developing biomarkers and mechanistic studies. anders.goksoyr@mbi.uib.no

Sen Sci Mikal Heldal (B) Electron microscopy for studies of structure and function of marine microbial communities: total counts of bacteria and viruses, including size, morphology and cellular organisation. TEM and X-ray microanalysis of elemental content of single bacteria and particles. mikal.heldal@bio.uib.no

Ass Prof Tore Høisæter(B) Taxonomy, biogeography and biology of microgastropods, the general ecology of benthic communities, application of biometrical techniques to marine biological problems. tore.hoisater@bio.uib.no

Prof Per Jakobsen (B) Experimental studies of fish and zooplankton behaviour. Interactions between pathogens and their hosts on behaviour and life-history. per.jakobsen@bio.uib.no

Prof Arne Johannessen (B) Reproduction and recruitment in fish, with special emphasis on spawning biology and larval ecology of herring arne.johannessen@bio.uib.no

Ass Prof Truls Johannessen (G) Carbon cycling in the Nordic Seas and African lakes, climate response on temperate glaciers. truls.johannessen@gfi.uib.no

Prof Petter Larsson (B) Experimental zooplankton behaviour and life history studies. Food search, predator avoidance, parasite influence, and chemical and physical signals and stress. petter.larsson@zoo.uib.no

Ass Prof Trygve S Nilsen (M) Stochastic population models, analysis of survivorship and longitudinal data. trygve.nilsen@mi.uib.no

Prof Gunnar Nævdal (B) Identification and application of gene markers in population studies, including unequivocal identification of morphologically similar species. Biological significance of genetic variation and genotype dependent variation in biological and physiological performance. gunnar.naevdal@bio.uib.no

Prof Anne Gro Vea Salvanes (B) Experimental studies on individual variation in feeding behaviour and consequences for growth and reproduction in fish. Population dynamics and fish ecology. anne.salvanes@bio.uib.no

Ass Prof Kjersti Sjøtun (B) Biogeography of benthic marine algae. Ecology of rock shore communities kjersti.sjoetun@bio.uib.no

Prof II Hein Rune Skjoldal (B) Marine ecosystems, ecosystem health, marine systems ecology. hein.rune.skjoldal@imr.no

Prof Arne Skorping (B) Population and evolutionary ecology of parasites. Comparative studies of life history evolution of parasitic nematodes. Interrelationship of life histories and virulence in parasites. arne.skorping@bio.uib.no

Prof Harald Svendsen (G) Physical-dynamical processes in shelf-seas, shelves and fjords; field experiments and numerical modelling. harald.svendsen@gfi.uib.no

Prof Tron Frede Thingstad (B) Microbial ecosystem dynamics, phosphorous cycling. frede.thingstad@bio.uib.no

Prof Øyvind Ulltang (B) Population dynamics, environmental impact on fish recruitment, growth and survival; methods of fish stock assessment. oyvind.ulltang@bio.uib.no