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Oppdatert 23.2.2004
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Institutt for naturforvaltning (INA)


Fagområde:
Ferskvannsøkologi.

Forskning:
  • Ferskvannsinsekter, spesielt eggutvikling og livssyklusstrategier hos døgn- og steinfluer.
  • Virkninger av vassdragsreguleringer og biotopjusteringstiltak.
  • Arktisk og alpine vassdrag, spesielt breelver.
  • Radioøkologi, både feltundersøkelser og modellstudier.

Undervisning:
Ansvarlig for:
  • ECOL380 - Økologi og forvaltning av elver og innsjøer
Underviser også i:
  • ZOOL240 - Videregående entomologi

Utvalgte publikasjoner:

Brittain, J.E. 2003. Weirs as a mitigation measure in regulated rivers. - Canadian Water Resources Journal 28: 217-229.

Brittain, J.E. & Sartori, M. 2003. Ephemeroptera (Mayflies). - Pp ??-?? in: Resh, V.H. & Cardé, R. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects. - Academic Press.

Monte, L., Brittain, J.E., Håkanson L., Heling, R., Smith, J.T. & Zheleznyak, M. 2003. Review and assessment of models used to predict the fate of radionuclides in lakes. - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 69: 177-205.

Hongve, D., Brittain, J.E. & Bjørnstad, H.E. 2002. Aquatic mosses as a monitoring tool for 137Cs contamination in streams and rivers - a field study from central southern Norway. - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 60: 139-147.

L’Abée-Lund, J.H. & Brittain, J.E. 2002. Norsk vannforvaltning ved et veiskille? - Vann 37: 277-284.

Museth, J., Borgstrøm, R., Brittain, J.E., Herberg, I. & Naalsund, C. 2002. Introduction of the European minnow into a subalpine lake: habitat use and ling-term changes in population dynamics. - Journal of Fish biology 60: 1308-1321.

Brittain, J.E., Saltveit, S.J., Castella, E., Bogen, J., Bønsnes, T., Blakar, I., Bremnes, T., Haug. I & Velle, G. 2001. The macroinvertebrate communities of two contrasting Norwegian glacial rivers in relation to environmental variables. - Freshwater Biology 46: 1723-1736.

Lods-Crozet, B., Lencioni, V., Olafsson, J., Snook, D., Velle, G., Brittain, J.E., Castella, E. & Rossaro, B. 2001. Chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) communities in six European glacier-fed streams. - Freshwater Biology 46: 1791-1809.

Milner, A.M., Brittain, J.E., Castella, E. & Petts, G.E. 2001. Trends of macroinvertebrate community structure in glacier-fed rivers in relation to environmental conditions: a synthesis. - Freshwater Biology 46: 1833-1847.

Sand, K. & Brittain, J.E. 2001. Egg development in Dinocras cephalotes (Plecoptera, Perlidae) at its altitudinal limit in Norway. - Pp 209-216 in: Dominguez, E. (ed.). Trends in Research in Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera. - Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.

Reiso, S. & Brittain, J.E. 2000. Life cycle, diet and habitat of Polycentropous flavomaculatus, Plectrocnemia conspersa and Rhyacophila nubila (Trichoptera) in Øvre Heimdalen, Jotunheimen Mountains, Norway. - Norwegian Journal of Entomology 47: 113-124.

Brittain, J.E. 1997. Egg development in Thaumatoperla, an endangered stonefly genus, endemic to the Australian Alps (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae). - Pp 30-33 in: Landolt, P. & Sartori, M. (eds.). Ephemeroptera & Plecoptera: Biology-Ecology-Systematics. - MTL Fribourg.

Brittain, J.E., Bjørnstad, H.E., Sundblad, B. & Saxén, R. 1997. The characterization and retention of different transport phases of 137Cs and 90Sr in three contrasting Nordic lakes. - Pp 87-95 in: Desmet, G. et al. (eds.). Freshwater and Estuarine Radioecology. - Elsevier.

Borgstrøm, R., Brittain, J.E., Hasle, K., Skjølås, S. & Dokk, J.G. 1996. Reduced recruitment in brown trout, Salmo trutta: the role of interactions with the minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. - Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research 72: 30-38.

Brittain, J.E. & Nilsson, C. (eds.). 1996. Remedial Strategies in Regulated Rivers. - Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 12: 345-561.

Brittain, J.E., Nøst, T. & Arnekleiv, J.V. 1996. Ephemeroptera, Døgnfluer. - Pp 130-135 in: Aagaard, K. & Dolmen, D. (eds.). Limnofauna Norvegica. - Tapir Forlag, Trondheim.

Brittain, J.E. & Saltveit, S.J. 1996. Plecoptera, Stoneflies. - Pp 55-75 in: Nilsson, A.N. (ed.). Aquatic Insects of North Europe. - A Taxonomic Handbook. - Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark.

Håkanson, L., Brittain, J.E., Monte, L., Bergström, U. & Heling, R. 1996. Modelling of radiocaesium in lakes - lake sensitivity and remedial strategies. - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 3: 1-25.

Monte, L., Håkanson, L., Bergström, U., Brittain, J.E. & Heling, R. 1996. Uncertainty analysis and validation of environmental models: the empirically based uncertainty analysis. - Ecological Modelling 91: 139-152.

Brittain, J.E. & L'Abée-Lund, J.H. 1995. The environmental impact of dams and strategies for reducing their impact. - Pp 129-138 in: Santbergen, L. & Van Westen, C.-J. (eds.). Reservoirs in River Basin Development. - Balkema, Rotterdam.

Eie, J.A., Brittain, J.E. & Eie, J.A. 1995. Biotopjusteringstiltak i vassdrag. - Kraft og miljø 21. 79 pp. Norges vassdrags- og energiverk.

Hongve, D., Blakar, I.A. & Brittain, J.E. 1995. Radiocaesium in the sediments of Øvre Heimdalsvatn, a Norwegian subalpine lake. - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 27: 1-11.

Brittain, J.E., Bjørnstad, H.E., Salbu, B. & Oughton, D.H. 1992. Winter transport of Chernobyl radionuclides from a montane catchment to an ice-covered lake. - Analyst 117: 515-519.

Brittain, J.E. 1991. The effect of temperature on egg development in the Australian stonefly genus, Austrocercella Illies (Plecoptera: Notonemouridae). - Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 107-114.

Brittain, J.E. & Campbell, I.C. 1991. The effect of temperature on egg development in the Australian mayfly genus Coloburiscoides (Ephemeroptera: Coloburiscoidae) and its relationship to distribution and life history. - Journal of Biogeography 18: 231-235.

Brittain, J.E., Storruste, A. & Larsen, E. 1991. Radiocesium in brown trout (Salmo trutta) from a subalpine lake ecosystem after the Chernobyl reactor accident. - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 14: 181-191.

Brittain, J.E. 1990. Life history strategies in Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera. - Pp 1-12 in: Campbell, I.C. (ed.). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life History and Biology. - Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Brittain, J.E. & Saltveit, S.J. 1989. A review of the effects of river regulation on mayflies (Ephemeroptera). - Regulated Rivers 3: 191-204.

Lillehammer, A., Brittain, J.E., Saltveit, S.J. & Nielsen, P. 1989. Egg development, nymphal growth and life cycles in Plecoptera. - Holarctic Ecology 12: 173-186.

Brittain, J.E. & Eikeland, T.J. 1988. Invertebrate drift - a review. - Hydrobiologia 166: 77-93.

Brittain, J.E. & Saltveit, S.J. 1988. A fish-kill in the river, Akerselva, Oslo, Norway: The use of benthos and fish to trace the source of pollution. - Fauna norvegica Serie A 9: 37-42.

Saltveit, S.J., Brittain, J.E. & Lillehammer, A. 1987. Stoneflies and river regulation - a review. - Pp 117-129 in: Craig, J.F. & Kemper, J.B. (eds.). Regulated Streams. - Plenum, New York.

Brittain, J.E., Lillehammer, A. & Saltveit, S.J. 1986. Intraspecific variation in the nymphal growth rate of the stonefly, Capnia atra (Plecoptera). - Journal of Animal Ecology 55: 1001-1006.

Brittain, J.E., Lillehammer, A. & Saltveit, S.J. 1984. The effect of temperature on intraspecific variation in egg biology and nymphal size in the stonefly Capnia atra (Plecoptera). - Journal of Animal Ecology 53: 161-169.

Brittain, J.E. & Mutch, R.B. 1984. The effect of water temperature on the egg incubation period of Mesocapnia oenone (Plecoptera) from the Canadian Rocky Mountains. - Canadian Entomologist 116: 549-554.

Brittain, J.E. & Saltveit, S.J. 1984. Bruk av bunndyr i vassdragsovervåking. - Vann 19: 116-122.

Brittain, J.E. 1983. The influence of temperature on nymphal growth rates in mountain stoneflies (Plecoptera). - Ecology 64: 440-446.

Brittain, J.E. 1982. The biology of mayflies. - Annual Review of Entomology 27: 119-147.


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