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MSc theses

Marit Reigstad
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
marit.reigstad@uit.no

2024

Hagen EG (2024) Distribution and Diversity Patterns of Living Benthic Foraminifera in the Northern Barents Sea/Nansen Basin. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Rosendahl A (2024) Investigating genesis and early development of Arctic cyclones using an isentropic analysis. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3139348

Vikanes S (2024) Decadal Variability and Trends of Atlantic Water and Adjacent Water Masses Along the Continental Slope West and North of Svalbard. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3139560

Rupf F (2024). Volume flux Variability in the Spitsbergen Polar Current and the Svalbard Branch Across the Yermak Plateau. Master’s thesis, UNIS/University of Kiel

Nystad HB (2024) Construction of food web on flare and non-flare locations in Svalbard fjords using stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur. Master’s thesis, NTNU, Norway. https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/3136325

Dinevik H (2024) Ageing and growth of the Arctic brittle star Ophiopleura borealis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Barents Sea and North East Greenland. Masters thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Søhol I (2024) Benthic Fauna on Ridges and Abyssal Plains in the Central Arctic Ocean: Baseline Data for Future Management. Master’s thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Gausa CS (2024) Insights Into Wind Profile Characteristics in the Arctic Marine Boundary Layer. Master’s thesis, Uppsala University, Sweden

2023

Calvet N (2023) Changes in the distribution of marine invertebrates in a warming Barents Sea over the last century. Master’s thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Ciambelli A (2023) Gelatinous zooplankton diversity, distribution and seasonality in the northern Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean. Master’s thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Dankel ER (2023) Arktiske kalkflagellater: et morfologisk og molekylært dypdykk i det nordlige Barentshavet. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Dijkstra JM (2023) Effects of ocean warming and acidification on overwintering Arctic zooplankton. Master’s thesis, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gravelle AMB (2023) How will oil pollution and climate change affect an Arctic key zooplankton species? The interactive effects of pyrene, elevated temperature, and ocean acidification on fitness-related traits in Calanus glacialis. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Gryn K (2023) Biodiversity and distribution of Arctic phytoplankton and ice algae. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Hussain T (2023) Seasonal variations in vertical flux of particulate matter and compositions in the northern Barents Sea. Master’s thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Lunde A (2023) Distribution, abundance and length of macrozooplankton species in Svalbard fjords. Master’s thesis, University of Helsinki, Finland. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/562780

Mol A (2023) Characterization of eukaryotic parasites in three small copepods. Master’s thesis, University of Amsterdam

Mortensen S (2023) Effekter av økt temperatur og et framtidig krillfiske på fangstutbytte i Barentshavet – en økosystemmodellering i Ecopath med Ecosim. Master’s thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Pedersen T (2023) Effekter av framtidige endringer i temperatur og fiskedødelighet på torsk (Gadus morhua) og hyse (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) i Barentshavet – en økosystemmodellering med Ecopath og Ecosim. Master’s thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Walbækken HM (2023) Dinoflagellate diversity in the Barents Sea: a comparative identification analysis. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

2022

Adams M (2022) Characterisation of seasonal Dissolved Organic Matter from the northern Barents Sea, in relation to the mercury cycle. Master’s thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Astad SS (2023) A spatial and temporal study of Pseudocalanus acuspes, P. minutus and P. moultoni in the Svalbard-Barents Sea region and their potential as environmental indicator species in a changing Arctic. Master’s thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Herrmannsdörfer LF (2022) Model deficiencies of ERA5 atmospheric reanalysis over Arctic sea-ice – Analysis of the winter surface radiative energy budget by using MOSAiC and satellite observations. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Kull L (2022) Total Mercury distribution in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean surface sediments. Master’s thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Maurstand MF (2022) Identification of multiple chromosomal inversions in Arctic cod (Arctogadus glacialis) – and its putative implications for defining interspecies relationships. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Ntinou IV (2022) Element composition of particulate matter in the North-West Barents Sea. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen

2021

Hasselø SK (2021) A tale of six diatoms: an insight into the taxonomy of Arctic diatoms from different sea-ice communities and their physiological response to climate change. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Lefevere SP (2021) Natural variability of the Atlantic Water inflow to the Arctic during the last deglaciation based on sediment grain size and foraminiferal stable isotope geochemistry. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen

Liltved AA (2021) Abrupt deglacial changes in the properties of the Atlantic Water entering the Arctic. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen

Lunde M (2021) The role of Arctic shelves in the global carbon cycling assessed using stable isotope geochemistry of Arctic and sub-Arctic pore waters. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen

Skaugset M (2021) Using Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate adaptive sampling strategies in synthetic and real ocean models. Master’s thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2020

Dürr Libæk A (2020) Tidal forcing and internal tide energetics around Svalbard: a numerical study. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen

Gopakumar A (2020) Mercury accumulation in fishes from North-East and North-West Barents Sea during the polar night. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo

Strolpe L (2020) Spawning during an oil spill – How exposure to the water-accommodated fraction of crude oil may disrupt polar cod (Boreogadus saida) reproduction. Master’s thesis, University of Bergen

PhD theses

2024

Bremnes JE (2024) Safe Autonomy in Marine Robotics. Doctoral thesis, NTNU. 

Bodur, YV (2024) Aspects of the biological carbon pump in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic: Aggregation, vertical flux and pelagic-benthic coupling. Doctoral thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Dörr JS (2024) Present and future drivers of Arctic sea ice variability. Doctoral thesis, University of Bergen

Gawinski C (2024) Spatial and temporal patterns of mesozooplankton secondary production in the northern Barents Sea: Are small copepods important? Doctoral thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Hasler O (2024) Hyperspectral remote sensing and navigation in coastal environments using UAVs. Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Hoff SNK (2024) Elucidating genome-wide divergence and prevalence of chromosomal rearrangements in keystone Arctic teleost. Doctoral thesis, University of Oslo

Kolås EH (2024) Atlantic water inflow into the Arctic Ocean: studies of pathways, transport and mixing processes using observations from ships and autonomous underwater vehicles. Doctoral thesis, University of Bergen

Mo-Bjørkelund T (2024) Applied adaptive and collaborative sampling for autonomous underwater vehicles. Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Summers NM (2024) Identification, mapping, and photobiology of Arctic macro- and microalgae using ROV-UHI. Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

2023

Anglada-Ortiz G (2023) Planktonic foraminifers and shelled pteropods in the Barents Sea: Seasonal distribution and contribution to the carbon pump of the living fauna, and foraminiferal development during the last three millennia. Doctoral thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Asim M (2023) Optical remote sensing of water quality parameters retrieval in the Barents Sea. Doctoral thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Cautain I (2023) Investigating the importance of different sources of organic matter as food for the benthos on three Arctic shelves. Doctoral thesis, Scottish Aassociation for Marine Science, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Jordà Molina È (2023) Spatio-temporal dynamics of soft-bottom macrobenthic communities in a rapidly changing Arctic: a case study of the Northwestern Barents Sea. Doctoral thesis, Nord Univeristy, Norway

Kohler SG (2023) Seasonal biogeochemical cycling of mercury on the Arctic Ocean shelf. PhD thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Nilsen I (2023) Dealing with uncertainty in ecosystem models along three axes; resolution, forcing and projections. Doctoral thesis, University of Bergen

Yang R (2023) Methods and models for analyzing and controlling the safety in operations of autonomous marine systems. Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

2022

Sivel E (2022) Investigating the drivers of the Nordic Seas food-web dynamics using Chance and Necessity modelling. Doctoral thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Noway