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Environmental influence on fish behaviour and ecosystem functioning.  Model organisms are marine and freshwater fish. I work in the field and  with experiments.

Fjords in future climate:  

Jones NAR, Frommen JG, Fuss T, Newport C, DePasquale C, Webster MM, Vila-Pouca C, Závorka L, Salvanes AGV (2025). Measuring fish cognition: empirical-based guidance for designing cognition assays.  Journal of Fish Biology  

Rustand T, Rasmussen AF, Krag LA, Salvanes AGV, Krafft BA (2025). Macrozooplankton diversity and distribution off South Orkney Islands. Journal of Sea Research.  

Ferraro M, Risebrobakken B, Asteman IP, Darelius E, Tisserand A, Gallo ND, Salvanes AGV (2025). The present-day relation between observed bottom water oxygenation and marine oxygen proxies. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 39: e2024GB008334.   

Kjelstad S, Salvanes AGV, Zimmermann F, Søvik G, Gallo ND (2025). Effects of climate-responsive, fjordscape, and aquaculture-associated environmental drivers on fjord hyperbenthic community structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130: 130, e2024JC021852.   

Giske J, Dumitru ML, Enberg K, Folkedal O, Handeland SO, Higginson AD, Opdal AF, Rønnestad I, Salvanes AGV, Vollset KW, Zennaro FM, Mangel M, Budaev S (2025) Premises for digital twins on Atlantic salmon wellbeing. Behavioral Processes 226. 

Saltalamacchia F, SolÃ¥s MR, Salvanes AGV, Folkvord A (2025). Time series of otolith growth patterns ferlects oxygen depletion tolerance in an abundant mesopelagic fish species. Fisheries Research.    

Salvanes AGV, Gallo N, SolÃ¥s MR, Saltalamacchia F, Aksnes DL,  Darelius E, et al. (2025) Deep fjords are excellent natural infrastructure for climate impact studies. Fish and Fisheries. 

 Andersen Ø, Glenner H, Salvanes AGV 2024. The parasitic copepod, Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911 castrate its mesopelagic fish host Benthosema glaciale. Marine Biology 171:   

SolÃ¥s MR, Salvanes AGV, Aksnes DL (2024) Association between water darkening and hypoxia in a Norwegian fjord. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 310:  

Andresen H, Eduardo LN, Olivar MP, van Denderen PN, Spitz J, Maureaud AA, Brind’Amour A, Bowlin NM, Garcia-Seoane E, Langbehn T, Sutton TT,Fock HO, Salvanes AGV, Lindegren M (2024) Fish and Fisheries. 

Knutsen T, Strand E, Klevjer TA, Salvanes AGV, Broms C, Sunde SM, Aksnes DL, Garcia-Seoane, Melle W (2023) Feeding ecology of Benthosema glaciale across the North Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science 10. 

Cavole LM, Limburg KE, Gallo ND, Salvanes AGV, Ramirez-Valdez A, Levin LL,Oropeza OA, Hertwig A, Liu M-C, McKeegan KD (2023) Otoliths of marine fishes record evidence of low oxygen, temperature andpH conditions of deep Oxygen Minimum Zones. Deep-Sea Research Part I

Bergendahl IA, DePasqual C, Salvanes AGV (2022) Fish learning and memory. An update of V.A. Braithwaite, SENSORY SYSTEMS, PERCEPTION, AND LEARNING | Fish Learning and Memory edited by Anthony P. Farrell,Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology, Academic Press, 2011, Pages 707–712, ISBN 9780080923239, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00101-5, Elsevier INc.

Salvanes AGV, Levin LA, Currie B (2022) Ghost crabs as an example of beach life threatened by beach traffic. Elsevier, Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation: 727-732.

Bartuseviciute V, Pauli BD, Salvanes AGV, Heino M (2022) Size-selective harvesting affects the immunocomtetence of guppies exposed to the parasite Gyrodactulus. Proc. Roy. Soc. B   

Nash AJ, Vollset KW, Hanssen EM, Berhe S, Salvanes AGV, Isaksen TE, Barlaup BT, Lennox RJ. (2022) A tale of two fishes: depth preference of migrating Atlantic salmon smolt and predatory brown trout in a Norwegian lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79(12).  

Delaval A, SolÃ¥s MR, Skoglund H, Salvanes AGV (2021) Does vaterite otolith deformation affect post-release survival and predation susceptibility of hatchery-reared juvenile Atlantic salmon? Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8:1066. doi: . Open access

Alnes I, Jensen KH, Skorping A, Salvanes AGV (2021) Ontogetnetic change in behavioural response to structural enrichment from fry to parr in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). In Frontiers in Veterynary Science - Animal Behaviour and Welfare. 8:780. doi: . Open access

Pitcher GC, Aguirre-Velarde A, Breitburg D, Cardich J, Carstensen J, Conley DJ, Dewitte B, Engel A, Espinoza-Morriberón D, Flores G, Garçon V, Graco M, Grégoire M, Gutiérrez D, Hernandez-Ayon JM, Huang H-HM, Isensee K, Jacinto ME, Levin L, Lorenzo A, Machu E, Merma L, Montes I,  SWA N, Aurelien A, Roman M, Rose K, Raleigh H, Rabalais NN, Salvanes AGV, Salvatteci R, Sifeddine SSA, Tall AW, van der Plas AK, Yasuhara M, Zhang J, Zhu ZY (2021) System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion. Progress in Oceanography 197:102613.  doi: .

Jones NAR, Webster MR, Salvanes AGV (2021) Physical enrichment research for captive fish: Time to focus on the DETAILS. Journal of Fish Biology. 

Hanssen EM, Vollset KW, Salvanes AGV, Barlaup B, Whoriskey K, Isaksen TE , Normann ES, Hulbak M, Lennox RJ (2021) Acoustic telemetry predation sensors reveal the tribulations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts migrating through lakes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. doi: . Open access

Hulbak M, Hanseen EM,Lennox RJ, Salvanes AGV, Barlaup B, Gharbi N, Nilsen TO, Vollset KW (2021) Validating timing of salmon smolt runs obtained by telemetry studies. Fisheries Management and Ecology:

Melle W, Klevjer T, Drinkwater K, Strand E, Naustvoll LJ, Wiebe P, Aksnes DL, Knutsen T, Sundby S, Slotte A, Dupont N, Salvanes AGV, Korneliussen R, Huse G (2020) Structure and functioning of four North Atlantic ecosystems - a comparative study. Deep-Sea Research Part II. 80:  

Lennox RJ, Salvanes AGV, Barlaup BT, Stöger E, Madhun A, Helle TM, Vollset KM (2020) Negative impacts of the sea lice prophylactic emamectin benzoate on the survival of hatchery released salmon smolts in rivers. Aquatic Toxicology.

Gunawickrama S, Delaval A, Johansen T, van der Plas A, Salvanes AGV (2020) Genetic structure of Sufflogobius bibarbatus in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem using microsatellite markers. Journal of Applied Ichtyology 36: 168-182. 

Klevjer T, Melle W, Knutsen T, Strand E, Korneliussen R, Dupont N, Salvanes AGV, Wiebe P (2019) Micronekton biomass distribution, improved estimates across four north Atlantic basins. Deep-Sea Research Part II  

Aksnes DL, Aure J, Johansen P-O, Johnsen GH, Salvanes AGV (2019) Multi-decadal warming of Atlantic water and associated decline of dissolved oxygen in a deep fjord. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 228(2019) 106392

Solås MR, Skoglund H, Salvanes AGVS (2019) Can structural enrichment reduce predation mortality and increase recaptures of hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. fry released into the wild? Journal of Fish Biology 95: 575-588

Gabagambi NP, Salvanes AGV, Midtøy F, Skorping A (2019),The tapeworm Ligula intestinalis alters the behavior of the fish intermediate hostEngraulicypris sardella, but only after it has become infective to the final host,Behavioural Processes 158: 47-52, 

Currie B, Utne-Palm AC, Salvanes AGV (2018) Winning ways with hydrogen sulphide on the Namibian shelf. Frontiers in Marine Science,

Staby A, Salvanes AGV (2018) Mesopelagic Fish. In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Third Edition). Vol 2: 283-289.

Moberg O, Salvanes AGV (2018) Ocean ranching. In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Third Edition). Vol 2: 449-459.

Salvanes AGV, Christiansen H, Taha Y, Henseler C, Seivåg ML, Kjesbu SO, Folkvord A, Utne-Palm A-C, Currie B, Ekau W, van der Plas, AK, Gibbons M (2018) Variation in growth, morphology and reproduction of the bearded goby (Sufflogobius bibarbatus) in varying oxygen environments of Northern Benguela. Journal of Marine Systems

Salvanes AGV, Gibbons MJ (2018) Adaptation to hypoxic environments – bearded gobies Sufflogobius bibarbatus in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem. Journal of Fish Biology 92: 752-772, doi:10.1111/jfb.13547

Gordon TAC, Harding HR, Clever FK, Davidson1 IK, Davison W, Montgomery DW, Nedelec SL, Weatherhead RC, Windsor FM, Armstrong JD, Bardonnet A, Bergman E, Britton JR, Côté IM, D’Agostino D, Greenberg LA, Harborne AR, Kahilainen KK, Metcalfe NB, Mills SC, Milner NJ, Mittermayer FH, Montorio L, Prokkola JM, Rutterford LA, Salvanes AGV, Simpson SD, Vainikka A, Pinnegar JK, Santos EM (2018) Fishes in a changing world: learning from the past to promote sustainability of fishpopulations. Journal of Fish Biology 92: 804-827, doi:10.1111/jfb.13546

Delaval A, Dahle G, Knutsen H, Devine J, Salvanes  AGV (2018) Norwegian fjords contain sub-populations of roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris, a deep-water fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 586: 181–192

Salvanes AGV, Devine J, Jensen KH, Hestetun JT, Sjøtun K Glenner H (2018) Marine Ecological Field Methods. A Guide for Marine Biologists and Fisheries Scientists. Wiley Blackwell

Salvanes AGV, Devine J, Jensen KH, Hestetun JT, Sjøtun K Glenner H (2018) Marine Ecological Field Methods. A Guide for Marine Biologists and Fisheries Scientists. Wiley Blackwell https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119184362

Salvanes, A.G.V. (2017) Are anti-predator behaviours of hatchery juveniles similar to wild juveniles? Journal of Fish Biology. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.13268/full

Ahlbeck Bergendahl, I., Salvanes, A.G.V., Braithwaite, V.A. (2016) Determining the effects of duration and recency of exposure to environmental enrichment. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 176:163-169.

SeivÃ¥g, M.L., Salvanes, A.G.V., Utne-Palm, A.C., Kjesbu, S.O. (2016) Reproductive tactics of male bearded goby (Sufflogobius bibarbatus) in anoxic and hypoxic waters. Journal of Sea Research 109: 29-41.   

Salvanes, A.G.V., Bartholomae, C.,  Yemane, D.,  Gibbons, M.G., Kainge, P., Krakstad, J.-O., Rouault, M., Staby, A., Sundby, S. (2015) Spatial dynamics of the bearded goby and its key fish predators off Namibia varies with climate and oxygen availability. Fisheries Oceanography 24 (Suppl. I) 88-101.  

Skrypzeck, H. Salvanes, A.G.V., Currie, B., Kotze, A. (2014) First records of reproductive behaviour and early development for the bearded goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus. J Fish Biology 84: 1256-1261

Salvanes, A.G.V., Moberg, O., Ebbesson, L.O., Nilsen, T.O., Jensen, K.H., Braithwaite, V.A. (2013) Environmental enrichment promotes neural plasticity and cognitive ability in fish. Proc. Roy. Soc. B

Gunawickrama K.B.S., Westgaard J.-I., Salvanes A.G.V., Johansen T. (2012) Characterization of polymorphic microsattelite markers for the bearded goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus. Conservation Genetics Resources. 4: 187-189; DOI 10.1007/s12686-011-9505-5

Cedras, R.B., Salvanes, A.G.V. and Gibbons, M.J. (2011) Investigations into the diet and feeding ecology of the bearded goby, Sufflogobius bibarbatus, off Namibia. African Journal of Marine Science 33: 313-320

Sverdrup GK , Meager JJ, Fernö A, Skjæraasen JE, Rodewald P , Salvanes AGV, Järvi T (2011) Territorial and agonistic interactions between farmed and wild cod (Gadus morhua). Aquaculture Research 42:1539-1548

Moberg O., Braithwaite V.A., Salvanes A.G.V. (2011) Effects of habitat enrichment and food availability on the foraging behaviour of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L) Environmental Biology of Fishes 91:449-457.

Salvanes A.G.V., Utne-Palm A.C., Currie B., Braithwaite V.A. (2011).  Behavioural and physiological adaptations of the bearded goby: a key fish species of the extreme environment of Benguela. Marine Ecology Progress Series 425: 193-202.

Herbert N.A., Skjæraasen J.E ., Nilsen T., Salvanes A.G.V., Steffensen J.F. (2011).  The hypoxia avoidance behaviour of juvenile Atlantic cod  (Gadus morhua L.)depends on the provision and pressure level of an O2 refuge. Marine Biology 158: 737-746 

Utne-Palm AC, Salvanes AGV, Currie B, Kaartvedt S, Nilsson GE, Braithwaite V, Stecyk JAW, Hundt M, van der Bank M, Flynn B, Sandvik GK, Klevjer TA, Sweetman, AK, Brüchert,V, Pittman K, Peard KR, Lunde IG, Strandabø RAU, Gibbons MJ (2010) Trophic structure and community stability in an overfished ecosystem. Science 329: 333-336 

Strand D.A., Utne-Palm A.C., Jakobsen P., Braithwaite V.A,. Jensen K.H, Salvanes A.G.V. (2010) Enrichment promotes learning in fish. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 412:273-282.

Braithwaite V.A., Salvanes A.G.V. (2010) Aquaculture and restocking: Implications for conservation and welfare. Animal Welfare 19: 139-149 

Gunawickrama K.B.S., De Silva P.M.C.S., Johansen T., Salvanes A.G.V., Nævdal G. (2010) Preliminary evidence for genetic heterogeneity of the goby (Sufflogobius bibarbatus) in the Benguela ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26: 110-112

Kristoffersen J.B., Salvanes A.G.V. (2009) Distribution, growth, and population genetics of the glacier lanternfish (Benthosema glaciale)in Norwegian waters: contrasting patterns in fjords and the ocean. Marine Biology Research 5: 596-604

Braithwaite V.A., Salvanes A.G.V. (2008) Cognition: Learning and memory. p. 33- 60 In: Magnhagen C, Braithwaite VA, Forsgren E & Kapoor BG (eds) Fish Behaviour. Science Publisher, Inc, Enfield, NH, USA 

Skjaeraasen, J. E., Nilsen, T., Meager, J. J., Herbert, N. A., Moberg, O., Tronci, V., Johansen, T., Salvanes, A. G. V. (2008) Hypoxic avoidance behaviour in cod (Gadus morhua L.): The effect of temperature and haemoglobin genotype. Journal of Experimental Marine  Biology and Ecology 358: 70-77 

Kainge P., Kjesbu O.S., Thorsen A., Salvanes A.G.V. (2007) Merluccius capensis spawn in Namibian waters, but do M. paradoxus? African Journal of Marine Science 29: 379-392

Mqoqi M., Lipinski M.R., Salvanes A.G.V. (2007) The ecology of Sepia australis (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae) along the south coast of South Africa ICES Journal of Marine Science 64: 945-955 

Salvanes A.G.V., Moberg O. & Braithwaite V.A. (2007). Effects of early experience on group behaviour in fish. Animal Behaviour 74:805-811

 Salvanes, A.G. V., Braithwaite, V. A. (2006) The need to understand the behaviour of fish we rear for mariculture or for restocking. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 63, 346-354

Braithwaite, V. A. & Salvanes, A. G. V (2005) Environmental variability in the early rearing environment generates behaviourally flexible cod: implications for rehabilitating wild populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London Series B. 272: 1107-1113

Salvanes, A.G.V., Braithwaite, V.A. (2005) Exposure to variable spatial information in the early rearing environment generates asymmetries in social interactions in coastal cod. Behav Ecol Soc Biol. 59 (2): 250-257

Salvanes, A.G.V. (2004) Mesopelagic fish. Pp 247-260 in The Norwegian Sea Ecosystem (e.d. H.R. Skjoldal), Tapir, Trondheim, Norway

Salvanes, A.G.V., Skjæraasen, J.E., Nilsen, T. (2004) Subpopulations of coastal cod with different behaviour and life history strategies. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 267: 241-251

Skjæraasen, J.E., Salvanes, A.G.V., Karlsen, Ø., Dahle, R., Nilsen, T., Nordberg, B. (2004). The effect of photoperiod on sexual maturation, appetite and growth in wild Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 30 (2): 163-174

Huse, G., Giske, J., Salvanes, A.G.V. (2002) Individual based modelling. Book chapter: Volum II, Chapter 11,  Handbook of Fish and Fisheries, Blackwell Science

Salvanes, A.G.V. (2001) Review of ecosystem models for fjords; new insights of relevance for fisheries management. Sarsia 86:441-463

Salvanes, A.G.V. (2001) Ocean Ranching (stock enhancement). Pp. 1973-1982 in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (eds: J. Steele, S. Thorpe & K. Turekian), Academic Press Ltd.

Kristoffersen, J.B., Salvanes, A.G.V (2001) Sexual size dimorphism and sex ratio in Müllers pearlside (Maurolicus muelleri). Marine Biology 138:1087-1092

Salvanes, A.G.V., Kristoffersen, J.B. (2001) Mesopelagic Fish (life histories, behaviour, adaptation). Pp. 1711-1717 in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (eds: J. Steele, S. Thorpe & K. Turekian), Academic Press Ltd.

SvÃ¥sand, T., Kristiansen, T.S., Pedersen, T.  Salvanes, A.G.V., Engelsen, R., Nævdal, G., Nødtvedt, M. (2000) The biological and economical basis of cod stock enhancement. Fish and Fisheries 1:173-205

Huse, G., Giske, J., Salvanes, A.G.V. (2002) Individual based modelling. Book chapter: Volum II, Chapter 11 of Handbook of Fish and Fisheries, Blackwell Science

Suneetha, K.B., Salvanes, A.G.V. (2001) Population genetic structure of the glacier lanternfish Benthosema glaciale (Myctophidae) in Norwegian waters. Sarsia 86:203-212

Hart, P.J.B., Salvanes, A.G.V. (2000) Causes of individual variation in competitive performance in juvenile cod., Jmar Biol Ass UK 80:569-570 

Salvanes, A.G.V., Hart, P.J.B. (2000) Is individual variation in competitive performance of juvenile cod related to haemoglobin genotype? Sarsia 85:265-274

Knutsen, I., Salvanes, A.G.V. (1999) Temperature-dependent digestion handling time in juvenile cod and possible consequences for prey choice. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 181:61-79

Asplin, L., Salvanes, A.G.V., Kristoffersen, J.B. (1999) Non-local wind-driven fjord-coast advection and its potential effect on pelagic organisms and fish recruitment. Fisheries Oceanography 8:255-263

Kristoffersen, J.B., Salvanes, A.G.V. (1998) Life history of Maurolicus muelleri in fjordic and oceanic environments. J. Fish Biology 53: 1324-1341

Flaaten, O. Salvanes, AGV, Schweder, T., Ulltang, Ø. (1998) Fisheries management under uncertainty - an overview. Fisheries Research 37: 1-6

Giske, J., Salvanes, A.G.V.(1999) A model for enhancement potentials in open ecosystems. Pp. 22-36 in "Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching", Eds: B.R. Howell (UK), E. Moksness (Norway) and T. Svåsand (Norway), Blackwell Fishing, News Books

Kristoffersen, J.B., Salvanes, A.G.V. (1998) Formaldehyde and ethanol preservation of mesopelagic fish: Effects on size, weight, and quality of body and otoliths. Sarsia:83:95-102

Salvanes, A.G.V., Baliño, B. (1998) Production and fitness in a fjord cod population: An ecological and evolutionary approach. Fisheries Research 37: 143-161

Salvanes, A.G.V., Hart, P.J.B. (1998) Individual variability in state-dependent feeding behaviour in three-spined stickleback. Animal Behaviour 55: 1349-1359

Holst, J.C., Salvanes, A.G.V., Johansen, T. (1997)  Feeding, Ichthyophonus sp. infection, distribution and growth history of Norwegian spring-spawning herring in summer. Journal of Fish Biology  50: 652-664

Salvanes, A.G.V., Stockley, B.M. (1996) Spatial variation of growth and gonadal developments of Maurolicus muelleri in the Norwegian Sea and in a Norwegian fjord. Marine Biology 126:321-332

Salvanes, A.G.V., Aksnes, D.L., Fosså, J.H., Giske, J. (1995) Simulated carrying capacities of fish in Norwegian fjords Fisheries Oceanography 4(1): 17-32

Salvanes, A.G.V. (1995) Pollack (Pollachius pollachius) stock size development and potential influences on cod (Gadus morhua L.) mariculture in a west Norwegian fjord. Fisheries Research 24:223-242

Salvanes, A.G.V., Aksnes, D.L., Giske, J.  (1995) A surface-dependent gastric evacuation model for fish. Journal of Fish Biology 47:679-695

Giske, J., Salvanes, A.G.V. (1995) Why pelagic fishes should be unselective feeders. Journal of Theoretical Biology 173:41-50

Salvanes, A.G.V., Giske, J., Nordeide, J.T. (1994) Life history approach to habitat shifts for coastal cod. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management  25, supplement 1: 215-228

Smedstad, O., Salvanes, A.G.V., FossÃ¥, J.H., Nordeide, J.T. (1994) Enhancement of cod in Masfjorden: An overview. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management  25, supplement 1: 117-128

Nordeide, J.T., FossÃ¥, J.H., Salvanes, A.G.V., Smedstad, O. (1994) Testing if year-class strength of  coastal cod (Gadus morhua  L.) can be determined at the juvenile stage. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management  25, supplement 1: 101-116

FossÃ¥, J.H., Nordeide, J.T., Salvanes, A.G.V., Smedstad, O. (1994) Impacts of released cod on wild fish populations in Masfjorden, western Norway. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management  25, supplement 1: 35-48

Salvanes, A.G.V, Nordeide, J.T. (1993) Dominating sublittoral fish species in a west Norwegian fjord and their trophic links to cod (Gadus morhua L.). Sarsia  78:221-234

Salvanes, A.G.V., Aksnes, D.L., Giske, J. (1992) Ecosystem model for evaluating potential cod production in a west Norwegian fjord. Marine Ecology Progress Series 90: 9-22

Salvanes, A.G.V., Ulltang, Ø.(1992) Population parameters, migration and exploitation of the cod (Gadus morhua L.) in Masfjorden, western Norway. Fisheries Research 15: 253-289

Salvanes, A.G.V. (1991) The selectivity for cod (Gadus morhua L.) in two experimental trammel-nets and one gillnet. Fisheries Research 10: 265-285

Nordeide, J.T., Salvanes, A.G.V. (1991) Obervations on newly released and wild cod (Gadus morhua L.) and their potential predators.ICES Marine Science Symposia 192:139-146

Giske, J., Aksnes, D.L., Baliño, B., Kaartvedt, S., Lie, U., Nordeide, J.T., Salvanes, A.G.V., Wakili, S.M., Aadnesen, A. (1990) Vertical distribution and trophic interactions of zooplankton and fish in Masfjorden, Norway. Sarsia 75: 65-81

Previous and ongoing projects

2020-2025: HypOnFjordFish: Hypoxia effects On Fjord Fish: harnessing the power ofmultidisciplinary studies; NFR: NOK 12 mill; PI: Salvanes: https://hyponfjordfish.w.uib.no/

2018-2025: PRIMA LEARNING: Connecting hands-on-PRactice and Innovative MArine ecological sampling methods and analysis tools for enhancing student LEARNING of ocean science; RCN funding NOK 4.5 mill; PI: Salvanes

2018: Seed funding for international collaboration on research- and capacity building (SPIRE); ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´- funding NOK 100.000; PI: Salvanes

2018: Fulbright-Scholarship; NOK 100.000; PI: Salvanes 

2016-2018: Ecosystem, climate and variation in a "marine mini-ecosystem": a fjord in western Norway (Olav Thon Foundation for national tuition-related research projects); NOK 1.2 mill; PI Salvanes

2014-2016: Nursery environments and survival of samon fry (Nansen foundation); NOK 150.000, PI: Salvanes

2014: Release of "smart fish" to contribute to restoration of the Vosso salmon population and the salmon tourism (Forprosjekt - RFFVEST); NOK 200.000; PI: Salvanes; jointly with Voss Hatchery and UNI Environment.

2013-2014: Mekanismar for utvikling av overlevingsstrategi hos laks – felteksperiment, Ã¥tferdseksperiment og modellering. ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ BIO - Seed funding; PI Salvanes; NOK 75.000

2011-2012: Life-history strategies in an extreme marine environment: behavioural and physiological adaptations. ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ FRIFORSK; PI Salvanes; 300.000 NOK

2011-2012:  Behavioural and molecular mechanisms behind the Benguela goby's (Sufflogobius bibarbatus)adaptation to naturally occurring hypoxia. The Meltzer-foundation; PI: Salvanes; 400.000 NOK 

 2010-2012: Integrative Fish Behavioural Neuroscience Network; NORDFORSK Researcher Networks 2010; PIs E. Høglund, L Ebbesson, AGV Salvanes et al

2010-2011: Causes of the Benguela goby's success among jellyfish and toxic sediments in a heavily overfished ecosystem; The Meltzer-foundation; PI: Salvanes; 300.000 NOK 

2007-2010: Gobies and hake in the hypoxic waters of the Benguela up-welling current; The Norwegian Research Council;  PIs Utne-Palm, Salvanes, Gibbons, Kaartvedt, Nilsson, Currie; 1.5 mill NOK

2007-2011: The trade-off between immune function and brain development in zebra fish; The Norwegian Research Council; PIs: Salvanes, Skorping, Jakobsen, Braithwaite, van der Meeren and Beltz(including PhD-fellowship for Olav Moberg and prof-II for Victoria Braithwaite); 3.8 mill NOK

2006-2007: Fish behaviour and brain developments; Meltzer- University Fund; PIs Jakobsen, Salvanes, Braithwaite; NOK 170.000.

2004-2005: Effect of variable rearing environments on migratory return rates of Atlantic salmon; Irish Hydroelectric Board; PIs Braithwaite, Salvanes; NOK 480.000

2003-2005: Habitat choice and activity in relation to hypoxia and haemoglobin genotype in fish; comparisons across populations and species; PIs Salvanes, Braithwaite, Utne-Palm; The Norwegian Research Council; NOK 2.4 mill.(including Research fellowship for Jon Egil Skjæraasen)

2003-2005: Ecology of the goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem; Norway and South Africa Research Councils; PIs Salvanes,  Utne-Palm, Gibbons, Currie; NOK 1.0 mill.

1999- 2003: Environmental influence on fish populations (Strategic University Program; PIs Salvanes, Aksnes, Folkvord; The Norwegian Research Council; NOK 7.3 mill.(including PhD-fellowship for Jon Egil Skjæraasen)

2001: Guest professorship for PJB Hart; ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´-fund 120.000NOK

1997-1999: Experimental and model studies of statedependent feeding behaviour in fish (The Norwegian Research Council; PI Salvanes, NOK 1.6 mill). (Including Research fellowship for AGV Salvanes)

1997-1999:  Causes of competitive differences in juvenile cod: experiments and models (British Royal Society; PIs Paul JB Hart and AGV Salvanes)

1995-1997: Mesopelagic fish in the Norwegian Sea. PI AGV Salvanes (PhD-fellowship for Jon Bent Kristoffersen); The Norwegian Research Council; NOK 1.05 mill.

1995-1997: Biological model-simulations for extensivecod mariculture. PIs AGV Salvanes and B. Baliño (Research fellowship for Beatrize Baliño); The Norwegian Research Council/PUSH; NOK 0.9 mill.

1994-1996: Modelling feeding behaviour in fish. PI AGV Salvanes (Researc fellowship for AGV Salvanes). NOK 1.2 mill