MAR-ECO Students ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACHELOR and MASTER STUDENTS
MS student Laura Clark, UK
Age, growth Distribution, life history traits, and feeding ecology of the halosaurid, Halosauropsis macrochir, from the mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean.
University of Aberdeen, UK
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MS Student Rebecca Hunter, UK
Age estimation and growth rate analysis of Macrouridae species from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Institute of Marine Research, Norway and University of Glascow, UK.
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MS Student Eric Leiser, Norway
Genetic Studies on the Crustacean order Lophogastrida
University of Bergen, Department of Biology)
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MS Student Ole Kristian Larsen, Norway
Phylogenetic analysis of Oplophoridae (Crustacea, Caridea) based on molecular data.
University of Bergen (Bergen Museum and Department of Biology)
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Completed february 2009! Download Abstract
MS Student Megan Geidner, USA
Quantification of Feeding and Predation Impact of the Deep-Pelagic Eel Serrivomer beanii in Oceanic Food Webs
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Completed!
MS Student (“Licenciatura”) Diana Catarino, Portugal
Mercury in deep-sea pelagic fishes from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
University of the Azores – Department of Oceanography and Fisheries
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Completed December 2007!
MS Student Fred Marius Svendsen, Norway
Taxonomic revision of the Synaphobranchus (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) species S. kaupii and S. affinis
Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, and Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
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Completed
MS Student Inger Marie B. Tyssebotn, Norway
Contamination in Deep Sea Fish: Toxic Elements, Dioxins, Furans and Dioxin-like PCBs in the Orange Roughy
Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen (UiB), National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Norway
Read more about Inger Marie B. Tyssebotn
Completed March 2008
Bachelor Student May-Siri Stene
Bachelor Student Margrete Emblemsvåg
Comparative studies on reproduction strategies in deep sea fish from the Mid Atlantic Ridge; Coryphaenoides armatus, Coryphaenoides rupestris and Macrourus berglax.
Aalesund University College, Norway.
Completed June 2007
Bachelor Student Kaia Damsgård Andersen
Bachelor Student Ingrid Stadsnes
Age biology of Deep-Sea Coryphaenoides armatus along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
Aalesund University College, Norway
Completed June 2007.
 Bachelor Student Susana de Villegas Quevedo, Norway
New knowledge regarding the Abyssal Grenadier Coryphaenoides armatus along the Mid Atlantic Ridge, Distribution and life history
Aalesund University College, Norway
Completed June 2007.  MS Student Jan Yde Poulsen, Denmark.
Phylogenetic analysis of suborder alepocephaloidei (Slickheads & tubeshoulders)
Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen (ZMUC)
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Completed 2008!
 MS Student Øyvind Karlbom, Norway
A DNA-based method for identification of prey species of fish on the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
Institute of Fishery and Marine Biology, University of Bergen (UIB) and Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
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Completed 30 October 2006!
 MS Student Pål Øyvind Aas, Norway
The distribution of Lophogastrida (Crustacea) along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Institute of Fishery and Marine Biology, University of Bergen (UIB)
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Completed 10 February 2006!
 MS Student Hildur Petursdottir, Iceland
Trophic structure of the pelagic ecosystem over the Reykjanes Ridge (offshore waters off South-West Iceland) based on measurements of lipids (fatty acid analysis) and stable isotopes (d13C and d15N).
Marine Research Institute ,Iceland and University of Iceland
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Completed 6 October 2006!
 MS Student Lise Doksæter, Norway
Distribution and ecology of dolphin species on the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Department of Biology, University of Bergen (UIB) and Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
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Completed!
 MS Student Guro Gjelsvik, Norway
Feeding ecology of Coryphaenoides rupestris from the Mid- Atlantic Ridge.
Department of Biology, University of Bergen (UIB)
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Completed March 2006!
 Bsc Student Tom Letessier, UK
Factors affecting distribution and abundance of Euphausiids on the mid-Atlantic ridge.
Zoology department, University of Aberdeen
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Completed 27 January 2006!
 MS Student Helene Axelsen, Norway
Identification of the medusas Periphylla periphylla and Atolla sp. in the gut/diet of the mesopelagic shrimp Notostomus robustus, from the mid-Atlantic ridge, using DNA techniques.
Department of Biology, University of Bergen (UIB)
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Completed 24 November 2006!
 MS Student Anders Frugård Opdal, Norway
An investigation of the large scale distribution patterns of mesopelagic biota in relation to the Mid Atlantic Ridge
Department of Biology, University of Bergen (UIB) and Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
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Completed May 2006!
 MS Student Kristina Arianson , Norway
An optimization of parameters for estimating the area backscattering coefficient for species on the mid-Atlantic ridge
Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
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Completed!
PhD STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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PhD Student Jan Yde Poulsen, Norway
Intraordinal phylogeny and euteleostean position of Myctophiformes (Pisces: Euteleostei) based on mitogenomic evidence
Bergen Museum, University of Bergen
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PhD Student Zachary H. Baldwin, USA
Shedding Light on Speciation in the Dark: Evolution of Bioluminescence in the Shining Tube-Shoulders (Teleostei: Platytroctidae)
American Museum of Natural History, Richard Gilder Graduate School
Read more about Zachary H. Baldwin  PhD Student William Reid, UK
Macro-consumer food web structure of mid-ocean ridges: The fate of chemosynthetic and photosynthetic energy input at contrasting sites in the North Atlantic and Southern Oceans.
Newcastle University
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 PhD Student Christoffer Sweetman, USA
Identification and Quantification of Gelatinous Zooplankton as Energy Sources in Oceanic Food-webs
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
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 PhD Student Antonina Rogacheva, Russia
Deep-sea holothurians of the family Psychropotidae: taxonomical composition, distribution and biogeography.
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
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 PhD Student Kyle Bartow, USA
Feeding Ecology of the family Melamphaidae along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
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 PhD Student Jessica Craig, United Kingdom
Bioluminiscent fauna of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen
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 PhD Student Vanda Carmo, Portugal.
Feeding ecology and food-web relationships of midwater fishes (Sternoptychidae, Gonostomatidae, Phosichthyidae, Stomiidae and Myctophidae) of the northern mid-Atlantic
Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP)
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 PhD Student Tom Bech Letessier, UK
Zooplankton communities of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the mid-Atlantic ridge.
University of St Andrews, Pelagic Ecology Research Group
Read more about Tom B Letessier  PhD Student Inge Fossen, Norway
Biology and distribution patterns of some deep-sea teleost fishes, with special reference to species inhabiting the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Institute of Fishery and Marine Biology, University of Bergen (UIB)
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Completed June 2007.
PhD Student Amy Heger, UK
In situ observations of bioluminescence in the deep sea: benthic and pelagic measurements in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
OceanLab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Completed!  PhD Student Nicola King, United Kingdom
Deep sea fauna and environment of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
OceanLab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
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Completed November 2006!
 PhD Student Birkir Bardarson, Iceland
An acoustic and net study of the distribution, abundance and ecology of myctophid fish species in the deep scattering layers of the northeast Atlantic
Marine Research Institute ,Iceland
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 PhD Student Aino Hosia, Norway
Gelatinous zooplankton along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Department of Biology, University of Bergen (UIB)
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Completed May 2007.
 PhD Student Tom Sørnes, Norway
The ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton predators. Vertical distribution, feeding and trophic interactions.
Department of Biology, University of Bergen (UIB)
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Completed 25 November 2005!
 PhD Scholar Nina Svane Mikkelsen, Norway
Techno-variations over Life in Darkness (sub-project related to MAR-ECO). Total PhD project: Affinity and Battlefield. New media and museum communication- Communication design under imperative of database. Artistic intervention as a narrative grip.
Dept. of information science and media studies, University of Bergen (UIB)
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