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Jörundur Svavarsson Professor of Marine Biology Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Aragata 9, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland and Suđurnes University Research Centre, Garđvegi 1, 245 Sandgerđi, Iceland Attraction of the poles - exhibition on the life and work of Jean- Baptiste Charcot L’attraction des pôles – une exposition permanente consacrée ŕ lavie et ŕ l’œuvre du Jean-Baptiste Charcottel: 354-525 46 10 or 354-525 5163; fax: 354-525 40 69 email: jorundur [at] hi.is Á íslensku |
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Research projects: Ecological and/or taxonomical projects
Environmental projects
Current Graduate students: Ólafia Lárusdóttir M.Sc. student. Research area: Zoogeography and taxonomy of cumaceans (Crustacea). Sigríđur Kristinsdóttir M.Sc. student. Research area: Marine protective areas in Iceland. Eric dos Santos M.Sc. student Research area: Large epibenthos in Scandinavian waters - the Deep-West project. Guđjón Már Sigurđsson M.Sc. student. Research area: Ecology of the scyphozoan Cyanea capillata in Icelandic waters. Fannar Ţeyr Guđmundsson, M.Sc student Research area: Reproduction of Cyanea capillata. Marinó Fannar Pálsson, M.Sc. student. Research area: Cancer pagurus in Iceland - estimation of density and growth and influences on the bottom community. Óskar Sindri Gíslason, M.Sc. student. Research area: Cancer pagurus in Iceland - reproduction and larval development. Edda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir, Ph.D. student. Research area: Year-round abundance and habitat use of cetaceans using novel methods. Chiara Bertulli, M.Sc. student. Research area: Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) feeding behaviour in Faxaflói, South-west Iceland, Ţórđur Örn Kristjánsson, Ph.D. student. Research area: Effects of environmental parameters on the survival of the comon eider (Somateria mollissima)
Recently graduated: Hildur Pétursdóttir, M.Sc. thesis: Lipids and stable isotopes in planktonic organisms on the Reykjanes ridge. Edda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir, M.Ped. thesis: Year-round distribution and abundance of white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) off the southwest coast of Iceland. Halldór P. Halldórsson Ph.D. Ecotoxicology - effects of pollutants on marine organisms in Icelandic waters. Recent publications: Halldór P. Halldórsson, Jörundur Svavarsson and Ĺke Granmo 2005. The effect of pollution on scope for growth of the mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) in Iceland. – Marine Environmental Research 59: 47-64. Halldóra Skarphéđinsdóttir, Gunilla Ericson, Halldór P. Halldórsson and Jörundur Svavarsson 2005. Seasonal and intertidal impact on DNA adduct levels in gills of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.). – Environmental Pollution 136: 1-9. Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Rachel W. Dewhurst, Halldór P. Halldórsson and Jörundur Svavarsson 2005. Metallothioneins and trace metals in the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.) collected from Icelandic coasts. – Marine Pollution Bulletin 51: 729-737. Katla Jörundsdóttir, Jörundur Svavarsson and Kenneth M.Y. Leung 2005. Imposex levels in the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.) – continuing improvement at high latitudes. – Marine Pollution Bulletin 51: 744-749. Jörundur Svavarsson 2006. New species of Gnathiidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoida) from seamounts off northern New Zealand. – Zootaxa 1173: 39-56. Bente Stransky and Jörundur Svavarsson 2006. Astacilla boreaphilis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera) from shallow and deep North Atlantic waters. – Zootaxa 1259: 1-23. Jörundur Svavarsson and Bjarni K. Kristjánsson 2006. Crangonyx islandicus sp. nov., a subterranean freshwater amphipod (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) from springs in lava fields in Iceland. – Zootaxa 1365: 1-17. Bjarni K. Kristjánsson and Jörundur Svavarsson 2007. Subglacial refugia In Iceland enabled groundwater amphipods to survive glaciation. – American Naturarlist 170: 292-296. Halldóra Skarphéđinsdóttir, Gunilla Ericson, Jörundur Svavarsson and Kristoffer Nćs 2007. DNA adducts and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) tissue levels in blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) from Nordic coastal sites. – Marine Environmental Research 64: 479-491. Anna Strid, Hrönn Jörundsdóttir, Olaf Päpke, Jörundur Svavarsson and Ĺke Bergman 2007. Dioxins and PCBs in Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) from the North-east Atlantic. – Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: 1514-1522. Hildur Pétursdóttir, Ástţór Gíslason, Stig Falk-Petersen, Haakon Hop og Jörundur Svavarsson 2008. Trophic interactions of the pelagic ecosystem over the Reykjanes Ridge as evaluated by fatty acid and stable isotope analyses. – Deep-Sea Research II 55: 83-93. Brent W. Murray, John Y. Wang, Shih-Chu Yang, John D. Stevens, Aaron Fisk og Jörundur Svavarsson 2008. Mitrochondrial cytochrome b variation in sleeper sharks (Squaliformes: Somniosidae). – Marine Biology 153: 1015-1022. Halldór P. Halldórsson, Maurizio De Pirro, Chiara Romano, Jörundur Svavarsson and Gianluca Sara 2008. Immediate biomarker responses to benzo[a]pyrene in polluted and unpolluted populations of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) at high-latitudes. – Environment International 34: 483-289. Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Robert W. Furness, Jörundur Svavarsson, T.C. Lau, Rudolf S.S. Wu 2008. Field validation, in Scotland and Iceland, of the artificial mussel for monitoring trace metals in temperate seas. – Marine Pollution Bulletin 57: 790-800. Karin Löfstrand, Hrönn Jörundsdóttir, Gregg Tomy, Jörundur Svavarsson, Pál Weihe, Torgeir Nygĺrd og Ĺke Bergman 2008. Spatial trends of polyfluorinated compounds in guillemot (Uria aalge) eggs from North-Western Europe. – Chemosphere 72: 1475-1480.
Symposium volumes 7th International Polychaete Symposium E. Sigvaldadóttir, A.S.Y. Mackie, G.V. Helgason, D.J. Reish, J. Svavarsson, S.A. Steingrímsson and G. Guđmundsson, (eds), 2003. Advances in Polychaete Research. Hydrobiologia 496: 1-399. Advances in Polychaete Research. Elín Sigvaldadóttir, Andrew S.Y. Mackie, Guđmundur V. Helgason, Donald J. Reish, Jörundur Svavarsson, Sigmar A. Steingrímsson and Guđmundur Guđmundsson (eds), Developments in Hydrobiology 170, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, September 2003, 416 pp. Malcolm B. Jones, Agnar Ingólfsson, Emil Ólafsson, Guđmundur
V. Helgason, Karl Gunnarsson and Jörundur Svavarsson (eds), 2003.
Migrations and dispersal of Marine Organisms. Hydrobiologia 503: 1-262. Migrations and dispersal of Marine Organisms. Malcolm B.
Jones, Agnar Ingólfsson, Emil Ólafsson, Guđmundur V. Helgason, Karl
Gunnarsson and Jörundur Svavarsson (eds), Developments in Hydrobiology
174, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Desember 2003, 280
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