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Uppeldissvæði eru svæði sem eru mest nýtt af seiðum og ungum fiskum. Það er hægt að líta á þau sem einskonar leikskóla fyrir fiska. Þessi svæði eru mjög mikilvæg fyrir þær fisktegundir sem nýta þær. Svæðin veita öryggi og fæðu fyrir seiðin. Þess vegna er mikilvægt að vita hvar þessi svæði eru og hvert er […]

Nursery grounds are habitats mainly used by juvenile (baby) fish. As the name suggests these habitats are like nurseries for fish. Nursery grounds are very important for the fish species using them. Since they provide protection and food for the young. Therefore, knowing where they are and how they are holding up is important. If […]

Have you ever wondered where the flounder found in Iceland has come from? It is well known that alien European flounder has been officially documented in Icelandic waters in 1999. For a long time, the question remained where the flounder came from. Over the years, people have debated whether the flounder came from the Faroe […]

Marcos Lagunas and his collaborators from the University of Iceland and the Marine and Freshwater Institute teamed up for a project on the genetics of brown trout. Last year, they published an article where they looked into the genetic structure of different trout populations in Thingvallavatn and Ölfusá. The decline of trout in Thingvallavatn The […]

But what is biodiversity, and why do we need to protect it? „Biodiversity“, a term that we are confronted with every day, whether we hear about it in the media or read about it in scientific articles. Simply said, biodiversity describes the variety of all living things on Earth, from plants and animals, to fungi […]

Have you ever wondered about all the kinds of fish are out there in the deep oceans? Have you ever heard of the glacier lantern fish? In July, we introduced you to Charlotte Matthews, a marine biologist with a passion for the mesopelagic zone of the ocean. Since then, Charlotte has not only moved from […]

Anja Nickel and her co-authors, Dr. Steven Campana and Dr. Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir, published a paper this past summer in Journal of Fish Biology about the movement of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and saithe (Pollachius virens) in the shallow coastal waters. With the use of acoustic telemetry, Anja and her team, investigated the effect […]

In the picture above Rakel is drilling a hole in the ice covering lake Garðsvatn in winter time. She collected a water sample and took basic measurements like temperature. Rakel Þorbjörnsdóttir is a curious and bubbly person that I have had the pleasure of working with throughout my PhD. Her curiosity and boundless energy lead […]