Halvor Knutsen
Works with
Use of genetic markers in combination with other data (e.g. oceanography, bathymetry) to infer patterns of spatial population structure and connectivity in marine fishes
In particular at present:
Population biology/ecology/genetics of Atlantic cod
Population biology/genetics on deep sea fishes (greenland halibut, tusk, roundnose grenadeer, black scabbardfish)
Population biology of brown trout (e.g. feeding and use of the marine habitat)
Population biology/genetics of European lobster
Other present work:
Mapping Biological Resources and habitats in the coastal zone
Study the effects of MPA's
Project Management:
A EU/Interreg prosjekt on schrimp (www.skagerrak-reker.eu) Norwegian leader og an European Science Foundation project, DEECON http://www.imr.no/deecon
Project leader of an ESF network project (BIOFUN-DEECON)
Project leeder of an European Science Foundation project, MarinEra http://biocongroup.eu/MarinEra/Welcome.html
Project leader of an Interreg/EU project on lobster, Grensehummeren, http://www.imr.no/grensehummer/nb-no
IMR project leader of an NFR project and an internal project on the Atlantic cod
Collaboration with University of Oslo: http://www.cees.uio.no/about/staff/homepage/halvor-knutsen.html
Curriculum Vitae
Robalo, JI, Castilho R, Francisco SM, c, Almada, F, Knutsen, H. Jorde PE, Almada VC (2011) Northern refugia and recent expansion in the North Sea: the case of the wrasse Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758). Ecology and Evolution, in press
Pereyra RT,Westgaard J-I, Dahl M, Johansen T.Knutsen H, Ring A-K, Søvik G, Andre C. (2011) Isolation and characterization of nuclear microsatellite loci in the northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis. Conservation Genet Resources, in press. DOI 10.1007/s12686-011-9486-4
Moland E., Olsen EM, Knutsen H, Knutsen JA, Enersen SE, André C and Stenseth N Chr. (2011). Activity patterns of wild European lobster (Homarus gammarus) within coastal marine reserves: implications for future reserve design. MEPS, In press
Knutsen H, Olsen EM, Jorde PE, Espeland SH, André C, Stenseth NC (2011). 'Are Low but Statistically Significant Levels of Genetic Differentiation in Marine Fishes “Biologically Meaningful"? Molecular Ecology. 20, 768-783
Rogers, L, Stige LC, Olsen EM, Knutsen H, Sik-Chan K, Stenseth N.Chr. (2011). Cod phenotypes respond to changing climate and density throughout a century on the Norwegian coast. PNAS, 108, 1961-1966.
Ciannelli L., Knutsen H., Olsen E. M., Espeland S., Asplin L., Jelmert A., Knutsen J. A., Stenseth N Chr. 2010. Maintainance of small-scale genetic structure in a marine population in relation to water circulation and egg characteristics. Ecology, doi:10.1890/09-1548
Espeland SH, Thoresen AG, Olsen EM, Stige LC, Knutsen H, Gjøsæter J, Stenseth NC 2010. Diel vertical migration patterns in young Skagerrak coastal cod. MEPS, In Press
Knutsen J. A., Knutsen H., Rinde E., Christie H., Bodvin T., Dahl E. 2010. Mapping Biological Resources in the Coastal Zone – an Evaluation of Methods in a Pioneering Study from Norway. Ambio, DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0023-6
André C, Knutsen H., 2010. Development of twelve novel microsatellite loci in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) .Conservation Genetic Resources, DOI 10.1007/s12686-009-9151-3
Glover K, Dahle G, Westgaard JI, Johansen T, Knutsen H and K. E. Jørstad 2010.Genetic diversity within and among Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) farmed in marine cages: a proof-of-concept study for the identification of escapees. Animal genetics, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02025.x.
Knutsen H, Sannæs H. 2009, Development of twelve microsatellite loci in the corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Conservation Genetic Resources, DOI 10.1007/s12686-009-9100-1
Knutsen H., Catarino D., Sannæs H., Stefanni S., 2009, Development of eleven microsatellite loci in the deep sea black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo).
Conservation Genetic Resources, Conservation Genetic Resources, 1, 89-92.
Espeland S.H., Olsen M. E., Knutsen H., Gjøsæter J., Danielssen D., Stenseth N. C., 2009, New perspectives on fish movement: kernel and GAM smoothers applied to a century of tagging data on coastal cod. MEPS, 372, 231-241
Knutsen H, Jorde PE, Sannæs H, Hoelzel AR, Bergstad OA, Stefanni S, Johansen T and Stenseth NC, 2009, Bathymetric barriers promoting genetic structure in the deepwater demersal fish tusk Brosme brosme. Molecular Ecology, in press
Ring AK, Knutsen H and André C, 2009, 'Development of ten microsatellite loci in the ling (Molva molva)
Molecular Ecology Resources, in press
Schneider M, Sannæs H, Jorde, PEJ and Knutsen, H, 2009, Isolation and characterisation of 11 microsatellite loci in the abbysal carapine grenadier Coryphanoides carapipnus (Actinoperygii, Macrouridae) and cross amplification in two other deep-sea macrourid species
Conservation genetics, DOI 10.1007/s10592-009-9838-8
Stefanni S, Bettencourt R, Knutsen H and Menezes G, 2009, Rapid PCR-RFLP method for discrimination of the two Atlantic cryptic deep-sea species of scabbardfish
Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02470.
Knutsen, H., Marie Le Goff-Vitry, Fiani, D., Hoelzel, A. R, 2008, Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in a marine fish species, the roundnose grenadier (Coryphanoides rupestris)
Molecular Ecology Notes, 8, 993-995
Olsen EM, Knutsen H, Gjøsæter J, Jorde PE, Knutsen JA and Stenseth NC, 2008, Small-scale biocomplexity in coastal Atlantic cod supports a Darwinian perspective on fisheries management
Evolutionary Applications, doi:10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00024.x
Knutsen H., Olsen, E.M., Ciannelli, L., Espeland, S., Knutsen, J.A., Simonsen J.H., Skreslet, S., Stenseth, N.Chr, 2007, Egg distribution, bottom topography and small-scale population structure in a coastal marine system
MEPS, 333, 249-255
Knutsen, H., Jorde, P.E., Albert, O.T.,Hoelzel, A.R. & Stenseth, N.Chr., 2007, Population genetic structure influenced by oceanic current systems in the North Atlantic Greenland halibut
CJFAS, 64, 857-866
Stefanni, S.& Knutsen H., 2007, Phylogeography and demographic history of the deep-sea fish, Aphanopus carbo, in the NE Atlantic: vicariance followed by secondary contact or speciation?
Molecular Phylogony and Evolution, 42, 38–46
Knutsen, H., Fiani, D., Sannæs, H., Hoelzel, A. R., 2007, Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in a marine fish species, the tusk (Brosme brosme)
Mol. Ecol. notes,7, 851-853
Sigurd Heiberg Espeland, Ailin Fernløf Gundersen, Esben Moland Olsen, Halvor Knutsen, Jakob Gjøsæter and Nils Chr. Stenseth, 2007, The Maintenance of small-scale population structure in coastal cod (Gadus morhua)
ICES J. M. Sci, 64, 920-928
Jorde, P. E., Knutsen, H. and Stenseth, N. C. , 2007, Population structuring of coastal cod (Gadus morhua L.) and the geographic extent of local populations
MEPS, 343,229-237.
Knutsen, J. A., Knutsen, H., Olsen, E. M., Jonsson, B. , 2004, Marine feeding of anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) during winter.
Journal of Fish Biology, 64, 1-11.
Stenseth, N.C., Jorde, P. E., Chan, K.-S., Hansen, Knutsen H., Andre, C., Skogen, M.D. & Lekve, K., 2006, Ecological and genetic impact of larval drift: the Atlantic cod
Proceedings of Royal Society Series B, B 273 (1590): 1085-1092)
Knutsen, H., Jorde, P. E., André, C. and Stenseth, N. C. , 2003, Fine-scaled geographic population structuring in a highly mobile marine species: the Atlantic cod.
Molecular Ecology 12, 385-394.
Knutsen et al. 2003.pdf
Knutsen, J.A.K, Knutsen H., Paulsen, Ø., Kristensen, Ø., Vike, S. , 2003, Biologiske verdier i sjø i Tvedestrand kommune.
Fisken og Havet, 7, 66s.
Esben Moland Olsen, Halvor Knutsen, Jan Henrik Simonsen; Bror Jonsson; Jan Atle Knutsen, 2006, Seasonal progression of marine growth
Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 15, 446-452
Knutsen, H., André, C., Jorde, P.E., , Skogen, M.D., Thuróczy, E. & Stenseth N.C.S, 2004, Transport of North Sea cod larva into the Skagerrak coastal populations
Proc. R. Soc. Lond., BB 271, 1337-1344
Knutsen, J.A., Knutsen, H., Gjøsæter, J & Jonsson, B., 2001, Feeding of anadromous brown trout at sea
Journal of Fish Biology, 59, 533-543
Heuch, P. A., Knutsen, J. A., Knutsen, H. and Schram, T. A., 2002, Sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus) over-wintering on sea trout (Salmo trutta) in coastal areas of the Skagerrak.
J.Mar.Biol.Ass., 82, 1-6.
Knutsen, H, Knutsen, J. A., Jorde, P. E. , 2001, Genetic evidence for mixed origin of recolonized sea-trout populations.
Heredity, 87, 1-8.
Knutsen, H., Rukke, B. A., Jorde, P. E. and Ims, R. A. , 2000, Genetic differentiation among populations of the beetle Bolitophagus reticulatus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in a fragmented and a continuous landscape.
Heredity, 6, 767-776
Olsen,E. M., Knutsen, H., Stenseth, N. Chr., Gjøsæter, J. and Jorde,P. E. , 2004, Life-history variation among genetically different neighbouring populations of coastal Atlantic cod
Journal of Fish Biology, 64, 1-6.
Knutsen H., Jorde, P. E. J., Stenseth, N.C.S., 2004, Genetiske analyser påviser kompleks bestandsstruktur hos torsk i Skagerrak-Nordsjøområdet
Fisken og Havet, 2, 109-110
