Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
1997 Cand. Scient. (MSc) in fisheries biology at the University of Bergen. “A study of the reproductive potential of North Atlantic minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the period 1972-79”.
2002 Dr. scient (PhD) in fisheries biology at the University of Bergen “Age determination of minke whales”

PUBLICATIONS
Olsen, E and Holst, J.C. 2001. A note on the difference in minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) diets in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3:179-183.
Olsen, E and Sunde, J. 2002. Age estimation of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) using the aspartic acid racemization technique. Sarsia 87:1-8.
Olsen, E. 2002. Errors in age estimates of North Atlantic minke whales when counting growth zones in bulla tympanica. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(2):185-191
Olsen, E., Øien, N., Leithe, A. and Bergflødt, B. 2003. Use of mandible growth layers in minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) for age determination. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 5(2):93-102.
Olsen, E. and Grahl-Nielsen, O. 2003. Blubber fatty acids of minke whales: stratification, population identification and relation to diet. Marine Biology 142:13-24.
Nøttestad, L., Olsen, E. 2004. Whales and seals: top predators of the ecosystem. p 395-434. In: The Norwegian Sea Ecosystem, Eds: Skjoldal, H.R. and Sætre, R. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim. 559pp.
Hauge, K.H., Heldal, H.E., Olsen, E., Skjoldal, H.R. 2005. A framework for communicating qualities of indicators. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62:552-557.
Olsen, E., Gjøsæter, H., Fossum, P., Dommasnes, A., Røttingen, I.., Sandberg, P. 2007. The Norwegian ecosystem-based management plan for the Barents Sea: a case study. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 64(4): 599-602.
Doksæter, L. Olsen, E., Nøttestad, L. 2008. Distribution and ecology of dolphins along the Mid-atlantic ridge between Iceland and the Azores. Deep-Sea research II: 53: 243-253.
Skov, H., Gunnlaugsson, T., Horne, J., Nøttestad, L., Olsen, E., Søiland, H., Vikingsson, G., Waring, G. 2008. Small-scale variability of cetaceans associated with oceanographic and topographic features along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Deep-Sea Research II: 254-268.
Waring, G.T., Nøttestad, L., Olsen, E., Skov, H., Vikingsson, G. 2009. Distribution and Density Estimates of Cetaceans along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during Summer 2004. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10: 137-146
Olsen, E., Budgell, P., Head, E., Kleivane L., Nøttestad, L., Prieto R., Silva, M.A., Skov, H., Víkingsson, G.A.,Waring, G., Øien, N. In press. First Satellite-tracked Long Distance Movement of a Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) in the North Atlantic. Aquatic Mammals.
Doksæter, L., Godø, O.R., Olsen, E., Nøttestad, L., Patel, R. In Press. Using a bottom mounted echosounder as a tool for observations and ecological studies of marine mammals – a methodolical approach. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Olsen, E., Aanes, S., Mehl, S., Holst, J.C., Aglen, A., and Gjøsæter, H., In Press. Valuable areas in the Barents Sea and adjacent areas for cod, haddock, saithe, herring and capelin. ICES Journal of Marine Science

Research project involvement:
2002 – 2007 BENEFIT project: “Cape Fur Seals, Movement, Foraging Ecology, Habitat Use, Fisheries Interactions”
2003 – 2008 MARECO PN3 project: Top predators (marine mammals and sea-birds).
2005 – 2008 Feeding studies of blue whiting in the Barents Sea
2004 – 2005 Project lead for the MAREANO project which aims at mapping the bottom topography, habitats, sediment pollution load etc. in Norwegian waters.
2004 – 2007 Project leader for the autumn ecosystem-survey in the Barents Sea, a joint survey with PINRO institute in Murmansk, Russia

Other:
2003 Opponent at PhD defence of Anne Johanne Tang Dalsgaard for the submitted thesis: ”Fatty acid trophic markers as measures of energy transfer through marine food webs exemplified by sand eel”. University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 – present Supervisor for three MSc students at the University of Bergen
2005 Evaluator of a research application to the Irish Marine RTDI measure
2006 - present Referee for DEFRA, UK
2004 – 2007 Secretary for “Havforskerlaget”, one of the largest workers-unions branches at the IMR
2006 Invited panellist for the 7th UNICPOLOS meeting to present the Norwegian management plan for the Barents Sea
2008 Invited contributor to the Norwegian Foreign Mininstry project “Reflex”
2009 Participant of a review panel for IOC – UNESCO Guidelines for Marine Spatial Management
2009 Invited speaker to PICES Annual Science meeting, theme session “Marine spatial planning in support of integrated management - tools, methods, and approaches”
2002 – present IMR representative in the development of the integrated ecosystem-based management plans for the Barents Sea (2006), Norwegian Sea (2009) and North Sea (ongoing)