NINA - The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) is an independent foundation for nature research and research on the interaction between human society, natural resources and biodiversity. We are 290 employees divided between the main office in Trondheim and departments in Tromsø, Bergen, Lillehammer and Oslo.

Nature research and sustainable solutions

Species, ecosystems, biodiversity, climate change

Latest publications

09.04: Site-specific responses of fungal and bacterial abundances to experimental warming in litter and soil across arctic and alpine tundra
09.04: Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809 det. Krabbe, 1878) larvae with weight and sea age in returning adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., of coastal waters of Norway
09.04: Ferdsel i Hardangervidda villrein-område – Antall brukere og fordeling på areal over tid
09.04: Kartlegging og overvåking av skrantesjuke (Chronic Wasting Disease - CWD) 2020
09.04: An automated procedure (v2.0) to obtain positions from light-level geolocators in large-scale tracking of seabirds. A method description for the SEATRACK project
09.04: Acidified or not? A comparison of Nordic systems for classification of physicochemical acidification status and suggestions toward a harmonised system. SLU, Vatten og miljö: Rapport 2021:1
08.04: Populasjonsovervåking av brunbjørn. DNA-analyse av prøver innsamlet i Norge i 2020
08.04: Fiskebiologiske undersøkelser i fire laksevassdrag på Sørlandet. Resultater og erfaringer fra utprøving av elektrisk båtfiske
07.04: Beyond ecosystem services and nature’s contributions: Is it time to leave utilitarian environmentalism behind?
07.04: Interactive effects of body mass changes and species-specific morphology on flight behavior of chick-rearing Antarctic fulmarine petrels under diurnal wind patterns

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NINA news

9. April 2021

Seabirds consume higher proportions of fish stocks when prey abundance is low

This study signals the need for fisheries management to account for ecosystem constraints when setting catch limits in periods of low forage fish biomass.

26. March 2021

GPS-tracking of chick-rearing puffins reveals causes of population decline

Reduced availability of key prey forces adult puffins to fly further from their colonies to find food. Meanwhile, their chicks starve at the nests.

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