Claudia Halsband » Members

Here you can find a list of all ARCTOS members and PhD students. In the drop-down menu you can either select the member status or the institution the member belongs to.

Claudia Halsband

Head of Section Akvaplan-nivaEcosystems
Work address Akvaplan-niva AS Fram Centre Tromsø 9296 Norway Work Phone: +47 902 70 655 Website: ORCID Website: ResearcherID
Photo of Claudia Halsband

Research interests:

  • Plankton biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Marine food web structure
  • Impacts of environmental change (ocean acidification and microplastics).

Running national and international projects:

 

  • 2019-21 Fram Centre, Research Program Plastic in the Arctic. The Arctic Microplastics Lab.
  • 2019-21 Fram Centre, Research Program Plastic in the Arctic. The effect of degradation and biofilm formation on the fate and ingestion of microplastic fibres in the Arctic.
  • 2019 Fram Centre, Research Program Plastic in the Arctic. Urbanization in the Arctic: distribution of microplastic fibers from waste water and exposure risk for biota in an arctic fjord.
  • 2018-20 Fram Centre, Ocean Acidification Flagship. DNA damage and repair in arctic copepods (1.8 mill NOK)
  • 2018-20 Fram Centre, Fjord & Coast Flagship. The new generation of Calanus finmarchicus: estimating population recruitment from egg production rates and gonad stage analysis off northern Norway (GONAD). 750 kNOK
  • 2018-20 Fram Centre, Ocean Acidification Flagship. DNA damage and repair in arctic copepods (1.8 mill NOK)

PhD supervisor:

  • 2013-2017 Microplastics impacts on Marine Environments. Inger Lise Nerland, University of Oslo, NO.
  • 2013-2016 Ocean acidification impacts on Calanus glacialis. Allison Bailey, University of Tromsø, NO.
  • 2013-2016 Variations in Calanus spp. abundance and phenology in the high North. Marina Chelak, University of Nordland, NO.
  • 2010-2013 The impact of microplastics and nanoparticles at the base of the marine food web: response of reproduction and development in calanoid copepods. Matthew Cole (Plymouth Marine Laboratory &University of Exeter, UK). UK NERC grant no. NE/I528034

MSc supervisor:

  • 2015 Ingestion of microplastics by arctic zooplankton: the role of palatability. Renske Vroom, Wageningen University, NL.
  • 2007-08 Pseudocalanus in Svalbard waters: identification and distribution patterns of two sibling copepod species. Ragnhildur Gudmundsdottir (University of Tromsø, University Centre in Svalbard, NO)
  • 2007-08 Seasonal variations of copepod reproductive success in the Western English Channel. Eleni Paschali (University of Plymouth, UK)

Completed national and international projects:

  • 2017-19 NFR DEMO 2000. GLIDER. Active acoustics of zooplankton.
  • 2017-19 Fram Centre, Hazardous Substances Flagship. Microplastics from artificial sports pitches: sources, characteristics and impacts (MARS). 2.55 mill NOK
  • 2016-20 NFR Polar Program. MARine Plastic pollution in the Arctic: origin, status, costs and incentives for Prevention, MARP3 (led by NORUT). 5 mill NOK
  • 2018 Fram Centre, MIKON Flagship. Does aquaculture act as a source of micro- and macroplastic in the Arctic? A pilot study. 600 kNOK
  • 2017-18 FHF/Arnøy Laks. Strategi Lakselus 2017: Miljøregulering som forebyggende prinsipp mot lakselus. 5.5 mill NOK
  • 2016-18 Fram Centre, Fjord & Coast Flagship. Meroplankton biodiversity, seasonal dynamics and function in high latitude coastal ecosystems. 1.1 mill NOK
  • 2015 NFR VRI Bedriftsmidler/Cermaq. Jellyfish blooms in Ryggefjorden, Finnmark. 400 kNOK
  • 2015 NFR Havet & Kysten/Fram Centre (incentive funds). Workshop on microplastics. 27-28 May 2015, CEES Oslo. 370 kNOK
  • 2014-16 Fram Centre (Norway), Flagship Contaminants, “Microplastics in Arctic Marine Food chains”, national collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, the Norwegian Polar Institute and Tromsø Kommune.
  • 2013-17 NFR Havet & Kysten. Microplastics impacts in marine ecosystems (MIME), 4.8 mill NOK
  • 2013-15 Fram Centre, Fjord & Coast Flagship. Pelagic ecosystems in ice-covered and ice-free fjords under climate change, national collaboration with the University of Tromsø and the University Centre in Svalbard; 1.8 mill NOK
  • 2013-16 Norwegian Research Council, Havet & Kysten program, “Microplastics impacts in marine ecosystems – MIME” international collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research; the University of Oslo, CEFAS (UK), the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and DELTARES (the Netherlands).
  • 2012-18 ConocoPhillips & Lundin Norway Northern Area Research Program, “Impact of the variability in the Norwegian and Barents Sea Calanus complex on ecosystems and commercial fish stocks”. International collaboration with Norwegian Polar Institute, UNIS, NO & HAFRO, IS.
  • 2012-15 Fram Centre (Norway), Ocean Acidification Flagship, “Effects of ocean acidification and food level on vital stages of Arctic zooplankton species”, collaboration with the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), and the Institute for Marine Research (IMR).
  • 2011 STATOIL (Norway), “Plankton time series in the Barents Sea”, collaboration with Knipovich Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Murmansk, Russia, 600 kNOK
  • 2010 Natural Environment Research Council (UK), “Improved understanding of population, community and ecosystem impacts of ocean acidification for commercially important species”. Co-PI; 287 kGBP
  • 2010 Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Wave Hub baseline study. Co-PI; 48,000 GBP
  • 2010-2014 The impact of microplastics and nanoparticles at the base of the marine food web: response of reproduction and development in calanoid copepods. PhD Matthew Cole (Plymouth Marine Laboratory & University of Exeter, UK). UK NERC grant no. NE/I528034.
  • 2010-2012 STATOIL (Norway), “Plankton time series in the Barents Sea”, international collaboration with the Knipovich Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Murmansk, Russia.
  • 2009-2013  Arctic and sub-arctic Pseudocalanus phylogeography and ecology. Collaboration with the University of Tromsø.
  • 2009 Interreg IV (EU) CHannel integrated Approach for marine Resource Management (CHARM) Phase III, Co-PI; 1.150 k€
  • 2006 Marie Curie European Individual Fellowship (EU): Trophic interactions in marine plankton: copepod responses to a diatom defence strategy [TRITON]; 200 k€
  • 2006 EUR-OCEANS postdoctoral fellowship. Copepod-diatom interactions in the North Sea (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) and the Mediterranean (University of Marseille); 50 k€ Euro

Relevant scientific publications:

  1. Herzke, D., Halsband, C., Ghaffari P.N. (in prep). Microplastic fibers from waste water effluents in an arctic fjord: where do they go? Research Topic: Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Distribution, Biological Effects and Socio-Economic Impacts. Frontiers in Environmental Science
  2. Halsband, C., Sørensen, L., Booth, A.M., Herzke, D. (subm.) Car tire crumb rubber: Does leaching produce a toxic chemical cocktail in coastal marine systems? Frontiers in Environmental Science
  3. Halsband, C., Herzke, D. (2019). Plastic litter in the European Arctic: what do we know? Emerging Contaminants 5, 308-318, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2019.11.001
  4. Questel, J., Bucklin, A., Halsband, C., et al. (in prep). Panarctic distribution of Pseudocalanus congeners.
  5. Espinasse, M., Halsband, C., Varpe, Ø., Gislason, A., Gudmundsson, K., Falk-Petersen, S., Eiane, K. (2018). Interannual phenological variability in two North-East Atlantic populations of Calanus finmarchicus. Marine Biology Research, 1-16
  6. Renaud, P.E., Daase, M., Banas, N.S., Gabrielsen, T.M., Søreide, J.E., Varpe, Ø., Cottier, F., Falk-Petersen, S., Halsband, C., Vogedes, D., Heggland, K., Berge, J. (2018) Pelagic food-webs in a changing Arctic: a trait-based perspective suggests a mode of resilience. ICES Journal of Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy063
  7. Halsband, C., Majaneva, S., Hosia, A., Gaardstedt, F., Zhou, Q., Nøst, O.-A., Emaus, P.A., Renaud, P.E. (2017). Summer distribution and diversity of jellyfish in a Nordic fjord and impacts on a local fish farm. Marine Ecology Progress Series https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12274
  8. Vroom, R.J., Koelmans, A.A., Besseling, E., Halsband, C. (2017). Aging of microplastics promotes their ingestion by marine zooplankton. Environmental Pollution, 231, 987-996.
  9. Espinasse, M., Halsband, C., Varpe, Ø., Gislason, A., Gudmundsson, K., Falk-Petersen, S., Eiane, K. (2017). The role of local and regional environmental factors for Calanus finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus abundances in the Nordic Seas. Polar Biology, doi 10.1007/s00300-017-2150-z
  10. Thor, P., Bailey, A., Halsband, C., Guscelli, E., Gorokhova, E., Fransson, A. (2016). Effects of future ocean acidification on the metabolic response to feeding in copepodites of the Arctic copepod Calanus glacialis. PloS one 11(12), e0168735
  11. Cole, M., Lindeque, P. K., Fileman, E., Clark, J., Lewis, C., Halsband, C., Galloway, T. S. (2016). Microplastics alter the properties and sinking rates of zooplankton faecal pellets. Environmental science & technology, 50(6), 3239-3246.
  12. Cole, M., Lindeque, P.K.; Fileman, E.S., Halsband, C., Galloway, T. (2015). The Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Feeding, Function and Fecundity in the Marine Copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Environmental Science & Technology 49(2), 1130-1137
  13. Orlova, E.L., Dolgov, A.V., Renaud, P.E., Greenacre, M., Halsband, C., Ivshin, V. (2015). Climatic and ecological drivers of euphausiid community structure vary spatially in the Barents Sea: relationships from a long time series (1952-2009). Frontiers in Marine Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2014.00074
  14. Aarbakke, O.N.S., Bucklin, A., Halsband, C., Norrbin, M.F. (2014). Comparative phylogeography and demographic history of five sibling species of Pseudocalanus (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461, 479-488
  15. Fileman E.S, Harmer,R., Lindeque P.K., Halsband C., Atkinson A. (2014). Feeding rates and selectivity of decapod larvae in the Western English Channel. Marine Biology 161(11), 2479-2494
  16. Cole, M., Webb, H., Lindeque, P.K., Fileman, E.S., Halsband, C., Galloway, T. (2014). Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms. Nature Scientific Reports 4, 4528
  17. Mitra, A., Jónasdóttir, S.H., Flynn, K.J., Castellani, C., Gentleman, W., Halsband, C., Licandro, P., Agersted, M.D., Bode, A., Calbet, A., Lindeque, P.K., Koppelmann, R., Møller, E.F., Nielsen, T.G., St. John, M. (2014). Bridging the gap between marine biogeochemical and fisheries sciences; configuring the zooplankton link. Progress in Oceanography 129B, 176-199
  18. Cole, M., Lindeque, P.K.; Fileman, E.S., Halsband, C., Goodhead, R., Moger, J., Galloway, T. (2013). Microplastic ingestion by zooplankton. Environmental Science Technology 47, 6646−6655 (doi:10.1021/es400663f)
  19. Halsband, C., Kurihara, H. (2013). Potential acidification impacts on zooplankton in Carbon Capture & Storage leakage scenarios. Marine Pollution Bulletin 73(2), Special Issue, 495-503 (doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.013)
  20. McConville, K., Halsband, C., Fileman, E., Somerfield, P.J., Findlay, H.S., Spicer, J.I. (2013). Effect of elevated CO2 on the reproduction of two calanoid copepods. Marine Pollution Bulletin 73(2), Special Issue, 428-434 (doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.010)
  21. Cole, M., Lindeque, P., Halsband, C., Galloway, T. (2011). Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62, 2588-2597 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.025)
  22. Witt, M.J., Sheehan, E.V., Bearhop, S., Broderick, A.C., Conley, D.C., Cotterell, S.P., Crow, E., Grecian W.J., Halsband-Lenk, C., et al. (2011). Assessing wave energy effects on biodiversity: the Wave Hub experience. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 370(1959), 502-529 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0265)
  23. Ianora A., Bentley, M.G., Caldwell G.S., Casotti R., Cembella A.D., Engström-Ost J., Halsband C., Legrand C., Llewellyn C.A., Miltenyte A., Pohnert G., Pilkaityte R., Razinkovas A., Romano G., Sonnenschein E.,Tillmann U., Vaiciutë, D. (2011). The relevance of marine chemical ecology to plankton and ecosystem function: an emerging field. Marine Drugs 9(9), 1625-1648 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md9091625)
  24. Aarbakke, O.N.S., Bucklin, A., Halsband, C., Norrbin, M.F. (2011). Discovery of Pseudocalanus moultoni Frost 1989 in Northeast Atlantic waters based on mitochondrial COI sequence variation. Journal of Plankton Research 33(10), 1487-1495 (DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr057)
  25. Eloire, D., Somerfield, P., Conway, D.V.P., Halsband-Lenk, C., Harris, R.P., Bonnet, D. (2010). Temporal variability and community composition of zooplankton at Station L4 in the Western Channel: twenty years of sampling. Journal of Plankton Research 32 (5), 657-679 (DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq009)
  26. Bonnet, D., Greve, W., Halsband-Lenk, C., Harris, R.P, Hirche, H.-J., Lopez-Urrutia, A., Valdes, L. (2007). Seasonal and spatial dynamics of Centropages typicus in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Sea, and Bay of Biscay. In: The biology and ecology of Centropages typicus. Carlotti, F. (ed.). Progress in Oceanography 72 (2-3), 233-248
  27. Carlotti, F., Bonnet, D., Halsband-Lenk, C. (2007). Growth and development of Centropages typicus. In: The biology and ecology of Centropages typicus. Carlotti, F. (ed.). Progress in Oceanography 72 (2-3), 164-194
  28. Ianora, A., Miralto, A., Halsband-Lenk, C. (2007). Reproduction and early life history of Centropages typicus. In: The biology and ecology of Centropages typicus. Carlotti, F. (ed.). Progress in Oceanography 72 (2-3), 195-213
  29. Halsband-Lenk, C. (2005) Metridia pacifica in Dabob Bay, Washington: The diatom effect and the discrepancy between high abundance and low egg production rates. Progress in Oceanography 67(3-4), 422-441
  30. Halsband-Lenk, C., Pierson, J.J., Leising, A.W. (2005) Reproduction of Pseudocalanus newmani (Copepoda: Calanoida) is deleteriously affected by diatoms A field study. Progress in Oceanography 67 (3-4), 332-348
  31. Horner, R.A., Postel, J.R., Halsband-Lenk, C., Pierson, J.J., Pohnert, G., Wichard, T. (2005) Winter-spring phytoplankton blooms in Dabob Bay, Washington. Progress in Oceanography 67, 286-313
  32. Leising, A.W., Pierson, J.J., Halsband-Lenk, C., Horner, R.A., Postel, J. (2005) Copepod grazing during spring blooms: Does Calanus pacificus avoid harmful diatoms? Progress in Oceanography 67(3-4), 384-405
  33. Leising, A.W., Pierson, J.J., Halsband-Lenk, C., Horner, R.A., Postel, J. (2005) Copepod grazing during spring blooms: Can Pseudocalanus newmani induce trophic cascades? Progress in Oceanography, 67(3-4), 406-421
  34. Leising, A.W., Horner, R.A., Pierson, J.J., Postel, J. Halsband-Lenk, C. (2005) The balance between microzooplankton grazing and phytoplankton growth in a highly productive estuarine fjord. Progress in Oceanography 67(3-4), 366-383 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2005.09.007)
  35. Pierson, J. J., Halsband-Lenk, C., Leising, A. W. (2005) Reproductive success of Calanus pacificus during diatom blooms in Dabob Bay, WA. Progress in Oceanography 67(3-4), 314-331 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2005.09.002)
  36. Pierson, J.J., Leising, A.W., Halsband-Lenk, C., Ferm, N. (2005) Vertical distribution and abundance of Calanus pacificus and Pseudocalanus newmani in relation to chlorophyll a concentrations in Dabob Bay, WA. Progress in Oceanography 67(3-4), 349-365 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2005.09.006)
  37. Wichard, T., Poulet, S.A., Halsband-Lenk, C., Albaina, A., Harris, R.P., Liu, D.Y., Pohnert, G. (2005) Survey of the chemical defence potential of marine and fresh water diatoms: screening of fifty species for a,b,g,d – unsaturated aldehydes. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31 (4), 949-958 (DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-3615-z)
  38. Halsband-Lenk, C., Carlotti, F., Greve, W. (2004) Life-history strategies of calanoid congeners under two different climate regimes: a comparison. In: The Role of Zooplankton in Global Ecosystem Dynamics: Comparative Studies from the World Oceans, L. Valdés, R. Harris, T. Ikeda, S. McKinnell and W.T. Peterson (eds.), ICESJournal of Marine Science Special Issue 61 (4), 709-720 (DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.03.020)
  39. Koppelmann, R., Weikert, H., Halsband-Lenk, C., Jennerjahn, T. (2004) Mesozooplankton community respiration and its relation to particle flux in the oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18 (1), GB 1039 (DOI: 10.1029/2003GB002121)
  40. Halsband-Lenk, C., Hirche, H.-J., Carlotti F. (2002). Temperature effects on reproduction and development of congener copepod populations in the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 271 (2), 121-153 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00025-4)
  41. Halsband-Lenk, C., Nival, S., Carlotti, F., Hirche H.-J. (2001). Seasonal cycles of egg production of two planktonic copepods Centropages typicus and Temora stylifera in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Plankton Research 23 (6), 597-609 (DOI: 10.1093/plankt/23.6.597)
  42. Halsband, C., Hirche, H.-J. (2001). The reproductive cycles of dominant calanoid copepods in the North Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 209, 219-229 (Download PDF)

Book chapters:

  • Halsband, C., et al. (2020). Impacts of particulate plastics on marine ecosystems. In: Bolan, N.S., Kirkham, M.B.,Halsband, C., Nugegoda, D., Ok, Yong Sin (eds.). Particulate plastics in terrestrial and aquatic environments. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
  • Halsband, C., McPherson, E., Bucklin, A., Kosobokova, K. et al. (in press). Biogeography in the oceans. In: Crustacea. Wahl, M., Poore, G. (eds).
  • Halsband, C., Varpe, Ø., Eiane, K., Falk-Petersen, S. (2017). Calanus: a key player in Northern Seas ecosystems. In: Dahle, S., Misund, O., Sand, G. (eds.). The Arctic Approach. Fagbokforlaget Bergen, Norway, 53 pp.

Reports:

  • Nerland, I.L., Hurley, R., Lusher, A. Lusher, Buenaventura, N.T., Hultman, M.,Halsband, C., Green, N.W. (2020). Microplastics in marine bivalves from the Nordic environment. TemaNord 2020-504
  • Halsband, C., Herzke, D. (2017). AMAP Assessment 2017: Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Arctic. Chapter 2.17 Marine plastics and microplastics. pp. 269-275
  • Nerland Bråte, I.L., Huwer, B., Thomas, K.V., Eidsvoll, David P., Halsband, C., Carney Almroth, B., Lusher, A. (2017). Micro- and macro-plastics in marine species from Nordic waters. TemaNord 2017:549.
  • Majaneva, S., Smage, S.B., Emaus, P.A., Renaud, P.E., Halsband, C. (2016) Jellyfish blooms in Ryggefjorden, Finnmark. Akvaplan-niva AS Rapport: 7653 – 0
    Nerland, I. L., Halsband, C., Allan, I., Thomas, K.V. (2014). Microplastics in marine environments: Occurrence, distribution and effects. REPORT SNO. 6754-2014. Norwegian Environment Agency
  • Hay, S., Falkenhaug, T., Omli, L., Boersma, M., Renz, J., Halsband-Lenk, C., Smyth, T., Harris, R., Licandro, P., Edwards, M. (2011). ICES Zooplankton Status Report 2008/2009. 6. Zooplankton of the North Sea and English Channel. ICES Cooperative Research Report 307, May 2011
  • Halsband-Lenk, C., Antajan, E. (2010). Zooplankton time series analysis in the English Channel: potential for regional multimetric foodweb indices. In: Proceedings of the “Joint ICES/CIESM Workshop to Compare Zooplankton Ecology and Methodologies between the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic (WKZEM)”. ICES Cooperative Research Report 300, February 2010
  • Halsband-Lenk, C., Koppelmann, R., Weikert, H. (2003). Carbon requirements of deep sea zooplankton estimated from ETS measurements in relation to size structure and taxonomic composition. In: Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Yilmaz, A. (ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, 14-18 Oct 2002, Ankara, Turkey, 805-813
  • Koppelmann, R., Halsband-Lenk, C., Weikert, H. (2003). The stable isotope signature of mesozooplankton in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). In: Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Yilmaz, A. (ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, 14-18 Oct 2002, Ankara, Turkey, 814-820
  • Roether, W., Almus, U., Bulsiewicz, K., Christiansen, B., Deponte, D., Gertman, I., Halsband-Lenk, C., Herut, B., Hollermann, J., Huhn, O., Kahl, G., Klatt, O., Klein, B., Koppelmann, R., Kress, N., Lahajnar, N., Manca, B.B., Neugebohrn, L., Scarazzato, P., Schattenhöfer, M., Streu, P., Truscheit, T., Warnken, C., Zimmermann-Timm, H. (2003). Meteor Reports 03-1. East Atlantic-Mediterranean-Black Sea, Part 2. Cruise 51 Leg 2, Oct-Nov 2001, Malaga-La Valetta
  • Halsband, C., Hirche, H.-J. (1999). The Kara Sea Expedition of RV “Akademik Boris Petrov” 1997: First results of a Joint Russian-German Pilot Study. The role of mesozooplankton for the transformation of organic matter. Reports on Polar Research 300, 45-50
  • Halsband, C., Hirche, H.-J. (1998). Scientific Cruise Report of the Kara Sea Expedition of RV “Akademik Boris Petrov” in 1997. 5.2 Zooplankton. Reports on Polar Research 266, 25-27

Popular science and outreach:

  • Feb 2019 NordMar Plastic. Nordic Council Workshop. Matís, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Oct 2018 Arctic Circle Assembly. Plastic in the Arctic, Fram Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Oct 2018 Svensen, C., Søreide, J., Halsband, C. Hvorfor er plankton viktig i kyst-økosystemet? Fram Centre Fjord & Coast: Dialog Dagen, Tromsø, Norway
  • 2018 Forskning.no: Fotballspillere drar med seg 65 tonn gummi fra banen hvert år
  • May 2018 Bergens Tidene: Så mange gummikuler drar barnet ditt med seg hjem etter fotballtrening
  • Apr-Nov 2018 Fram Centre outreach project on microplastics for kindergarten and schools
  • March 2018 Marine plastic pollution in the Arctic: an emerging research field. Fram Forum 2018
  • Feb 2018 Popular science articles in online magazine Gizmodo.com on trophic transfer of microplastics and microplastics concentrations in the oceans
  • Jan 2018 Arctic Frontiers Pecha Kucha Night: Arctic marine litter
  • Jan 2018 Arctic Frontiers Side Event: Microplastics in the marine Arctic environment – what do we need to know and do? Panel debate with the minister for Climate and the Environment (Ola Elvestuen), the Research Council of Norway (Fridtjof Unander), The Norwegian Fishermen Association (Marit H. Haugseth) and WWF Norway (Karoline Andaur).
  • 2017 Norwegian Research Council Research Campaign on artificial grass (Sjekk kunstgressbane!). Over 500 participating schools across Norway
  • Sep 2017 Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Norwegian Dangerous Garbage Conference (Farlig Avfall konferanse, Stavanger)
  • Sep 2017 Workshop on microplastics, Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency (Miljødirektoratet). Invited presentation on impacts of microplastics on aquatic biota and ecosystems
  • Nov 2017 Radio interview on rubber granulate from football pitches (Deutschlandfunk, in German)
    2017 Polaria utstilling: marin plastforsøpling
  • March 2017 Interview for Five Films (Verity White) short film on microplastics research (MARP3 project).
  • Jan 2017 Alta Videregående skole. Plast forsøpling I havet. Seminar and lab experiment.
  • 2016 Arctic Frontiers Science for schools (Planetarium Tromsø). Microplastics impacts on marine ecosystems
  • Fram Forum 2014: Plastic litter in the ocean – also a problem in the North? Ocean acidification – CO2 effects in Northern waters
  • June 2008 Scientific consultant for Hager Moss Film GmbH (Germany), TV production “Sterne über dem Eis” (in german).
  • Oct 2007 Pole Packeis Pinguine. Karoline Stürmer, Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag (dtv). Plankton & Co. Warum Copepoden so wichtig sind (in german).
  • Sep 2007 Educational interview for the International Polar Year (English and German). International Polar Year and Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
  • Jul 2007 UK school competition “Ice Edge 2007”. Cruise onboard MV Polaris to north- west Spitsbergen and the pack ice at 80°N. Plankton sampling and research with the winners (age 13-17 years) and their teachers.
  • Jul 2007 BBC Breakfast TV. Interview during the ‘Ice Edge 2007’ cruise around Svalbard onboard MV Polaris.
  • Mar 2007 DMax (TV). Participation in documentary ‘Die nördlichste Uni der Welt’ portraying student life on Svalbard (in german).