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Overview

Carl André is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing on the dynamics of marine populations and genetic diversity.

The main fields of study for André include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, André has contributed to several subfields, such as:

  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Their research covers key topics including:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by André include:

  • A Darwinian Laboratory of Multiple Contact Zones, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Stabilizing selection on Atlantic cod supergenes through a millennium of extensive exploitation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Post-glacial establishment of locally adapted fish populations over a steep salinity gradient, 2020, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Combining population genomics with demographic analyses highlights habitat patchiness and larval dispersal as determinants of connectivity in coastal fish species, 2022, Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors working alongside André include:

  • Halvor Knutsen
  • Kerstin Johannesson
  • Simon Henriksson
  • Marte Sodeland
  • Per Erik Jorde

André often publishes in scientific venues that include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular Ecology

Regarding book publications, André has contributed to works published by the following:

  • TemaNord, with titles such as Towards a sustainable fishery and use of cleaner fish in salmonid aquaculture (2021) and Improving nature management and marine protection in Skagerrak: Knowledge synthesis for conservation planning, ecosystem-based fisheries management and expanding offshore wind farms (2025)
  • Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks, including Spatial population structure and connectivity among marine populations in the Skagerrak: implications for marine biodiversity conservation (2024) and Protecting the Skagerrak for biodiversity, food and climate (2024)

Best Publications

  • Life on the margin: genetic isolation and diversity loss in a peripheral marine ecosystem, the Baltic Sea.

    Kerstin Johannesson;Carl André

  • Fine-scaled geographical population structuring in a highly mobile marine species: the Atlantic cod.

    H. Knutsen;P. E. Jorde;C. Andre;N. Chr. Stenseth

  • Environmental correlates of population differentiation in Atlantic herring.

    Dorte Bekkevold;Carl Andre;Thomas G. Dahlgren;Lotte A. W. Clausen

  • Power for detecting genetic divergence: differences between statistical methods and marker loci.

    Nils Ryman;Stefan Palm;Carl André;Gary R. Carvalho

  • Biocomplexity in a highly migratory pelagic marine fish, Atlantic herring

    D.E. Ruzzante;S. Mariani;Dorte Bekkevold;C. André

  • Disentangling the Effects of Evolutionary, Demographic, and Environmental Factors Influencing Genetic Structure of Natural Populations: Atlantic Herring as a Case Study

    Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Dorte Bekkevold;Hanne B. H. Jorgensen;Matthieu Foll

  • Are low but statistically significant levels of genetic differentiation in marine fishes 'biologically meaningful'? A case study of coastal Atlantic cod.

    H. Knutsen;E. M. Olsen;P. E. Jorde;S. H. Espeland

  • Adaptation to Low Salinity Promotes Genomic Divergence in Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Paul Ragnar Berg;Sissel Jentoft;Bastiaan Star;Kristoffer Hofaker Ring

  • Parallel evolution of local adaptation and reproductive isolation in the face of gene flow.

    Roger K. Butlin;Roger K. Butlin;Maria Saura;Grégory Charrier;Grégory Charrier;Benjamin Jackson

  • Adult-larval interactions in the suspension-feeding bivalves Cerastoderma edule and Mya arenaria

    C. André;R. Rosenberg

  • Repeated evolution of reproductive isolation in a marine snail: unveiling mechanisms of speciation.

    Kerstin Johannesson;Marina Panova;Petri Kemppainen;Carl André

  • Genotypic and phenotypic differences between Baltic and North Sea populations of Mytilus edulis evaluated through reciprocal transplantations. I Growth and morphology

    M. Tedengren;C. André;K. Johannesson;N. Kautsky

  • Predation on settling bivalve larvae by benthic suspension feeders: the role of hydrodynamics and larval behaviour

    C. Andre;PR Jonsson;M. Lindegarth

  • Detecting population structure in a high gene-flow species, Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus ): direct, simultaneous evaluation of neutral vs putatively selected loci

    Carl André;Lena C Larsson;Lena C Larsson;Linda Laikre;D Bekkevold

  • Swimming behaviour of marine bivalve larvae in a flume boundary-layer flow: evidence for near-bottom confinement

    PR Jonsson;C. Andre;M. Lindegarth

  • Genome architecture enables local adaptation of Atlantic cod despite high connectivity.

    Julia Maria Isis Barth;Paul Ragnar Berg;Per R Jonsson;Sara Bonanomi;Sara Bonanomi

  • Shared and nonshared genomic divergence in parallel ecotypes of Littorina saxatilis at a local scale

    Mark Ravinet;Mark Ravinet;Anja Westram;Kerstin Johannesson;Roger Butlin;Roger Butlin

  • Lobster and cod benefit from small-scale northern marine protected areas: inference from an empirical before–after control-impact study

    Even Moland;Esben Moland Olsen;Esben Moland Olsen;Halvor Knutsen;Halvor Knutsen;Pauline Garrigou

  • Concordance of allozyme and microsatellite differentiation in a marine fish, but evidence of selection at a microsatellite locus

    Lena C. Larsson;Linda Laikre;Stefan Palm;Carl André

  • North Sea herring population structure revealed by microsatellite analysis

    Stefano Mariani;William F. Hutchinson;Emma M. C. Hatfield;Daniel E. Ruzzante

  • Transport of North Sea cod larvae into the Skagerrak coastal populations.

    Halvor Knutsen;Carl André;Per Erik Jorde;Morten D. Skogen

Frequent Co-Authors

Halvor Knutsen
Halvor Knutsen University of Agder
Kerstin Johannesson
Kerstin Johannesson University of Gothenburg
Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
Per R. Jonsson
Per R. Jonsson Stockholm University
Per Erik Jorde
Per Erik Jorde University of Oslo
Nils Ryman
Nils Ryman Stockholm University
Esben Moland Olsen
Esben Moland Olsen University of Agder
Stefano Mariani
Stefano Mariani Liverpool John Moores University
Daniel E. Ruzzante
Daniel E. Ruzzante Dalhousie University
Mats Lindegarth
Mats Lindegarth University of Gothenburg

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