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  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Dag L. Aksnes is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research primarily focuses on oceanography and related subfields, including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work encompasses various topics with significant attention to marine and coastal ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, and fish ecology and management studies. Additionally, their research covers oceanographic and atmospheric processes, isotope analysis in ecology, and aspects related to agriculture, land use, rural development, and sustainability.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Thor A. Klevjer, Webjørn Melle, Tor Knutsen, Anne Gro Vea Salvanes, and Anders Frugård Opdal, reflecting collaborative efforts in marine and environmental sciences.

Dag L. Aksnes has published in several scholarly venues, with multiple papers in the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA), as well as Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Science Advances, and Limnology and Oceanography Letters.

  • Actions on sustainable food production and consumption for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, 2021, Science Advances
  • Tracking freshwater browning and coastal water darkening from boreal forests to the Arctic Ocean, 2023, Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Vertical distribution and migration of mesopelagic scatterers in four north Atlantic basins, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Flexible behaviour in a mesopelagic fish (Maurolicus muelleri), 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Poleward distribution of mesopelagic fishes is constrained by seasonality in light, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography

Dag L. Aksnes has been recognized as a member of Academia Europaea since 2018.

Best Publications

  • Mesopelagic fish biomass and trophic efficiency of the open ocean

    X.A. Irigoien;J. Klevjer;A. Rostad;U. Martinez

  • Silicate as regulating nutrient in phytoplankton competition

    JK Egge;DL Aksnes

  • Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean

    Xabier Irigoien;Thor Aleksander Klevjer;Anders Røstad;U Martinez

  • A theoretical model for nutrient uptake in phytoplankton

    DL Aksnes;JK Egge

  • A theoretical model of aquatic visual feeding

    Dag L. Aksnes;Jarl Giske

  • Efficient trawl avoidance by mesopelagic fishes causes large underestimation of their biomass

    Stein Kaartvedt;Arved Staby;Dag L. Aksnes

  • Modelling the primary production in the North Sea using a coupled three-dimensional physical-chemical-biological ocean model

    Morten D Skogen;Einar Svendsen;Jarle Berntsen;Dag Aksnes

  • A revised model of visual range in fish

    Dag L. Aksnes;Anne Christine W. Utne

  • Coastal water darkening and implications for mesopelagic regime shifts in Norwegian fjords

    Dag Lorents Aksnes;Nicolas Dupont;Arved Staby;Øyvind Fiksen

  • Ecological modelling in coastal waters: Towards predictive physical-chemical-biological simulation models

    Dag L. Aksnes;Kåre B. Ulvestad;Beatriz M. Baliño;Jarle Berntsen

  • Vertical distribution and trophic interactions of zooplankton and fish in Masfjorden, Norway

    Jarl Giske;Dag Lorents Aksnes;Beatriz M. Balino;Stein Kaartvedt

  • Significance of advection for the carrying capacities of fjord populations

    Dag Lorents Aksnes;Jan Aure;Stein Kaartvedt;Thorolf Magnesen

  • Circulation patterns in the North Atlantic and possible impact on population dynamics of Calanus finmarchicus

    D. L. Aksnes;J. Blindheim

  • Optical control of fish and zooplankton populations

    Dag L. Aksnes;Jens Nejstgaard;Eivind Sædberg;Tom Sørnes

  • Fish or jellies—a question of visibility?

    Ketil Eiane;Dag L. Aksnes;Espen BagØien;Stein Kaartvedt

  • Vertical distribution and mortality of overwintering Calanus

    Espen Bag×ien;Stein Kaartvedt;Dag L. Aksnes;Ketil Eiane

  • Winter distribution and migration of the sound scattering layers, zooplankton and micronekton in Masfjorden, western Norway

    BM Balino;DL Aksnes

  • Stage-specific mortality of Calanus spp. under different predation regimes

    Ketil Eiane;Dag L. Aksnes;Mark D. Ohman;Simon Wood

  • A vertical life table approach to zooplankton mortality estimation

    Dag L. Aksnes;Mark D. Ohman

  • Habitat profitability in pelagic environments

    DL Aksnes;J. Giske

Frequent Co-Authors

Stein Kaartvedt
Stein Kaartvedt University of Oslo
Jarl Giske
Jarl Giske University of Bergen
Øyvind Fiksen
Øyvind Fiksen University of Bergen
Mark D. Ohman
Mark D. Ohman University of California, San Diego
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Peter Tiselius
Peter Tiselius University of Gothenburg
Ulf Båmstedt
Ulf Båmstedt Umeå University
Christian Jorgensen
Christian Jorgensen University of Bergen
Svein Sundby
Svein Sundby Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Susana Agustí
Susana Agustí King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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