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  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
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Overview

Egil Sakshaug is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research contributions include work in biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology, as reflected by their recognition as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in these areas.

The scientist's recent publication record includes the following paper:

  • COASTLOOC (COAstal Surveillance Through Observation of Ocean Colour) final report, 2022, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent collaborators in their research activity include:

  • James Aiken
  • David Antoine
  • Marcel Babin
  • Hans Barth
  • Annick Bricaud

The primary publication venue associated with Egil Sakshaug is Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Primary and Secondary Production in the Arctic Seas

    E. Sakshaug

  • Parameters of photosynthesis: Definitions, theory and interpretation of results

    E. Sakshaug;A. Bricaud;Y. Dandonneau;Paul Falkowski

  • Climate variability and physical forcing of the food webs and the carbon budget on panarctic shelves

    Eddy Carmack;David Barber;Jens Christensen;Robie Macdonald

  • Biooptical characteristics of PSII and PSI in 33 species (13 pigment groups) of marine phytoplankton, and the relevance for pulse-amplitude-modulated and fast-repetition-rate fluorometry1

    Geir Johnsen;Egil Sakshaug

  • A steady state description ofgrowth and light absorption in the marine planktonic diatom Skeletonema costatum

    Egil Sakshaug;Kjersti Andresen;Dale A. Kiefer

  • Factors Governing Pelagic Production in Polar Oceans

    E. Sakshaug;O. Holm-Hansen

  • Chemical composition of Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve And Pavlova (monochrysis) Lutheri (droop) green as a function of nitrate-, phosphate-, and iron-limited growth

    Egil Sakshaug;O. Holm-Hansen

  • Structure, biomass distribution, and energetics of the pelagic ecosystem in the Barents Sea: A synopsis

    Egil Sakshaug;Arne Bjørge;Bjørn Gulliksen;Harald Loeng

  • Control of phytoplankton growth in nutrient recycling ecosystems. Theory and terminology

    TF Thingstad;E. Sakshaug

  • Alternate Carbon Pathways at Lower Trophic Levels in the Antarctic Food Web

    C. D. Hewes;O. Holm-Hansen;E. Sakshaug

  • Light and productivity of phytoplankton in polar marine ecosystems: a physiological view

    Egil Sakshaug;Dag Slagstad

  • Bio‐optical characteristics and photoadaptive responses in the toxic and bloom‐forming dinoflagellates gyrodinium aureolum, gymnodinium galatheanum, and two strains of prorocentrum minimum¹

    Geir Johnsen;Egil Sakshaug

  • Photoadaptation in Antarctic phytopfankton: variations in growth rate, chemical composition and P versus I curves

    Egil Sakshaug;Osmund Holm-Hansen

  • Nutrient Status of Phytoplankton Blooms in Norwegian Waters and Algal Strategies for Nutrient Competition

    Egil Sakshaug;Yngvar Olsen

  • The taxonomic identity of the cosmopolitan prymnesiophyte Phaeocystis: a morphological and ecophysiological approach

    M.E.M. Baumann;Christiane Lancelot;F.P. Brandini;F.P. Brandini;E. Sakshaug

  • In vivo absorption characteristics in 10 classes of bloom-forming phytoplankton: taxonomic characteristics and responses to photoadaptation by means of discriminant and HPLC analysis

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  • Studies on the phytoplankton ecology of the Trondheimsfjord. I. The chemical composition of phytoplankton populations

    Arne Haug;Sverre Myklestad;Egil Sakshaug

  • Biomass and productivity distributions and their variability in the Barents Sea

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  • Nutrient status of phytoplankton communities in Norwegian waters (marine, brackish, and fresh) as revealed by their chemical composition

    Egil Sakshaug;Kjersti Andresen;Sverre Myklestad;Yngvar Olsen

  • Studies on the phytoplankton ecology of the trondheimsfjord. III. Dynamics of phytoplankton blooms in relation to environmental factors, bioassay experiments and parameters for the physiological state of the populations☆☆☆

    Egil Sakshaug;Sverre Myklestad

  • Factors controlling the development of phytoplankton blooms in the Antarctic ocean : a mathematical model

    Egil Sakshaug;Dag Slagstad;Osmund Holm-Hansen

  • Natural iron enrichment around the Antarctic Peninsula in the Southern Ocean

    M. V. Ardelan;O. Holm-Hansen;C. D. Hewes;Christian S. Reiss

  • Phytoplankton manual — monographs on oceanographic methodology, 6: A. Sournia (Editor) UNESCO, Paris, 1978, 337 pp.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Geir Johnsen
Geir Johnsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Osmund Holm-Hansen
Osmund Holm-Hansen University of California, San Diego
Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre Université Paris Cité
Mark A. Moline
Mark A. Moline University of Delaware
Maria Vernet
Maria Vernet University of California, San Diego
André Morel
André Morel Sorbonne University
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Yngvar Olsen
Yngvar Olsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Olav Vadstein
Olav Vadstein Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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