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Overview

Eva B. Thorstad is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, aquatic science, and physiology.

The main topics of their work include fish ecology and management studies, marine and fisheries research, fish biology and ecology studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, reproductive biology and its impacts on aquatic species, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Among the recent publications associated with this scientist are:

  • One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction (2025, Nature)
  • Global trends in aquatic animal tracking with acoustic telemetry (2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • Atlantic salmon in a rapidly changing environment-Facing the challenges of reduced marine survival and climate change (2021, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems)
  • Preparing for a changing future in recreational fisheries: 100 research questions for global consideration emerging from a horizon scan (2020, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries)
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of PIT tagging effects on mortality and growth of juvenile salmonids (2020, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries)

Eva B. Thorstad has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Coauthors with whom they have published extensively include:

  • Robert J. Lennox
  • Peder Fiske
  • Knut Wiik Vollset
  • Ola Ugedal
  • Caroline Durif

Thorstad's publications appear regularly in a diverse range of scientific journals and platforms. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Understanding the Complexity of Catch-and-Release in Recreational Fishing: An Integrative Synthesis of Global Knowledge from Historical, Ethical, Social, and Biological Perspectives

    Robert Arlinghaus;Steven J. Cooke;Jon Lyman;David Policansky

  • Surgical implantation of telemetry transmitters in fish: how much have we learned?

    Niels Jepsen;Anders Koed;Eva B. Thorstad;Etienne Baras

  • A critical life stage of the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar: behaviour and survival during the smolt and initial post-smolt migration.

    E. B. Thorstad;F. Whoriskey;I. Uglem;A. Moore

  • Tracking animals in freshwater with electronic tags: past, present and future

    Steven J Cooke;Jonathan D Midwood;Jason D Thiem;Peter Klimley

  • Escapes of fishes from Norwegian sea-cage aquaculture: causes, consequences and prevention.

    Ø. Jensen;T. Dempster;E. B. Thorstad;I. Uglem

  • The major threats to Atlantic salmon in Norway

    Torbjørn Forseth;Bjørn Torgeir Barlaup;Bengt Finstad;Peder Fiske

  • Factors affecting the within-river spawning migration of Atlantic salmon, with emphasis on human impacts

    Eva B. Thorstad;Finn Økland;Kim Aarestrup;Tor G. Heggberget

  • Aquatic Nomads: The Life and Migrations of the Atlantic Salmon

    Eva B. Thorstad;Fred Whoriskey;Audun H. Rikardsen;Kim Aarestrup

  • The use of external electronic tags on fish: an evaluation of tag retention and tagging effects

    Niels Jepsen;Eva Bonsak Thorstad;Torgeir Børresen Havn;Martyn C. Lucas

  • The Use of Electronic Tags in Fish Research – An Overview of Fish Telemetry Methods

    Eva B. Thorstad;Audun H. Rikardsen;Ahmet Alp;Finn Økland

  • Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

    Rob Harcourt;Ana M. M. Sequeira;Xuelei Zhang;Fabien Roquet

  • Activity and energetics of free-swimming fish: insights from electromyogram telemetry

    Steven J Cooke;Eva B Thorstad;Scott G Hinch

  • Incidence and impacts of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in nature

    Eva B. Thorstad;Ian A. Fleming;Philip McGinnity;Doris Soto

  • A brief discussion on the 2% tag/bodymass rule of thumb

    Niels Jepsen;C.B. Schreck;S. Clements;E.B. Thorstad

  • Effects of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis on wild sea trout Salmo trutta—a literature review

    Eva Bonsak Thorstad;Christopher D. Todd;Ingebrigt Uglem;Pål Arne Bjørn

  • Effects of hook and release on Atlantic salmon in the River Alta, northern Norway

    Eva B. Thorstad;Tor F. Næsje;Peder Fiske;Bengt Finstad

  • Migration of hatchery‐reared Atlantic salmon and wild anadromous brown trout post‐smolts in a Norwegian fjord system

    B. Finstad;F. Økland;E. B. Thorstad;P. A. BjØrn

  • Effects of telemetry transmitters on swimming performance of adult Atlantic salmon

    E. B. Thorstad;F. ØKland;B. Finstad

  • Fjord migration and survival of wild and hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon and wild brown trout post-smolts

    Eva B. Thorstad;Finn Økland;Bengt Finstad;Rolf Sivertsgård

  • Do environmental factors influence the movement of estuarine fish? A case study using acoustic telemetry

    A.-R. Childs;P.D. Cowley;T.F. Næsje;A.J. Booth

Frequent Co-Authors

Finn Økland
Finn Økland Swedish National Board of Fisheries
Kim Aarestrup
Kim Aarestrup Technical University of Denmark
Steven J. Cooke
Steven J. Cooke Carleton University
Paul D. Cowley
Paul D. Cowley South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Frederick G. Whoriskey
Frederick G. Whoriskey Dalhousie University
Niels Jepsen
Niels Jepsen Technical University of Denmark
Kjetil Hindar
Kjetil Hindar Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Chris Todd
Chris Todd University of Manchester
Tim Dempster
Tim Dempster University of Melbourne
Tor Atle Mo
Tor Atle Mo Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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