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Jörundur Svavarsson

Jörundur Svavarsson

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Ecology and Evolution
Iceland
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
4083
World Ranking
7219
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Iceland Leader Award

Overview

Jörundur Svavarsson is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Developmental Biology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics related to marine and environmental studies, including Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and environmental studies, Marine animal studies overview, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Marine and fisheries research.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Pollutants from shipping - new environmental challenges in the subarctic and the Arctic Ocean" (2021), Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Correct Species Identification and Its Implications for Conservation Using Haploniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) in Icelandic Waters as a Proxy" (2022), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Recent speciation and hybridization in Icelandic deep-sea isopods: An integrative approach using genomics and proteomics" (2021), Molecular Ecology
  • "The emerging picture of a diverse deep Arctic Ocean seafloor: From habitats to ecosystems" (2024), Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Occurrence of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Icelandic coastal waters and their interspecific interactions" (2022), acta ethologica

Frequent coauthors in Jörundur Svavarsson's research include:

  • Saskia Brix
  • Anne-Nina Lörz
  • Karlotta Kürzel
  • Filipa I. P. Samarra
  • Stefanie Kaiser

Publication venues where Jörundur Svavarsson has frequently contributed are:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Mammal Science
  • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Best Publications

  • Biochemical indicators of pollution exposure in shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius), caught in four harbours on the southwest coast of Iceland.

    Eirı́kur Stephensen;Jörundur Svavarsson;Joachim Sturve;Gunilla Ericson

  • Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Shane T. Ahyong;James K. Lowry;Miguel Alonso;Roger N. Bamber

  • Hydrothermal vent communities at the shallow subpolar Mid-Atlantic ridge

    Hans Fricke;O. Giere;K. Stetter;G. A. Alfredsson

  • Biology of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus.

    M. A. MacNeil;B. C. McMeans;N. E. Hussey;P. Vecsei

  • The deep-sea asellote (Isopoda, Crustacea) fauna of the Northern Seas: species composition, distributional patterns and origin

    Jorundur Svavarsson;Jarl-Ove Stromberg;Torleiv Brattegard

  • Trophic interactions of the pelagic ecosystem over the Reykjanes Ridge as evaluated by fatty acid and stable isotope analyses

    H. Petursdottir;A. Gislason;S. Falk-Petersen;H. Hop

  • Diet and resource use among Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) and teleosts sampled in Icelandic waters, using δ13C, δ15N, and mercury

    Bailey C. McMeansB.C. McMeans;Bailey C. McMeansB.C. McMeans;Jörundur SvavarssonJ. Svavarsson;Jörundur SvavarssonJ. Svavarsson;Susan DennardS. Dennard;Susan DennardS. Dennard;Aaron T. FiskA.T. Fisk;Aaron T. FiskA.T. Fisk

  • Distribution and diversity patterns of asellote isopods (Crustacea) in the deep Norwegian and Greenland Seas

    Jörundur Svavarsson;Torleiv Brattegard;Jarl-Ove Strömberg

  • Distribution and diversity of desmosomatid and nannoniscid isopods (Crustacea) on the Greenland–Iceland–Faeroe Ridge

    Saskia Brix;Jörundur Svavarsson

  • Spatial trends of polyfluorinated compounds in guillemot (Uria aalge) eggs from North-Western Europe.

    Karin Löfstrand;Hrönn Jörundsdóttir;Gregg Tomy;Jörundur Svavarsson

  • Feeding by asellote isopods (Crustacea) on foraminifers (Protozoa) in the deep sea

    J. Svavarsson;G. Gudmundsson;T. Brattegard

  • Dioxins and PCBs in Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) from the North-East Atlantic.

    Anna Strid;Hrönn Jörundsdóttir;Olaf Päpke;Jörundur Svavarsson

  • Neutral and phenolic brominated organic compounds of natural and anthropogenic origin in northeast Atlantic Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)

    Anna Strid;Ioannis Athanassiadis;Maria Athanasiadou;Jörundur Svavarsson

  • Growth rate as a factor confounding the use of the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus as biomonitor of heavy metal contamination

    Kenneth M. Y. Leung;Ian J. Morgan;Rudolf S. S. Wu;T. C. Lau

  • Long-term temporal trends (1992-2008) of imposex status associated with organotin contamination in the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus along the Icelandic coast.

    Lovísa Ó. Guðmundsdóttir;Kevin K.Y. Ho;James C.W. Lam;Jörundur Svavarsson

  • The effect of pollution on scope for growth of the mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) in Iceland.

    Halldór P. Halldórsson;Jörundur Svavarsson;Å. Granmo

  • Are foraminifers (Protozoa) important food for small isopods (Crustacea) in the deep sea

    Gudmundur Gudmundsson;Menja von Schmalensee;Jörundur Svavarsson

  • Mitochondrial cytochrome b variation in sleeper sharks (Squaliformes: Somniosidae)

    Brent William Murray;John Y. Wang;Shih-Chu Yang;John D. Stevens

  • Benthic amphipods (Crustacea: Malacostraca) in Icelandic waters: diversity in relation to faunal patterns from shallow to intermediate deep Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans

    J. B. F. Weisshappel;J. Svavarsson

  • Imposex in the Dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus) due to TBT Contamination: Improvement at High Latitudes

    Jörundur Svavarsson

  • Influence of static and fluctuating salinity on cadmium uptake and metallothionein expression by the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.)

    Kenneth M.Y Leung;Jörundur Svavarsson;Mark Crane;David Morritt

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth M.Y. Leung
Kenneth M.Y. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Bailey C. McMeans
Bailey C. McMeans University of Toronto
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Pedro Martínez Arbizu
Pedro Martínez Arbizu Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Ketil Hylland
Ketil Hylland University of Oslo
Åke Bergman
Åke Bergman Stockholm University
Tai-Chu Lau
Tai-Chu Lau City University of Hong Kong
Uwe Brand
Uwe Brand Brock University
Karem Azmy
Karem Azmy Memorial University of Newfoundland
Angelika Brandt
Angelika Brandt Universität Hamburg

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