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Katrine Borgå

Katrine Borgå

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
7120
World Ranking
7388
National Ranking
90

Overview

Katrine Borgå is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science. Their research primarily spans the study of toxicology, ecology, and global environmental changes, focusing on the accumulation and impact of pollutants in various ecosystems.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this wide field, Katrine Borgå's subfields of study cover:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography

Their research topics include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Katrine Borgå illustrate their focus areas:

  • The influence of global climate change on accumulation and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in Arctic food webs, 2022, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Interactive Effects of Warming and Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates, 2022, Current Pollution Reports
  • Trophic Magnification of Legacy (PCB, DDT and Hg) and Emerging Pollutants (PFAS) in the Fish Community of a Small Protected Southern Alpine Lake (Lake Mergozzo, Northern Italy), 2020, Water
  • Isotopic niche differs between seal and fish-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) in northern Norway, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Still Arctic?-The changing Barents Sea, 2023, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Katrine Borgå include:

  • Anders Ruus
  • Jan Heuschele
  • Torben Lode
  • Eve Jourdain
  • Tom Andersen

The venues where Katrine Borgå has published most often are:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Biological and chemical factors of importance in the bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of persistent organochlorine contaminants in Arctic marine food webs.

    Katrine Borgå;Katrine Borgå;Aaron T. Fisk;Paul F. Hoekstra;Derek C. G. Muir

  • Trophic magnification factors: Considerations of ecology, ecosystems, and study design

    Katrine Borgå;Karen A Kidd;Derek C G Muir;Olof Berglund

  • Biomagnification of organochlorines along a Barents Sea food chain.

    K Borgå;G.W Gabrielsen;J.U Skaare;J.U Skaare

  • Trophic transfer of persistent organochlorine contaminants (OCs) within an Arctic marine food web from the southern Beaufort-Chukchi Seas.

    P.F. Hoekstra;T.M. O'Hara;A.T. Fisk;K. Borgå

  • Food Web Magnification of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Poikilotherms and Homeotherms from the Barents Sea

    Haakon Hop;Katrine Borga;Geir Wing Gabrielsen;Lars Kleivane

  • Past, Present, and Future Controls on Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Global Environment

    Luca Nizzetto;Matthew Macleod;Katrine Borga;Ana Cabrerizo

  • Volatile siloxanes in the European arctic: assessment of sources and spatial distribution.

    Nicholas A. Warner;Anita Evenset;Guttorm Christensen;Geir W. Gabrielsen

  • Biological Pump Control of the Fate and Distribution of Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants in Water and Plankton

    Luca Nizzetto;Luca Nizzetto;Rosalinda Gioia;Jun Li;Katrine Borgå

  • The influence of global climate change on accumulation and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in Arctic food webs.

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  • Bioaccumulation of PCBs in Arctic seabirds: influence of dietary exposure and congener biotransformation

    Katrine Borgå;Hans Wolkers;Janneche U. Skaare;Janneche U. Skaare;Haakon Hop

  • Use of trophic magnification factors and related measures to characterize bioaccumulation potential of chemicals

    Jason M Conder;Frank A P C Gobas;Katrine Borgå;Derek C G Muir

  • Bioaccumulation factors for PCBs revisited.

    Katrine Borgå;Aaron T. Fisk;Barry Hargrave;Paul F. Hoekstra

  • Food Web Accumulation of Cyclic Siloxanes in Lake Mjøsa, Norway

    Katrine Borga;Eirik Fjeld;Amelie Kierkegaard;Michael S. McLachlan

  • Seasonality in contaminant accumulation in Arctic marine pelagic food webs using trophic magnification factor as a measure of bioaccumulation

    Ingeborg G. Hallanger;Ingeborg G. Hallanger;Nicholas A. Warner;Anders Ruus;Anita Evenset

  • Evaluation of Bioaccumulation Using In Vivo Laboratory and Field Studies

    Annie V Weisbrod;Kent B Woodburn;Albert A Koelmans;Thomas F Parkerton

  • Influence of wintering area on persistent organic pollutants in a breeding migratory seabird

    Eliza H. K. Leat;Sophie Bourgeon;Ellen Magnusdottir;Geir W. Gabrielsen

  • Simulating climate change-induced alterations in bioaccumulation of organic contaminants in an Arctic marine food web.

    Katrine Borgå;Tuomo M. Saloranta;Anders Ruus

  • Consistency in trophic magnification factors of cyclic methyl siloxanes in pelagic freshwater food webs leading to brown trout.

    Katrine Borgå;Eirik Fjeld;Amelie Kierkegaard;Michael S. McLachlan

  • Interactive Effects of Warming and Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates

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  • Strongly increasing blood concentrations of lipid-soluble organochlorines in high arctic common eiders during incubation fast

    Jan Ove Bustnes;Børge Moe;Dorte Herzke;Sveinn Are Hanssen

  • Essential and non-essential element concentrations in two sleeper shark species collected in arctic waters.

    Bailey C. McMeans;Katrine Borgå;William R. Bechtol;David Higginbotham

  • Regional and species specific bioaccumulation of major and trace elements in Arctic seabirds

    Katrine Borgå;Linda Campbell;Geir W. Gabrielsen;Ross J. Norstrom

Frequent Co-Authors

Geir W. Gabrielsen
Geir W. Gabrielsen Norwegian Polar Institute
Dorte Herzke
Dorte Herzke Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Janneche Utne Skaare
Janneche Utne Skaare Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Hallvard Strøm
Hallvard Strøm Norwegian Polar Institute
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Tom Andersen
Tom Andersen University of Oslo
Luca Nizzetto
Luca Nizzetto Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Bjørn Munro Jenssen
Bjørn Munro Jenssen Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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