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Ketil Hylland

Ketil Hylland

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
8858
World Ranking
4537
National Ranking
53

Overview

Ketil Hylland is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway, specializing in environmental science. Their work primarily focuses on the subfields of health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, biomaterials, oceanography, and materials chemistry. Across these areas, they have contributed to the study of environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, microplastics and plastic pollution, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, electrochemical analysis and applications, toxic organic pollutants impact, and recycling and waste management techniques.

Their scholarly output includes recent papers covering various aspects of marine and freshwater environmental challenges. Key papers include "Interactive Effects of Warming and Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates" published in 2022 in Current Pollution Reports; "Editorial: New Challenges in Marine Pollution Monitoring" from 2020 in Frontiers in Marine Science; "Effects of gold nanoparticles in gilthead seabream-A proteomic approach," also from 2020 in Aquatic Toxicology; "An ICES workshop on biological effects in pelagic ecosystems (BECPELAG): summary of results and recommendations" from 2024 in BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS Norway); and "Biological effects and bioaccumulation of gold in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) - Nano versus ionic form," published in 2020 in The Science of The Total Environment.

Frequent co-authors include Katrine Borgå, Juan Bellas, Thierry Burgeot, Ângela Barreto, and Edgar Pinto. These collaborative relationships reflect ongoing partnerships in environmental science research fields.

Hylland has published multiple works in key scientific venues such as Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, Current Pollution Reports, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Aquatic Toxicology. Among these, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry is the venue with the highest number of their publications.

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Current Pollution Reports
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Aquatic Toxicology

  • Katrine Borgå
  • Juan Bellas
  • Thierry Burgeot
  • Ângela Barreto
  • Edgar Pinto

  • Interactive Effects of Warming and Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates (2022, Current Pollution Reports)
  • Editorial: New Challenges in Marine Pollution Monitoring (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Effects of gold nanoparticles in gilthead seabream-A proteomic approach (2020, Aquatic Toxicology)
  • An ICES workshop on biological effects in pelagic ecosystems (BECPELAG): summary of results and recommendations (2024, BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS Norway))
  • Biological effects and bioaccumulation of gold in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) - Nano versus ionic form (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Biomaterials
  • Oceanography
  • Materials Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Single and combined effects of microplastics and pyrene on juveniles (0+ group) of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps (Teleostei, Gobiidae)

    M. Oliveira;A. Ribeiro;K. Hylland;L. Guilhermino

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) ecotoxicology in marine ecosystems.

    Ketil Hylland

  • Comparing steroid estrogen, and nonylphenol content across a range of European sewage plants with different treatment and management practices

    A.C. Johnson;H.-R. Aerni;A. Gerritsen;M. Gibert

  • Characterization of the effluent from a nanosilver producing washing machine.

    Julia Farkas;Julia Farkas;Hannes Peter;Paul Christian;Julián Alberto Gallego Urrea

  • Presence of microplastics in benthic and epibenthic organisms: Influence of habitat, feeding mode and trophic level.

    Agathe Bour;Carlo Giacomo Avio;Stefania Gorbi;Francesco Regoli

  • Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

    Rune Dietz;Robert J. Letcher;Jean Pierre Desforges;Igor Eulaers

  • Contaminant accumulation and biomarker responses in flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) exposed by caging to polluted sediments in Sørfjorden, Norway

    Jonny Beyer;Morten Sandvik;Ketil Hylland;Eirik Fjeld

  • Environmentally relevant microplastic exposure affects sediment-dwelling bivalves.

    Agathe Bour;Ane Haarr;Steffen Keiter;Ketil Hylland

  • Development of sediment quality criteria in Norway

    Torgeir Bakke;Torsten Källqvist;Anders Ruus;Gijs D. Breedveld

  • Water column monitoring near oil installations in the North Sea 2001-2004.

    Ketil Hylland;Ketil Hylland;Knut-Erik Tollefsen;Anders Ruus;Grete Jonsson

  • Using biological effects tools to define Good Environmental Status under the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

    B.P. Lyons;J.E. Thain;G.D. Stentiford;K. Hylland;K. Hylland

  • Detection of endocrine disrupters: evaluation of a Fish Sexual Development Test (FSDT).

    Henrik Holbech;Karin Kinnberg;Gitte I. Petersen;Petra Jackson

  • Toxic levels of dietary copper in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr

    Marc H.G Berntssen;Ketil Hylland;Sjoerd E Wendelaar Bonga;Amund Maage

  • Maximum limits of organic and inorganic mercury in fish feed

    M.H.G. Berntssen;K. Hylland;K. Julshamn;A.-K. Lundebye

  • Tissue metallothionein, apoptosis and cell proliferation responses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr fed elevated dietary cadmium.

    Marc H.G. Berntssen;Ole Ø. Aspholm;Ketil Hylland;Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga

  • Experimental results on bioaccumulation of metals and organic contaminants from marine sediments.

    Anders Ruus;Morten Schaanning;Sigurd Øxnevad;Ketil Hylland

  • Biomarker responses in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and their use in pollution monitoring

    Anders Goksøyr;Jonny Beyer;Eliann Egaas;Bjørn Einar Grøsvik

  • Integrated indicator framework and methodology for monitoring and assessment of hazardous substances and their effects in the marine environment

    A. Dick Vethaak;Ian M. Davies;John E. Thain;Matthew J. Gubbins

  • Contaminants in marine ecosystems: developing an integrated indicator framework using biological-effect techniques

    John E. Thain;A. Dick Vethaak;Ketil Hylland

  • A guide to toxicity assessment and monitoring effects at lower levels of biological organization following marine oil spills in European waters

    C. Martínez-Gómez;A. D. Vethaak;K. Hylland;T. Burgeot

  • Ecological Impacts of Toxic Chemicals

    Francisco Sánchez-Bayo;Paul J. van den Brink;Reinier M. Mann;María Jesús Belzunce

  • Bioaccumulation in marine organisms—effect of contaminants from oil well produced water

    Ketil Hylland

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc H.G. Berntssen
Marc H.G. Berntssen National Institute of Nutrition
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Anders Goksøyr
Anders Goksøyr University of Bergen
Susana Loureiro
Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro
Kevin V. Thomas
Kevin V. Thomas University of Queensland
Katrine Borgå
Katrine Borgå University of Oslo
Ian M. Davies
Ian M. Davies Marine Scotland
Ionan Marigómez
Ionan Marigómez University of the Basque Country
Cristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Tito Trindade
Tito Trindade University of Aveiro

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