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Kurt S. Tande

Kurt S. Tande

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
5137
World Ranking
7524
National Ranking
93

Overview

Kurt S. Tande is affiliated with Zooca in Norway and focuses their research within the domain of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output primarily addresses topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems as well as oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

Their work encompasses subfields such as oceanography, global and planetary change, nutrition and dietetics, aquatic science, and molecular biology. This interdisciplinary approach supports their exploration of diverse marine research themes.

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Fatty acid research and health
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth
  • Protein hydrolysis and bioactive peptides

Kurt S. Tande has co-authored work with several researchers including:

  • Dag Slagstad
  • Webjørn Melle
  • Bjørnar Ellertsen
  • François Carlotti
  • Ellen Aasum

Their research has been published in venues such as:

  • 20 s.
  • Lipidology

Significant recent papers include:

  • Regional Dynamics Of Calanus In The Norwegian Sea In Response To Ocean Climate In 1997, 2024, published in 20 s.
  • A Novel Marine Oil from the Copepod Calanus finmarchicus: Source, Harvesting, Chemistry and Potential Application in Human Health, 2025, published in Lipidology

Best Publications

  • Ecological investigations on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, northern Norway: Generation cycles, and variations in body weight and body content of carbon and nitrogen related to overwintering and reproduction in the copepod Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus)

    Kurt S. Tande

  • Lipid Composition of Zooplankton in Relation to the Sub-Arctic Food Web

    Stig Falk-Petersen;John R. Sargent;Kurt S. Tande

  • Calanus in North Norwegian fjords and in the Barents Sea

    Kurt S. Tande

  • The trophic significance of Phaeocystis blooms

    T. Weisse;K. Tande;P. Verity;F. Hansen

  • Does the spawning of Calanus finmarchicus in high latitudes follow a reproducible pattern

    Sabine Diel;Kurt Tande

  • Ecological investigations of the zooplankton community of balsfjorden, Northern Norway: An analysis of growth and overwintering tactics in relation to niche and environment in Metridia longa (Lubbock), Calanusfinmarchicus (Gunnerus), Thysanoessa inermis (Krøyer) and T. raschi (M. Sars)

    C.C.E. Hopkins;K.S. Tande;S. Grønvik;J.R. Sargent

  • Ecological investigations of the zooplankton community of balsfjorden, northern norway: The genital system in Calanus finmarchicus and the role of gonad development in overwintering strategy

    K. S. Tande;C. C. E. Hopkins

  • Depth distribution of Calanus finmarchicus and C. glacialis in relation to environmental conditions in the Barents Sea

    Kim H. Unstad;Kurt S. Tande

  • Diel, seasonal and ontogenetic variations in the vertical distributions of four marine copepods

    Falkenhaug T;Tande Ks;Semenova T

  • Grazing rates of the copepods Calanus glacialis and C. finmarchicus in arctic waters of the Barents Sea

    K. S. Tande;U. Båmstedt

  • On the trophic fate of Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot). II. Grazing rates of Calanus hyperboreus (Krøyer) on diatoms and different size categories of Phaeocystis pouchetii

    Mark Huntley;Kurt Tande;Hans C.eilertsen

  • Assimilation efficiency in herbivorous aquatic organisms—The potential of the ratio method using 14C and biogenic silica as markers1

    Kurt S. Tande;Dag Slagstad

  • Seasonal variation in lipid class and fatty acid composition of two small copepods in Balsfjorden, northern Norway

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  • Ecological investigations on the plankton community of Balsfjorden, Northern Norway

    H. Chr. Eilertsen;S. Falk-Petersen;C.C.E. Hopkins;K. Tande

  • Vertical distributions of primary production and grazing by Calanus glacialis jaschnov and C. hyperboreus krøyer in Arctic waters (Barents Sea)

    H. C. Eilertsen;K. S. Tande;J. P. Taasen

  • On the trophic fate of Phaeocystis pouchetii (Harlot). III. Functional responses in grazing demonstrated on juvenile stages of Calanus finmarchicus (Copepoda) fed diatoms and Phaeocystis

    B. Hansen;K.S. Tande;U.C. Berggreen

  • Post-bloom grazing by Calanus glacialis, C. finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus in the region of the polar Front, Barents Sea

    B. Hansen;U. C. Berggreen;K. S. Tande;H. C. Eilertsen

  • Importance of food quantity to structural growth rate and neutral lipid reserves accumulated in Calanus finmarchicus

    B. H. Hygum;C. Rey;B. W. Hansen;K. Tande

  • On the trophic fate of Phaeocystis pouchetti (Harriot). V. Trophic relationships between Phaeocystis and zooplankton: an assessment of methods and size dependence

    B. Hansen;P. Verity;T. Falkenhaug;K.S. Tande

  • On the trophic fate of Phaeocystis pouchetii. I. Copepod feeding rates on solitary cells and colonies of P. pouchetii

    K.S. Tande;U. Båmstedt

  • Ecological investigation on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, northern Norway

    Kurt S. Tande;Dag Slagstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Stig Falk-Petersen
Stig Falk-Petersen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Benni Winding Hansen
Benni Winding Hansen Roskilde University
Ulf Båmstedt
Ulf Båmstedt Umeå University
John R. Sargent
John R. Sargent University of Stirling
Sonia D. Batten
Sonia D. Batten North Pacific Marine Science Organization
Paul Wassmann
Paul Wassmann University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Kenneth F. Drinkwater
Kenneth F. Drinkwater Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Keith Brander
Keith Brander Technical University of Denmark
Peter G. Verity
Peter G. Verity Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

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