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Overview

Olav Sigurd Kjesbu is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Norway. Their research mainly focuses on environmental science, particularly within subfields such as global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, physiology, ecology, and aquatic science.

The primary topics addressed in their work include marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, aquaculture nutrition and growth, and fish biology and ecology studies.

Kjesbu has contributed publications to a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Fish and Fisheries
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway))
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Scientific Reports

Some recent papers authored by or including Kjesbu are:

  • Highly mixed impacts of near-future climate change on stock productivity proxies in the North East Atlantic, 2021, Fish and Fisheries
  • From gametogenesis to spawning: How climate-driven warming affects teleost reproductive biology, 2020, Journal of Fish Biology
  • Management of transboundary and straddling fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic in view of climate-induced shifts in spatial distribution, 2020, Fish and Fisheries

Other influential papers in relevant collaborations include:

  • Genomic stability through time despite decades of exploitation in cod on both sides of the Atlantic, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Development of a new 'ultrametric' method for assessing spawning progression in female teleost serial spawners, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in Kjesbu's research network consist of:

  • Anders Thorsen
  • Maud Alix
  • Thassya C. dos Santos Schmidt
  • Svein Sundby
  • Aril Slotte

Best Publications

  • Fecundity, Atresia, and Egg Size of Captive Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) in Relation to Proximate Body Composition

    O. S. Kjesbu;J. Klungsøyr;H. Kryvi;P. R. Witthames

  • Is spawner biomass a sensitive measure of the reproductive and recruitment potential of Northeast Arctic cod

    C Tara Marshall;Olav Sigurd Kjesbu;Nathalia A Yaragina;Per Solemdal

  • Variation in annual egg production in individual captive Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    Olav Sigurd Kjesbu;Per Solemdal;Per Bratland;Merete Fonn

  • The spawning activity of cod, Gadus morhua L.

    O. S. Kjesbu

  • Effects of adult age and size structure on reproductive output in marine fishes

    Edward A. Trippel;Olav S. Kjesbu;Per Solemdal

  • Temporal variations in the fecundity of Arcto-Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua) in response to natural changes in food and temperature

    O.S. Kjesbu;P.R. Witthames;P. Solemdal;M. Greer Walker

  • Total lipid energy as a proxy for total egg production by fish stocks

    C. Tara Marshall;Nathalia A. Yaragina;Yvan Lambert;Olav S. Kjesbu

  • Ecosystem processes are rarely included in tactical fisheries management

    Mette Skern‐Mauritzen;Geir Ottersen;Nils Olav Handegard;Geir Huse

  • Time of start of spawning in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) females in relation to vitellogenic oocyte diameter, temperature, fish length and condition

    O. S. Kjesbu

  • Growth, gonadal development and spawning time of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) reared under different photoperiods

    Tom Hansen;Ørjan Karlsen;Geir Lasse Taranger;Gro-Ingunn Hemre

  • A rapid method for estimation of oocyte size and potential fecundity in Atlantic cod using a computer-aided particle analysis system

    A Thorsen;O.S Kjesbu

  • Synergies between climate and management for Atlantic cod fisheries at high latitudes

    Olav Sigurd Kjesbu;Bjarte Bogstad;Jennifer A. Devine;Harald Gjøsæter

  • Oocyte growth and fecundity regulation by atresia of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) in relation to body condition throughout the maturation cycle

    Y. Kurita;S. Meier;O.S. Kjesbu

  • Buoyancy variations in eggs of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in relation to chorion thickness and egg size: theory and observations

    O. S. Kjesbu;H. Kryvi;S. Sundby;P. Solemdal

  • Gonadal development and associated changes in liver size and sexual steroids during the reproductive cycle of captive male and female Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.).

    Roy Dahle;Geir L. Taranger;Ørjan Karlsen;Olav S. Kjesbu

  • Effects of periodic starvation on reproductive investment in first-time spawning Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Ørjan Karlsen;Jens C. Holm;Olav S. Kjesbu

  • Systematic bias in estimates of reproductive potential of an Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stock: implications for stock–recruit theory and management

    C. Tara Marshall;Coby L. Needle;Anders Thorsen;Olav Sigurd Kjesbu

  • Physiological mechanisms of buoyancy in eggs from brackish water cod

    A. Thorsen;O. S. Kjesbu;H. J. Fyhndr;P. Solemdal

  • Effects of ration on the maturation and fecundity in captive Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

    Y. Ma;Olav Sigurd Kjesbu;Terje Jørgensen

  • From gametogenesis to spawning: How climate‐driven warming affects teleost reproductive biology

    Maud Alix;Olav Sigurd Kjesbu;Kelli C. Anderson

  • Differences in growth performance between Arcto-Norwegian and Norwegian coastal cod reared under identical conditions

    T. Svåsand;K. E. Jørstad;H. Otterå;O. S. Kjesbu

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D.M. Nash
Richard D.M. Nash Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Svein Sundby
Svein Sundby Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Arild Folkvord
Arild Folkvord University of Bergen
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
Catriona Clemmesen
Catriona Clemmesen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Lorenz Hauser
Lorenz Hauser University of Washington
Geir Huse
Geir Huse Institute of Marine Research
Jacky Cosson
Jacky Cosson University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Randi Ingvaldsen
Randi Ingvaldsen Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

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