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Per Erik Jorde

Per Erik Jorde

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
5135
World Ranking
6909
National Ranking
118

Overview

Per Erik Jorde is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research spans multiple key areas within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work frequently focuses on genetic diversity and population structure as well as marine and fisheries research.

The primary fields of study represented in their publications include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

They have contributed to several important subfields, such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology

The main research topics addressed in their work are:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Jorde's recent peer-reviewed papers reflect their focus on marine populations, genetics, and ecological connectivity. Significant publications include:

  • Genomic analysis reveals neutral and adaptive patterns that challenge the current management regime for East Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Stabilizing selection on Atlantic cod supergenes through a millennium of extensive exploitation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Combining population genomics with demographic analyses highlights habitat patchiness and larval dispersal as determinants of connectivity in coastal fish species, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • First measurements of field metabolic rate in wild juvenile fishes show strong thermal sensitivity but variations between sympatric ecotypes, 2020, Oikos
  • Geographic variation in gene flow from a genetically distinct migratory ecotype drives population genetic structure of coastal Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.), 2022, Evolutionary Applications

Their publication record shows frequent collaborations with researchers such as Halvor Knutsen, Marte Sodeland, Carl André, Even Moland, and Torild Johansen.

Jorde has contributed extensively to several scientific journals and venues, including:

  • Evolutionary Applications
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Molecular Ecology

In addition to articles, they have authored book publications with Nordic publishers. Notable titles include:

  • Improving nature management and marine protection in Skagerrak: Knowledge synthesis for conservation planning, ecosystem-based fisheries management and expanding offshore wind farms, 2025, TemaNord
  • Spatial population structure and connectivity among marine populations in the Skagerrak: implications for marine biodiversity conservation, 2024, Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks

Best Publications

  • Fine-scaled geographical population structuring in a highly mobile marine species: the Atlantic cod.

    H. Knutsen;P. E. Jorde;C. Andre;N. Chr. Stenseth

  • Power for detecting genetic divergence: differences between statistical methods and marker loci.

    Nils Ryman;Stefan Palm;Carl André;Gary R. Carvalho

  • Temporal allele frequency change and estimation of effective size in populations with overlapping generations.

    Per Erik Jorde;Nils Ryman

  • Unbiased estimator for genetic drift and effective population size.

    Per Erik Jorde;Nils Ryman

  • Are low but statistically significant levels of genetic differentiation in marine fishes 'biologically meaningful'? A case study of coastal Atlantic cod.

    H. Knutsen;E. M. Olsen;P. E. Jorde;S. H. Espeland

  • Demographic genetics of brown trout (Salmo trutta) and estimation of effective population size from temporal change of allele frequencies.

    Per Erik Jorde;Nils Ryman

  • Supportive Breeding and Variance Effective Population Size

    Nils Ryman;Per Erik Jorde;Linda Laikre

  • Genome architecture enables local adaptation of Atlantic cod despite high connectivity.

    Julia Maria Isis Barth;Paul Ragnar Berg;Per R Jonsson;Sara Bonanomi;Sara Bonanomi

  • Management implications of genetic differentiation between native and hatchery populations of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Spain

    J.L. Garcia-Marin;P.E. Jorde;N. Ryman;F. Utter

  • Statistical power when testing for genetic differentiation.

    N. Ryman;P. E. Jorde

  • 'Islands of divergence' in the Atlantic cod genome represent polymorphic chromosomal rearrangements.

    Marte Sodeland;Per Erik Jorde;Sigbjørn Lien;Sissel Jentoft

  • Spatial scale of genetic structuring in coastal cod Gadus morhua and geographic extent of local populations

    Per Erik Jorde;Halvor Knutsen;Sigurd Heiberg Espeland;Nils Christian Stenseth

  • Transport of North Sea cod larvae into the Skagerrak coastal populations.

    Halvor Knutsen;Carl André;Per Erik Jorde;Morten D. Skogen

  • Cryptic population structure in a large, mobile mammalian predator : the Scandinavian lynx

    E. K. Rueness;P. E. Jorde;L. Hellborg;N. C. Stenseth

  • Small-scale biocomplexity in coastal Atlantic cod supporting a Darwinian perspective on fisheries management.

    Esben Moland Olsen;Halvor Knutsen;Jakob Gjøsæter;Per Erik Jorde

  • Effective population size and temporal genetic change in stream resident brown trout (Salmo trutta, L.)

    Stefan Palm;Linda Laikre;Per Erik Jorde;Nils Ryman

  • Genetic differentiation among populations of the beetle Bolitophagus reticulatus (Coleoptera: tenebrionidae) in a fragmented and a continuous landscape.

    Halvor Knutsen;Bjørn Arne Rukke;Per Erik Jorde;Rolf A Ims

  • Life-history variation among local populations of Atlantic cod from the Norwegian Skagerrak coast

    E. M. Olsen;H. Knutsen;J. Gjøsæter;P. E. Jorde

  • TEMPORAL CHANGE OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA HAPLOTYPE FREQUENCIES AND FEMALE EFFECTIVE SIZE IN A BROWN TROUT (SALMO TRUTTA) POPULATION.

    Linda Laikre;Per Erik Jorde;Nils Ryman

  • Genetically distinct populations of northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis, in the North Atlantic: adaptation to different temperatures as an isolation factor.

    Per Erik Jorde;Guldborg Søvik;Jon-Ivar Westgaard;Jon Albretsen

  • Ecological and genetic impact of Atlantic cod larval drift in the Skagerrak

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Per Erik Jorde;Kung-Sik Chan;Elizabeth Hansen

  • Bathymetric barriers promoting genetic structure in the deepwater demersal fish tusk (Brosme brosme)

    Halvor Knutsen;Per Erik Jorde;Hanne Sannaes;A. Rus Hoelzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Halvor Knutsen
Halvor Knutsen University of Agder
Nils Ryman
Nils Ryman Stockholm University
Carl André
Carl André University of Gothenburg
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Esben Moland Olsen
Esben Moland Olsen University of Agder
Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Kjetill S. Jakobsen University of Oslo
Peter Grønkjær
Peter Grønkjær Aarhus University
Michael Møller Hansen
Michael Møller Hansen Aarhus University
Clive N. Trueman
Clive N. Trueman University of Southampton
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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