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Sigrun Jonasdottir is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Pollution, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. They have contributed to scientific knowledge across these domains through multiple publications.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • The global contribution of seasonally migrating copepods to the biological carbon pump, 2023, published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • Climate change and oil pollution: A dangerous cocktail for tropical zooplankton, 2020, published in Aquatic Toxicology
  • Seasonal strategies in the world's oceans, 2020, published in Progress In Oceanography
  • Meso- and bathypelagic fish feeding ecology: A meta-analysis on fatty acids and stable isotope trophic studies, 2023, published in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Seasonal variations in population dynamics of Calanus finmarchicus in relation to environmental conditions in the southwestern Norwegian Sea, 2021, published in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

The topics frequently addressed by Jonasdottir's research include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Microplastics and plastic pollution
  • Ocean acidification effects and responses

Jonasdottir has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Torkel Gissel Nielsen
  • Marja Koski
  • Delove Abraham Asiedu
  • Jens Søndergaard
  • Björn Alfthan

The scientist regularly publishes in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series

Best Publications

  • Fatty Acid Profiles and Production in Marine Phytoplankton

    Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir

  • Seasonal copepod lipid pump promotes carbon sequestration in the deep North Atlantic

    Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir;André W. Visser;Katherine Richardson;Michael R. Heath

  • The North Atlantic Ocean as habitat for Calanus finmarchicus: Environmental factors and life history traits

    Webjørn Melle;Jeffrey A. Runge;Erica Head;Stéphane Plourde

  • Copepod recruitment and food composition: do diatoms affect hatching success?

    S. H. Jónasdóttir;T. Kiørboe

  • Bridging the gap between marine biogeochemical and fisheries sciences; configuring the zooplankton link

    Aditee Mitra;Claudia Castellani;Wendy C. Gentleman;Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir

  • Effects of dietary fatty acids on the reproductive success of the calanoid copepod Temora longicornis

    K. E. Arendt;S. H. Jónasdóttir;P. J. Hansen;S. Gärtner

  • Effect of heterotrophic versus autotrophic food on feeding and reproduction of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa : relationship with prey fatty acid composition

    Elisabetta Broglio;Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir;Albert Calbet;Hans Henrik Jakobsen

  • The trophic role of mesozooplankton at 47°N, 20°W during the North Atlantic Bloom Experiment

    Hans G. Dam;Carolyn A. Miller;Sigrun H. Jonasdottir

  • Climate fluctuations and the spring invasion of the North Sea by Calanus finmarchicus

    Michael R. Heath;Jan O. Backhaus;Katherine Richardson;Eddie McKenzie

  • Copepod egg production in Long Island Sound, USA, as a function of the chemical composition of seston

    Sigrun Jonasdottir;D. Fields;S. Pantoja

  • Lipid content of Calanus finmarchicus during overwintering in the Faroe–Shetland Channel

    Sigrun Jonasdottir

  • Lipids, buoyancy and the seasonal vertical migration of Calanus finmarchicus

    A.W. Visser;S.H. Jónasdóttir

  • Comparative ecology of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic, and implications for life-cycle patterns

    Michael R. Heath;Peter R. Boyle;Astthor Gislason;William S.C. Gurney

  • Role of diatoms in copepod production:good, harmless or toxic?

    SH Jónasdóttir;T. Kiørboe;KW Tang;M. StJohn

  • Perspectives on marine zooplankton lipids

    Gerhard Kattner;Willy Hagen;Richard F. Lee;Robert Campbell

  • Assessing the role of food quality in the production and hatching of Temora longicornis eggs

    Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir;André W. Visser;Carsten Jespersen

  • Nutritional quality of two cyanobacteria : How rich is 'poor' food?

    K. Schmidt;Sigrun Jonasdottir

  • Calanoid copepods feed and produce eggs in the presence of toxic cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena

    Jonna Engström-Öst;Markku Viitasalo;Sigrún Jónasdóttir;Sari Repka

  • Calanus finmarchicus egg production and food availability in the Faroe–Shetland Channel and northern North Sea: October–March

    K. Richardson;Sigrun Jonasdottir;S.J. Hay;Alice Christoffersen

  • Food web interactions in the plankton of Long Island bays, with preliminary observations on brown tide effects

    Lonsdale Dj;Cosper Em;Kim Ws;Doall M

  • Recruitment of lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus in relation to density dependence and zooplankton composition

    M. van Deurs;R. van Hal;M.T. Tomczak;S.H. Jonasdottir

  • Egg production and hatching success in the calanoid copepods Calanus helgolandicus and Calanus finmarchicus in the North Sea from March to September 2001

    Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir;Nguyen Huu Trung;Frank Hansen;Sanne Gärtner

  • Distribution and abundance of overwintering Calanus finmarchicus in the Faroe-Shetland Channel

    M. Heath;Sigrun Jonasdottir

  • Effects of suspended sediments on copepods feeding in a glacial influenced sub-Arctic fjord

    Kristine Engel Arendt;Jörg Dutz;Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir;Signe Jung-Madsen

  • Colloquium on diatom-copepod interactions

    G. A. Paffenhöfer;A. Ianora;A. Miralto;J. T. Turner

  • The effect of changes in temperature and food on the development of Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus helgolandicus populations

    Eva Friis Møller;Marie Maar;Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir;Torkel Gissel Nielsen

  • Diet composition and quality for Calanus finmarchicus egg production and hatching success off south-west Iceland

    Sigrun Jonasdottir;H.G. Gudfinnsson;A. Gislason;O.S. Astthorsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Heath
Michael R. Heath University of Strathclyde
Torkel Gissel Nielsen
Torkel Gissel Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Erica J. H. Head
Erica J. H. Head Bedford Institute of Oceanography
André W. Visser
André W. Visser Technical University of Denmark
Jeffrey A. Runge
Jeffrey A. Runge University of Maine
Barbara Niehoff
Barbara Niehoff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Marja Koski
Marja Koski Technical University of Denmark
Katherine Richardson
Katherine Richardson University of Copenhagen
Pierre Pepin
Pierre Pepin Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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