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Sigurd Einum is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. The primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research covers a range of main topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sigurd Einum include Tim Burton, Veerle L.B. Jaspers, Emily G. Simmonds, Christoffer Wold Andersen, and Claudia Battistin.

They have published regularly in key venues, with multiple papers appearing in Ecology Letters, Ecology and Evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment, and Functional Ecology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sigurd Einum include:

  • "On the use of the coefficient of variation to quantify and compare trait variation," 2020, Evolution Letters
  • "Environmental change and the rate of phenotypic plasticity," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Divergence in rates of phenotypic plasticity among ectotherms," 2022, Ecology Letters
  • "Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines," 2022, iScience
  • "Acclimation capacity and rate change through life in the zooplankton Daphnia," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • A critical review of adaptive genetic variation in Atlantic salmon: implications for conservation

    C. Garcia de Leaniz;I. A. Fleming;S. Einum;E. Verspoor

  • Selection against late emergence and small offspring in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    Sigurd Einum;Ian A. Fleming

  • Maternal effects of egg size in brown trout (Salmo trutta): norms of reaction to environmental quality

    Sigurd. Einum;Ian.A. Fleming

  • Highly fecund mothers sacrifice offspring survival to maximize fitness

    Sigurd Einum;Ian A. Fleming

  • Genetic divergence and interactions in the wild among native, farmed and hybrid Atlantic salmon

    S. Einum;I. A. Fleming

  • Experimental tests of genetic divergence of farmed from wild Atlantic salmon due to domestication

    I. A. Fleming;S. Einum

  • Implications of Stocking: Ecological Interactions Between Wild and Released Salmonids

    Sigurd Einum;Ian A. Fleming

  • Shelter availability affects behaviour, size‐dependent and mean growth of juvenile Atlantic salmon

    A. G. Finstad;S. Einum;T. Forseth;O. Ugedal

  • Local-scale density-dependent survival of mobile organisms in continuous habitats: an experimental test using Atlantic salmon

    Sigurd Einum;Keith H. Nislow

  • The partitioning of density-dependent dispersal, growth and survival throughout ontogeny in a highly fecund organism

    Sigurd Einum;Line Sundt‐Hansen;Keith H. Nislow

  • Environmental unpredictability and offspring size: conservative versus diversified bet-hedging

    Sigurd Einum;Ian A. Fleming

  • On the use of the coefficient of variation to quantify and compare trait variation

    Christophe Pélabon;Christoffer H. Hilde;Sigurd Einum;Marlène Gamelon

  • Egg-size evolution in aquatic environments: does oxygen availability constrain size

    Sigurd Einum;Andrew P. Hendry;Ian A. Fleming

  • Atlantic salmon ecology

    Øystein Aas;Sigurd Einum;Anders Klemetsen;Jostein Skurdal

  • Rapid parallel evolutionary changes of gene transcription profiles in farmed Atlantic salmon

    Christian Roberge;Sigurd Einum;Helga Guderley;Louis Bernatchez

  • Does within-population variation in fish egg size reflect maternal influences on optimal values?

    Sigurd Einum;Ian A. Fleming

  • Genetic consequences of interbreeding between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon: insights from the transcriptome

    Christian Roberge;Éric Normandeau;Sigurd Einum;Helga Guderley

  • Cryptic choice of conspecific sperm controlled by the impact of ovarian fluid on sperm swimming behavior.

    Sarah E. Yeates;Sian E. Diamond;Sigurd Einum;Brent C. Emerson;Brent C. Emerson

  • Atlantic Salmon Ecology: Aas/Atlantic Salmon Ecology

    Øystein Aas;Sigurd Einum;Anders Klemetsen;Jostein Skurdal

  • Alternative male life‐history tactics as potential vehicles for speeding introgression of farm salmon traits into wild populations

    Dany Garant;Ian A. Fleming;Sigurd Einum;Louis Bernatchez

  • Nest distribution shaping within-stream variation in Atlantic salmon juvenile abundance and competition over small spatial scales

    Sigurd Einum;Keith H. Nislow;Simon Mckelvey;John D. Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Fleming
Ian A. Fleming Memorial University of Newfoundland
Keith H. Nislow
Keith H. Nislow US Forest Service
John D. Armstrong
John D. Armstrong Marine Scotland
Claus Bech
Claus Bech Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Matthew J. G. Gage
Matthew J. G. Gage University of East Anglia
Kjetil Hindar
Kjetil Hindar Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Jörgen I. Johnsson
Jörgen I. Johnsson University of Gothenburg
Björn Thrandur Björnsson
Björn Thrandur Björnsson University of Gothenburg
William V. Holt
William V. Holt University of Sheffield
Veerle L.B. Jaspers
Veerle L.B. Jaspers Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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