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Stein Fredriksen

Stein Fredriksen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
35
Citations
5755
World Ranking
9271
National Ranking
118

Overview

Stein Fredriksen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular attention to oceanography and ecology.

Their work spans a range of topics related to marine and coastal environments. These include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Fredriksen has contributed to multiple scientific publications. Among their recent papers are:

  • Green gravel: a novel restoration tool to combat kelp forest decline, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Marine heatwaves and the collapse of marginal North Atlantic kelp forests, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Effects of climate change on marine coastal ecosystems - A review to guide research and management, 2023, Biological Conservation
  • Homogenization and miniaturization of habitat structure in temperate marine forests, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • The Saccharina latissima microbiome: Effects of region, season, and physiology, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology

They have frequently published in journals and platforms such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Phycology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent collaborators in Fredriksen's research include Hartvig Christie, Kjell Magnus Norderhaug, Hege Gundersen, Kasper Hancke, and Trine Bekkby.

Best Publications

  • Macrophytes as habitat for fauna

    Hartvig Christie;Kjell Magnus Norderhaug;Stein Fredriksen

  • Mechanistic interpretation of carbon isotope discrimination by marine macroalgae and seagrasses.

    John A. Raven;Andrew M. Johnston;Janet E. Kübler;Rebecca Korb

  • Food web studies in a Norwegian kelp forest based on stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) analysis

    Stein Fredriksen

  • Biodiversity mediates top–down control in eelgrass ecosystems: a global comparative‐experimental approach

    J Emmett Duffy;J Emmett Duffy;Pamela L Reynolds;Christoffer Boström;James A Coyer

  • Distribution, structure and function of Nordic eelgrass (Zostera marina) ecosystems: implications for coastal management and conservation

    Christoffer Boström;Susanne Baden;Anna-Christina Bockelmann;Karsten Dromph

  • Fish–macrofauna interactions in a kelp ( Laminaria hyperborea ) forest

    k.m. norderhaug;h. christie;j.h. fosså;s. fredriksen

  • Production, respiration and exudation of dissolved organic matter by the kelp Laminaria hyperborea along the west coast of Norway

    Mohammed I. Abdullah;Stein Fredriksen

  • Trophic importance of Laminaria hyperborea to kelp forest consumers and the importance of bacterial degradation to food quality

    K. M. Norderhaug;S. Fredriksen;K. Nygaard

  • Regrowth of kelp and colonization of epiphyte and fauna community after kelp trawling at the coast of Norway

    Hartvig Christie;Stein Fredriksen;Eli Rinde

  • Arctic kelp forests: Diversity, resilience and future

    Karen Filbee-Dexter;Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Stein Fredriksen;Kjell Magnus Norderhaug

  • Marine heatwaves and the collapse of marginal North Atlantic kelp forests.

    K. Filbee-Dexter;T. Wernberg;S. P. Grace;J. Thormar

  • Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment

    R. M. Araujo;J. Assis;R. Aguillar;L. Airoldi

  • Changes in kelp forest biomass and depth distribution in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, between 1996–1998 and 2012–2014 reflect Arctic warming

    Inka Bartsch;Martin Paar;Stein Fredriksen;Max Schwanitz

  • Effects of wave exposure on population structure, demography, biomass and productivity of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea

    Morten Foldager Pedersen;Lars Brammer Nejrup;Stein Fredriksen;Hartvig Christie

  • Infauna from Zostera marina L. meadows in Norway. Differences in vegetated and unvegetated areas

    Stein Fredriksen;Annelies De Backer;Christoffer Boström;Hartvig Christie

  • Species richness in macroalgae and macrofauna assemblages on Fucus serratus L. (Phaeophyceae) and Zostera marina L. (Angiospermae) in Skagerrak, Norway

    Stein Fredriksen;Hartvig Christie;Bjarte Andre Sæthre

  • Seasonal Patterns of Sporophyte Growth, Fertility, Fouling, and Mortality of Saccharina latissima in Skagerrak, Norway: Implications for Forest Recovery

    Guri Sogn Andersen;Henning Steen;Hartvig Christie;Stein Fredriksen

  • Isotopic and elemental indicators of nutrient sources and status of coastal habitats in the Caribbean Sea, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Troy Mutchler;Kenneth H. Dunton;Amy Townsend-Small;Stein Fredriksen

  • Seaweeds in cold seas: evolution and carbon acquisition.

    John A. Raven;Andrew M. Johnston;Andrew M. Johnston;Janet E. Kübler;Janet E. Kübler;Rebecca Korb;Rebecca Korb

  • Growth allocation in Laminaria hyperborea (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in relation to age and wave exposure

    Sjøtun K;Fredriksen S

  • Spore dispersal in Laminaria hyperborea (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)

    Stein Fredriksen;Kjersti Sjøtun;Tor Eiliv Lein;Jan Rueness

  • Trophic studies in a high-latitude fjord ecosystem — a comparison of stable isotope analyses (δ13C and δ15N) and trophic-level estimates from a mass-balance model

    Marianne NilsenM. Nilsen;Torstein PedersenT. Pedersen;Einar Magnus NilssenE.M. Nilssen;Stein FredriksenS. Fredriksen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartvig Christie
Hartvig Christie Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Morten Foldager Pedersen
Morten Foldager Pedersen Roskilde University
Christian Wiencke
Christian Wiencke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Jason M. Hall-Spencer Plymouth University
Kenneth H. Dunton
Kenneth H. Dunton The University of Texas at Austin
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
Christoffer Boström
Christoffer Boström Åbo Akademi University
Henrik Pavia
Henrik Pavia University of Gothenburg
Kai Bischof
Kai Bischof University of Bremen

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