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Ulf Båmstedt

Ulf Båmstedt

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5590
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4311
National Ranking
104

Overview

Ulf Båmstedt is a researcher affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Paleontology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

Their research extensively covers topics related to marine sciences, including Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and broader Marine and Environmental Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Båmstedt include Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, where two of their recent papers were published, as well as Crustaceana, Journal of Plankton Research, and the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ulf Båmstedt include:

  • Salinity effects on egg production, hatching, and survival of Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda, Calanoida), 2020, Crustaceana
  • Fecundity and early life of the deep-water jellyfish Periphylla periphylla, 2020, Journal of Plankton Research
  • Life history traits of the deep-water medusa Periphylla periphylla as revealed through failure and recovery of recruitment, 2023, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Life History of a Deep-Water Medusa: First Records of Size, Longevity, Growth and Recruitment at Varying Ages, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Decomposing medusae as substrata for bacterial growth and their potential contribution to environmental hypoxia, 2022, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Båmstedt collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Lauri Kuismanen, Louise Forsblom, Jonna Engström-Öst, Olivier Glippa, and Ilka Sötje.

Best Publications

  • Efficiency of a phytoplankton‐based and a bacterial‐based food web in a pelagic marine system

    Johnny Berglund;Umut Müren;Ulf Båmstedt;Agneta Andersson

  • Oxygen and carbon isotope ratios related to growth line patterns in skeletons of Lophelia pertusa (L) (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): Implications for determination of linear extension rate

    Pål Buhl Mortensen;Hans Tore Rapp;Ulf Båmstedt

  • Growth rate and toxicity of Prymnesium parvum and Prymnesium patelliferum(haptophyta) in response to changes in salinity, light and temperature

    Aud Larsen;Sarah Bryant;Ulf Båmstedt

  • Trophodynamics of the scyphomedusae Aurelia aurita . Predation rate in relation to abundance, size and type of prey organism

    Ulf Båmstedt

  • ETS activity as an estimator of respiratory rate of zooplankton populations. The significance of variations in environmental factors

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  • Turnover of dead jellyfish: stimulation and retardation of microbial activity

    Josefin Titelman;Lasse Riemann;Tom A. Sørnes;Trygve Nilsen

  • Grazing rates of the copepods Calanus glacialis and C. finmarchicus in arctic waters of the Barents Sea

    K. S. Tande;U. Båmstedt

  • Euphausiid predation on copepods in coastal waters of the Northeast Atlantic

    Ulf Båmstedt;Karin Karlson

  • Distribution, abundance, behavior and metabolism of Periphylla periphylla, a mesopelagic coronate medusa in a Norwegian fjord

    Marsh J. Youngbluth;Ulf Båmstedt

  • Zooplankton growth, diet and reproductive success compared in simultaneous diatom- and flagellate-microzooplankton-dominated plankton blooms

    Jens C. Nejstgaard;Bent Hansen Hygum;Lars-Johan Naustvoll;Ulf Båmstedt

  • Nutritional ecology of gelatinous planktonic predators. Digestion rate in relation to type and amount of prey

    Monica B Martinussen;Ulf Båmstedt

  • Coastal cod and north-east Arctic cod - do they mingle at the spawning grounds in Lofoten?

    Jarle Tryti Nordeide;Ulf Båmstedt

  • Food regulation of growth and maturation in a natural population of Aurelia aurita (L.)

    Haruto Ishii;Ulf Båmstedt

  • THE HOLOPELAGIC LIFE CYCLE OF THE DEEP-SEA MEDUSA PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA (SCYPHOZOA, CORONATAE)

    Gerhard Jarms;Ulf Båmstedt;Henry Tiemann;Monica B. Martinussen

  • Causes for mass occurrences of the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla: a hypothesis that involves optically conditioned retention

    Tom A. Sørnes;Dag L. Aksnes;Ulf Båmstedt;Ulf Båmstedt;Marsh J. Youngbluth

  • Impacts of elevated terrestrial nutrient loads and temperature on pelagic food-web efficiency and fish production.

    Robert Lefebure;Rickard Degerman;Agneta Andersson;Stefan Larsson

  • Colloquium on diatom-copepod interactions

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

  • Trophodynamics of the two scyphozoan jellyfishes, Aurelia aurita and Cyanea capillata, in western Norway

    U. Bamstedt;M. B. Martinussen;S. Matsakis

  • Development and biology of Periphyllaperiphylla (Scyphozoa: Coronatae) in a Norwegian fjord

    G. Jarms;H. Tiemann;U. Båmstedt

  • On the trophic fate of Phaeocystis pouchetii. I. Copepod feeding rates on solitary cells and colonies of P. pouchetii

    K.S. Tande;U. Båmstedt

  • Is the scyphomedusa Cyanea capillata (l.) dependent on gelatinous prey for its early development

    Ulf Båmstedt;Haruto Ishii;Monica B. Martlnussen

  • Ecological significance of individual variability in copepod bioenergetics

    Ulf Båmstedt

  • Seasonal changes in the gelatinous zooplankton community and hydromedusa abundances in Korsfjord and Fanafjord, western Norway

    Aino Hosia;Ulf Båmstedt

  • An evaluation of acoustic and video methods to estimate the abundance and vertical distribution of jellyfish

    Ulf Båmstedt;Stein Kaartvedt;Marsh Youngbluth

  • Effects of starvation, season, and diet on the free amino acid and protein content of Calanus finmarchicus females

    Synnøve Helland;Jens Christian Nejstgaard;Hans Jørgen Fyhn;Jorun K. Egge

Frequent Co-Authors

Agneta Andersson
Agneta Andersson Umeå University
Pär Byström
Pär Byström Umeå University
Georg Pohnert
Georg Pohnert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dag L. Aksnes
Dag L. Aksnes University of Bergen
Lasse Riemann
Lasse Riemann University of Copenhagen
Albert Calbet
Albert Calbet Spanish National Research Council
Angelo Fontana
Angelo Fontana National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Shin-ichi Uye
Shin-ichi Uye Hiroshima University
Sigrun Jonasdottir
Sigrun Jonasdottir Technical University of Denmark

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