MARICE: Marine Academic Research in Iceland

Marine Academic Research in Iceland (MARICE)

is a research group at the University of Iceland
Our group membership is diverse consisting of faculty, postdocs and students currently originating from Iceland, UK, Germany, Portugal, Australia and Uganda. Our diversity is also reflected in the wide breadth of scientific research pursued by group members and their collaborators.

However, the Icelandic marine environment is the common theme and focus of MARICE research activities. We investigate life history variation; reproductive biology; behavioural and physiological ecology; population genetics; marine biogeography and phylogeography; and utilise statistical, ecological, and oceanographic modelling tools to do so. 

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Current News - In Brief

Ocean Science

[04.2012] Kai Logemann et al have paper accepted for discussion at Ocean Science


MARICE members Kai Logemann and Guðrún Marteinsdóttir have a paper accepted for discussion in the journal Ocean Science.  The paper is entitled "The circulation of Icelandic waters - a modelling study" and can be found here.



Fraser

[04.2012] Fraser Cameron begins field work in Stöðvarfjörður


Fraser is collecting blood samples and morphological data daily from cod kept in netpens outside Stöðvarfjörður in the east fjords. The aim of this work is to sample the population throughout the spawning period.



Sushi: a global catch

[04.2012] Sushi: the global catch


MARICE members Jed MacDonald and Will Butler collaborated with Loft hostel to bring an exclusive screening of Sushi: the global catch to Reykjavik. The documentary examines the tradition of sushi, its global expansion and the strain it has put on fish resources worldwide, particularly bluefin tuna. Jed and Will led a post-film discussion focusing on topics raised in the film, and increasing awareness at the consumer level.



Gudrun

[03.2012] Guðrún Marteinsdóttir has a three month sabbatical at SARDI, Adelaide


Guðrún is staying at the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre (division of SARDI) in Adelaide for three months. The sabbatical will be used, amongst other things, to explore and compare ideas and current research on the effects of hydrodynamic variability on behaviour and distribution of marine organisms. One of the aims is to assess the feasibility of constructing and implementing a coupled bio- and hydrodynamic Information System for the North Atlantic as well regions in the southern ocean.



Klara

[02.2013] Klara Jakobsdóttir successfully defends her PhD thesis


MARICE member Klara Björg Jakobsdóttir successfully defended her PhD thesis "The historical genetic variation in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in Icelandic waters". Congratulations Klara!



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[01.2013] Register now for the University of Iceland Graduate summer program in Marine & Fisheries Science

The University of Iceland will be running three graduate courses in May to July 2012: Data Analysis for Scientists using R, Fisheries Ecology - Management and Conservation of Resources in a Changing Ocean, and Studying Marine Mammals in the Wild.

The program aims to provide graduate students a one of a kind, immersive experience in fisheries ecology, marine resource management and marine conservation within the perspective of climate change. Courses and hands-on fieldwork are conducted at various locations in Iceland. All lectures are conducted in English by professors and researchers at the University of Iceland. Additional lectures are conducted by invited guest speakers internationally recognized for their outstanding achievements in their respective fields.

Courses vary in size from 4-8 ECTs and each lasts a period of 1-3 weeks. The courses consists of a mixture of formal lectures, discussion groups, field or laboratory exercises, and computer modeling.

Students must be registered at a university to be eligible for the courses. Information about the program can be found on the Marine Education in Iceland website, or in the student guidelines available here. Deadline for registration is 26th February 2013.


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[12.2012] MARICE says goodbye to Elena


Elena Guijarro works at the Spanish Oceanography Institute in Vigo and has been a MARICE guest for the past three months. During this period, she worked on the Spanish survey data collected annually in the tail of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. Her project aimed to find links among the state of the cod stock in the area over the past 18 years and a number of environmental (bottom temperature variability, food availability) and anthropogenic (accidental catches, fishing disturbance) factors. Her work has been funded by International Campus of Excellence Campus do Mar. It's been great having Elena at MARICE the last three months and we hope to have further collaborations in the future.



PLOS ONE

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[12.2012] New paper on cod spawning habitat and behaviour in Icelandic waters


Tim Grabowski (MARICE alumni) has published a paper in PLOS ONE entitled "Characterization of Atlantic Cod Spawning Habitat and Behavior in Icelandic Coastal Waters", Bruce McAdam (MARICE alumni) and Guðrún Marteinsdóttir are coauthors. Using DIDSON sonar and ROV, benthic habitat structures and cod spawning behaviour were observed and analysed. The findings suggest suggest that cod do not choose spawning locations indiscriminately despite the fact that it is a broadcast spawning fish with planktonic eggs. The paper can be found here.



Fraser

Jed

[10.2012] MARICE welcomes two new PhD students, Fraser and Jed


Two new PhD students started at MARICE recently, Fraser Cameron and Jed Macdonald.

Fraser's project is entitled 'Cod lunacy: Assessing the entrainment and adaptive significance of environmental cycles on the timing of Atlantic cod reproduction'. Fraser will be looking to confirm recent observations of cyclical spawning behaviour in Atlantic cod, and assessing its adaptive significance and potential effects on cod mating systems. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with the University of Iceland's Department of Physiology, Hafró and Texas Tech University.

Jed's PhD is entitled 'Hydrodynamic Information Systems'. He will be developing a "Fish Finding Tool" which will link the physical environment (CODE) with life-history-behaviour  (LBE) to create catch predictions for target species. This project is a collaboration between MARICE and Hafró.

Welcome Fraser and Jed!




   Leader, Professor  
  Guðrún Marteinsdóttir
Postdoc  
  Kai Logemann
Postdoc  
  Pamela Wood
PhD student  email
  Heather Philp
PhD student  email
  Jónas Páll Jónasson
PhD student  email
  Anthony Taabu Munyaho
PhD student  email
  William Butler
PhD student  email
  Hlynur Bárðarson
PhD student  email
  Teresa Silva
PhD student  email
  Cecilia Kvaavik
PhD student  email
  Fraser Cameron
PhD student  email
  Jed Macdonald
MSc student  email
  Lovísa Guðmundsdóttir
MSc student  email
  Egill Guðmundsson
MSc student  email
  Mist Elíasdóttir
MSc student  email
  Elzbieta Baranowska
MSc student  email
  Viðar Engilbertsson
MSc student  email
  Ásthildur Erlingsdóttir


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MARICE Alumni
 

Postdoc  email
  Guðni Magnús Eiríksson
Postdoc  
  Bruce McAdam
PhD student  email
  Klara Jakobsdottir
PhD student 
  Heidi Pardoe
Postdoc  
  Tim Grabowski
MSc student 
  Lísa Anne Libungan
MSc student 
  Erna Karen Óskarsdóttir
MSc student 
  Lilja Stefansdóttir


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