Elena Eriksen

Education

2017                       “Dynamics of the Barents Sea pelagic compartment: species distributions, interactions and response to climate variability” Doctoral thesis, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway

2003-06                 “Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) distribution and habitat selection in three ecosystems of the northeast Atlantic explored by Geographic Information System (GIS)” Master of Science Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway

1987-93                 “Diet of white sturgeon (Huso huso) during 1986-1991 in the Caspian Sea” Master of Science Thesis, Department of Ichthyology and fish-farming, The Technical Institute for fisheries, University of Astrakhan, Russia

Professional experience

1999-               The Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway

Scientist, some work tasks

• Nasional project “Ecologically significant and vulnerable area”, leader and participant, IMR, 2021
• The Joint Norwegian-Russian Ecosystem survey in the Barents Sea, leader, IMR , 2020-
• Program director "The Barents sea and Arctic" at IMR (2020)
• Norwegian member in the ICES ADGECO (Ecosystem overviews Advice Drafting Group), 2020-
• ICES ACOM alternate (Ecosystem), 2019-
• Co-leader for strategic initiative program “Trophic interactions in the Barents Sea - steps towards an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (TIBIA)” 2014-2019, and leader in 2018-19
• Member of the ICES SCICOM-ACOM “Integrated Ecosystem Assessments Steering Group, IEASG), 2018-
• Project leader “Polar cod egg/drift around Svalbard”, founded by Equinor, 2017-2019
• Co-chair for ICES WGIBAR (Integrated Ecosystem Assessments for the Barents Sea) 2019-2022
• Project leader at IMR HAV/WGIBAR, delivering main results to the ICES WGIBAR, 2017-
• Project leader (2018-). Norwegian-Russian cooperation: environmental status for the Barents Sea.
• Scientific coordinator for the comprehensive Joint Norwegian-Russian Ecosystem survey, 2012-2015
• Member of ICES WGIBAR (Integrated Ecosystem Assessments for the Barents Sea). https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WGIBAR.aspx
• Project leader of Joint Norwegian-Russian “Monitoring strategy in the Barents Sea”, establishing of the institute’s survey strategy focusing on optimal and effective monitoring of the Barents Sea ecosystem, 2011-2014
• Ecosystem survey team, responsible for reporting and dissemination (http://www.imr.no/tokt/okosystemtokt_i_barentshavet/nb-no)
• Member of ICES WGISUR (Working group on Integrating Surveys for the Ecosystem Approach). https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WGISUR.aspx
• Participation in the project “Arctic Counsel: OGA and AMSA 2 reports”, “BarEcoRe", “Resources in the Southeastern Barents Sea - status of knowledge”
• Participation in the project “Comparison of Marine Ecosystems of Norway and the US”, estimating of jellyfish biomass in the Barents Sea and evaluation of their effect on ecosystem, 2010
• Participation in the project (FishExChange), and analyse of 0-group fish significance in the Barents Sea ecosystem, 2007-2010
• Project leader and cruise coordinator, Joint Norwegian-Russian Ecosystem survey in the Barents Sea, 2009
• Project leader “Methodology for assessment of the capelin spawning migration in the Barents Sea”, 2008-2009
• Cruise leader, Winter capelin (spawning) survey in 2008 and 2009
• Project leader, IMR, ”0-group database IMR-PINRO”, 2006-2009
• Responsible for 0-age group fish investigation in the Barents Sea at IMR, 2006Evaluation of 0group database and calculation of new 0group indices
• Developing of 0group capelin prediction model
• Participation in the program (Capelin and herring in the Barents Sea coexistence and exclusion (BASECOEX), and developed capelin larva drift model.
• Visualization of Russian herring-fisheries maps
• Review of old Russian scientific literature about Norwegian spring-spawned herring, and wrought internal note (nr.1, 2000, IMR)

1988-97:         The Caspian Research Institute for fishery (CaspNIRKH), Astrakhan, Russia

1993-1997       Scientist, “Fish trophology” division, responsible for activity - White sturgeon (Huso huso) diet in the Caspian Sea

1990-92           Engineer, “Fish trophology” division, data-analyzing, processing of stomach samples of sturgeon and white sturgeon, survey participation)

1988-90           Laboratory assistant, “Fish trophology” division, processing of stomach samples of sturgeon and white sturgeon, survey participation

Publications (peer review)

Aarflot, J. M., Eriksen, E., Prokopchuk, I. P., Svensen, C., Søreide, J. E., Wold, A., Skogen, M. D. 2023. New insights into the Barents Sea Calanus glacialis population dynamics and distribution, Progress in Oceanography, ISSN 0079-6611, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103106.

Ingvaldsen, R.B., Eriksen, E., Gjøsæter, H. et al. Under-ice observations by trawls and multi-frequency acoustics in the Central Arctic Ocean reveals abundance and composition of pelagic fauna. Sci Rep 13, 1000 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27957-x

Skjoldal, H.R., Eriksen, E. and Gjøsæter, H. 2022. Size-fractioned zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea: spatial patterns and temporal variations during three decades of warming and strong fluctuations of the capelin stock (1989-2020). Progress in Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102852

Pecuchet, L., Jørgensen, L. L., Dolgov, A. V., Eriksen, E., Husson, B., Skern-Mauritzen, M., & Primicerio, R. (2022). Spatio-temporal turnover and drivers of bentho-demersal community and food web structure in a high-latitude marine ecosystem. Diversity and Distributions, 00, 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13580

Skjoldal, H.R., Eriksen, E., Gjøsæter, H., Skagseth, Ø., Prozorkevich, D., Lien,V.S. 2022. Recruitment variability of fish stocks in the Barents Sea: spatial and temporal variation in 0-group fish length of six commercial species during recent decades of warming (1980-2017), Progress in Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102845

Kjesbu, O. S., Sundby, S., Sandø, A. B., Alix, M., Hjøllo, S. S., Tiedemann, M., Skern-Mauritzen, M., Junge, C., Fossheim, M., Thorsen Broms, C., Søvik, G., Zimmermann, F., Nedreaas, K., Eriksen, E., Höffle, H., Hjelset, A. M., Kvamme, C., Reecht, Y., Knutsen, H., ... Huse, G. (2021). Highly mixed impacts of near-future climate change on stock productivity proxies in the North East Atlantic. Fish and Fisheries, 00, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12635

Eriksen, E., Skjoldal, H.R., Dolgov, A.V., Strand, E., Keulder-Stenevik, F., Prokopchuk, I.P., Prokhorova, T.A., Prozorkevich, D., Benzik, A.N. 2021. Diet and trophic structure of fishes in the Barents Sea: seasonal and spatial variations. Progress in Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102663 

Eriksen, E., Bagøien, E., Strand, E., Primicerio, R., Prokhorova, T., Trofimov, A., Prokopchuk, I. 2020.The record-warm Barents Sea and 0-group fish response to abnormal conditions. Frontiers in Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.13389/fmars.2020.00338  

Gjøsæter H, Huserbråten M, Vikebø F, Eriksen E 2020. Key processes regulating the early life history of Barents Sea polar cod. Polar Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02656-9     

Shadrin, A.M., Makhotin V.V. and Eriksen E. 2020. Incubation Temperature Effect on Qualitative and Quantitative Composition of Abnormalities and Mortality Rate in Embryogenesis of the Barents Sea Capelin Mallotus villosus (Osmeridae). Journal of Ichthyology, 60: 79–89. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945220010142

Eriksen, E., Benzik, A.N., Dolgov, A.V., Skjoldal, H.R., Vihtakari, M., Johannesen, E., Prokhorova, T.S., Keulder-Stenevik, F., Prokopchuk, I., Strand, E. 2020. Diet and trophic structure of fishes in the Barents Sea: the Norwegian-Russian program “Year of stomachs” 2015 - establishing a baseline. Progress in Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102262

Huserbråten, M., Eriksen, E., Gjøsæter, H., Vikebø, F. 2019. Polar cod in jeopardy under the retreating Arctic sea ice. Communications Biology, 2. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0649-2

Eriksen, E., Huserbråten, M., Gjøsæter, H., Vikebø, F. and Albretsen, J. 2019. Polar cod egg and larval drift patterns in the Svalbard archipelago. Polar Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02549-6

Stige, L.C., Eriksen, E., Dalpadado, P., Ono, K. 2019. Direct and indirect effects of sea ice cover on major zooplankton groups and planktivorous fishes in the Barents Sea. ICES J. Mar. Sci., fsz063. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz063

Grøsvik, B.E., Prokhorova, T., Eriksen, E., Krivosheya, P., Horneland, P.A., Prozorkevich, D. 2018. Assessment of marine litter in the Barents Sea, a part of the joint Norwegian-Russian ecosystem survey. Front. Mar. Sci., 06 March 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00072

Eriksen, E., Gjøsæter, H., Prozorkevich, D., Shamray, E., Dolgov, A., Skern-Mauritzen, M., Stiansen, J.E., Kovalev, Yu., Sunnanaa K. 2018. From single species surveys towards monitoring of the Barents Sea ecosystem. Progress in Oceanography, 166: 4-14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.09.007

Eriksen, E. 2017. Dynamics of the Barents Sea pelagic compartment: species distributions, interactions and response to climate variability. Doctoral thesis, University in Bergen, http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/15487

Eriksen, E, Bogstad, B., Dolgov, A.V., and Beck, I.M. 2017. Cod diet as an indicator of Ctenophora abundance dynamics in the Barents Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 591: 87-100. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12199

Eriksen, E., Skjoldal, H.R. Gjøsæter, H. and Primicerio R. 2017. Spatial and temporal changes in the Barents Sea pelagic compartment during the recent warming. Progress in Oceanography 151: 206-226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2016.12.009

Eriksen, E., Skjoldal, H.R., Dolgov, A.V., Dalpadado, D., Orlova, E.L., Prozorkevich, D.V. 2016. The Barents Sea euphausiids: methodological aspects of monitoring and estimation of abundance and biomass. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 73(6): 1533–1544. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw022

Eriksen, E., Ingvaldsen, R. B., Nedreaas, K. and Prozorkevich, D. 2015. The effect of recent warming on polar cod and beaked redfish juveniles in the Barents Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science 2: 105–112.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2015.09.001

Eriksen, E. 2015. Do scyphozoan jellyfish limit the habitat of pelagic species in the Barents Sea during the late feeding period? ICES J Mar Sci ICES 73(2):  217-226. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv183

Underwood, M.J., Rosen, S., Engås, A., Eriksen, E. 2014. Deep Vision: An In-Trawl Stereo Camera Makes a Step Forward in Monitoring the Pelagic Community. PLoS ONE 9(11): e112304. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112304

Eriksen, E., Durif C.M.F., and Prozorkevich, D. 2014. Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in the Barents Sea: development of biomass and abundance indices, and spatial distribution. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 71(9): 2398–2402. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu059

Svetocheva, O.N., and Eriksen, E.2013. Morphological Characteristics of the Demersal Fish Otoliths. Herald of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4: 91-104, http://www.kolasc.net.ru/russian/news/vestnik/vestnik-4-2013.pdf (In Russian).

Michalsen K., Dalpadado P., Eriksen E., Gjøsæter H., Ingvaldsen R.B., Johannesen E., Jørgensen L.L., Knutsen T., Prozorkevich D., and Skern-Mauritzen, M. 2013. Marine living resources of the Barents Sea – Ecosystem understanding and monitoring in a climate change perspective, Marine Biology Research, 9:9, 932-947

Condon R.H., Duarte C.M., K.A., Kelly L. Robinson, Lucas C.H., Sutherland K.R., Mianzan H.W., Bogeberg W., Purcell J.R, Decker M.B., Uye S., Madin L.P., Brodeur R.D., Haddock S.H.D., Malej A., Parry G.D., Eriksen E., Quiñones J., Acha M., Harvey M., Arthur J.A., and Graham W.M. 2012. Recurrent jellyfish blooms are a consequence of global oscillations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1210920110

Eriksen E, Prozorkevich D, Trofimov A, Howell D 2012. Biomass of Scyphozoan Jellyfish, and Its Spatial Association with 0-Group Fish in the Barents Sea. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33050.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033050

Johannesen, E., Ingvaldsen, R., Dalpadado. P., Skern-Mauritzen, M., Stiansen, J.E., Eriksen, E., Gjøsæter, H., Bogstad, B. and Knutsen, T. 2012. Barents Sea ecosystem state: climate fluctuations, human impact and trophic interactions. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 69 (5): 880-889, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fss046

 Eriksen E., Prokhorova T., and Johannesen E. 2012. Long term changes in abundance and spatial distribution of pelagic Agonidae, Ammodytidae, Liparidae, Cottidae, Myctophidae and Stichaeidae in the Barents Sea. In: M. Ali (ed.) Diversity of Ecosystems, ISBN: 978-953-51-0572-5, InTech, Croatia, pp 107-126.

Eriksen E, Ingvaldsen R, Stiansen JE, Johansen GO. 2012. Thermal habitat for 0-group fishes in the Barents Sea; how climate variability impacts their density, length and geographical distribution. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69(5): 870–879, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsr210

Eriksen E., Bogstad B., Nakken O. 2011. Ecological significance of 0-group fish in the Barents Sea ecosystem. Polar Biol 34:647–657, doi 10.1007/s00300-010-0920-y

Eriksen E. and Dalpadado P. 2011. Long-term changes in Krill biomass and distribution in the Barents Sea: are the changes mainly related to capelin stock size and temperature conditions? Polar Biol 34(9):1399-1409, doi 10.1007/s00300-011-0995-0

Vikebø FB, Ådlandsvik B, Albretsen J, Sundby S, Stenevik EK, Huse G, Svendsen E, Kristiansen T, Eriksen E. 2011. Real-Time Ichthyoplankton Drift in Northeast Arctic Cod and Norwegian Spring-Spawning Herring. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27367. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027367

Eriksen, E. and Prozorkevich, D. 2011. 0-group survey. In: Jakobsen T and Ozhigin V (ed) The Barents Sea ecosystem, resources, management. Half a century of Russian-Norwegian cooperation. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim, pp 557-569.

Eriksen E., Prozorkevich D., Dingsør G., 2009. An evaluation of 0-group abundance indices of Barents Sea fish stocks, The Open Fish Science Journal, Volume 2, pp. 6-14.

Dalpadado P., Bogstad B., Eriksen E and Rey L. 2009. Distribution and diet of 0-group cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in the Barents Sea in relation to food availability and temperature. Polar biol 32(11):1583-1596

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Reports and other publications

ICES. 2022. Working Group on the Integrated Assessments of the Barents Sea (WGIBAR). ICES Scientific Reports. 4:50. 235 pp. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.20051438

Eriksen, E., van der Meeren, G.I., Nilsen, B. M., Johnsen, H. og von Quillfeldt, C. H. (red. 2021). «Særlig verdifulle og sårbare områder (SVO) i norske havområder – Miljøverdi». Rapport fra havforskningen 2021-26,

ICES. 2021. Working Group on the Integrated Assessments of the Barents Sea (WGIBAR). ICES Scientific Reports. 3:77. 236 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.8241

ICES. 2020. Working Group on the Integrated Assessments of the Barents Sea (WGIBAR). ICES Scientific Reports. 2:30. 206 pp. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5998

ICES. 2019. The Working Group on the Integrated Assessments of the Barents Sea (WGIBAR). ICES Scientific Reports. 1:42. 157 pp. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5536

ICES. 2018. Interim Report of the Working Group on the Integrated Assessments of the Barents Sea (WGIBAR). WGIBAR 2018 REPORT 9-12 March 2018. Tromsø, Norway. ICES CM 2018/IEASG:04. 210 pp

Prozorkevich, D. and Eriksen, E. 2013.Significance of cod settlement on 0-group cod abundance indices. Proceedings of the 16th Norwegian-Russian symposium, Sochi, 10-12 September 2013: Assessments for management of living marine resources in the Barents Sea and adjacent waters – a focus on methodology, pp 34-39

Eriksen, E., Orlova, E.L., Dolgov, A., Dalpadado, P., and Skjoldal, H.R. 2013. The methodological challenges to evaluation of euphausiids stocks and their role in the Barents Sea ecosystem. The 16th Norwegian-Russian symposium, Sochi, 10-12 September 2013: Assessments for management of living marine resources in the Barents Sea and adjacent waters – a focus on methodology pp 33.

Eriksen, E., Svetocheva, O., and Haug T. 2011. Barents Sea Ammodytidae and their availability for the top predators during summer-autumn feeding. Proceedings of the 15th Russian-Norwegian Symposium, Longyearbyen, Norway, 6-9 September 2011. 181-188.

Eriksen, E., Shadrin, A, Makhotin, V., and Gjøsæter, H. 2011. Studies of early development of Barents Sea capelin in different temperature conditions. Proceedings of the 15th Russian-Norwegian Symposium, Longyearbyen, Norway, 6-9 September 2011, pp 69-78

Eriksen, E., Johansen, G.O., Ingvaldsen, R., and Stiansen JE. 2011 Proceedings of the 15th Russian-Norwegian Symposium, Longyearbyen, Norway, 6-9 September 2011, pp 139-146

Howell, D, Filin, A, Bogstad, B, Stiansen, JE and Eriksen, E.2011. Unquantifiable uncertainty in projecting stock response to climatechange: Example from NEA cod. Proceedings of the 15th Russian-Norwegian Symposium, Longyearbyen, Norway, 6-9 September 2011, pp 246

Michalsen, K, Dalpadado, D, Eriksen, E, Gjøsæter, H, Ingvaldsen, R, Johannesen, E, Jørgensen, L, Knutsen T, Prozorkevich, D, and Skern-Mauritzen, M. 2011. The joint Norwegian-Russian ecosystem survey: overview and lessons learned. Proceedings of the 15th Russian-Norwegian Symposium, Longyearbyen, Norway, 6-9 September 2011, pp 247-272

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