In a recent publication, Theresa Henke and co-authors looked at what anglers think about European flounder (Platichthys flesus). Flounder is an alien species that has been swimming in Icelandic waters since around 1999 and can now be found in fjords, rivers and lakes in most regions of Iceland. In many regions flounder can be […]
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Written with Guðbjörg Ósk Jónsdóttir. At the end of May Guðbjörg Ósk Jónsdóttir and her team published an article on the diversity of jaw bones in Arctic charr. They looked into the differences in the skull of the Arctic charr morphs in Thingvallavatn. A little bit of background on the Arctic charr
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In April Sammi Lai and her team published an article about how the amount and variety of food affects young salmon. Their study sites were four rivers in Northeast Iceland (see map). They looked into which invertebrates (animals without a backbone) could be found in the rivers and by finding out what young salmon
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In April, Camille Leblanc published an article on diversity in Arctic charr populations that live in the caves of lake Mývatn. Read the poster below for more information! Do you want to read more? Find the article here: Fine scale diversity in the lava. Feel free to leave comments below and we get
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