Projects
NIVA allocated 1.2 mill NOK from the institute’s basic funding to support six research projects on land-ocean interactions. Five of there are directly related to the infrastructure in Storelva-Sandnesfjorden.
Littoral vegetation and benthic fauna along the salinity gradient from Songevatn to Sandnesfjorden
Project leader: Tone Kroglund; E-mail: ton@niva.no
Monitoring of hydrophysical and hydrochemical variables in Storelva river, Steaelva river and in the Nævestad fjord
Project leader: Øyvind Kaste; E-mail: oka@niva.no
Characterisation of dissolved organic matter in the river and the fjord
Project leader: Carlos Escudero; E-mail: ces@niva.no
Real-time modelling of temperature and salinity in Songevatn, Nævestad fjord and the Sandnes fjord
Project leader: John Rune Selvik; E-mail: jse@niva.no
Climate-mediated increases in organic matter export to coastal waters: Effects on lower food web structure and contaminant bioaccumulation
Project leader: Amanda Poste; E-mail: apo@niva.no