Flagship leader: Eldbjørg Heimstad, NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Resaearch, esh@nilu.no

The effects of contaminants on human health and Arctic communities

Dioxins in reindeer and reindeer herders (and their families) from Sør-Varanger – lessons learned and risk management in theory and practice

Project leaderTorkjel Sandanger torkjel.sandanger@uit.no  torkjel.sandanger@nilu.no

Participating institutions: NILU, UiT, NORUT, ApN TI, UoOu

Human biomonitoring and mechanistic modelling of organic compounds across time (1986-2007) in 30 year old Tromsø men

Linda Hanssen linda.hanssen@nilu.no

NILU, UiT, ApN, UNN, INSPQ

The fate and effects of contaminants in Northern ecosystem in combination with climate change, natural and anthropogenic stressors

From FRAM research to sound policy making: Assessment of siloxane use and its potential risk to Arctic environments

Nicholas Warner nicholas.warner@nilu.no

NILU, ApN, UoL, SU

Climate mediated increases in organic matter export to arctic coastal waters

Amanda Poste amanda.poste@niva.no

NIVA, ApN, UiT, NPI, Salt.nu, UoO

Impacts of environmental contaminants and natural stressors on northern raptors

Jan Ove Bustnes jan.o.bustnes@nina.no

NINA, NILU, NTNU, UiT, UoA, AU, UoMu

Multi-stress relationships in seabird populations: interactions between natural stressors and environmental contaminants

Jan Ove Bustnes jan.o.bustnes@nina.no

NINA, NPI, NILU, ApN, UoO, CEBC

Microplastics in arctic marine food chains; biological uptake pathways and socio-economic consequences

Claudia Halsband claudia.halsband@akvaplan.niva.no  Dorte Herzke dorte.herzke@nilu.no

ApN, NIVA, NILU, IMR, NINA, NORUT, NPI, UNIS, Salt.nu,

Contaminant levels and effects in killer (Orcinus orca) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) present in Northern-Norway.

Jenny Bytingsvik jby@akvaplan.niva.no

ApN, NIVA, NILU, UiT, IVM, VU

Is the immune defense of Arctic charr in Lake Ellasjøen, Bjørnøya, compromised by their pollutant burden?

Even H. Jørgensen even.jorgensen@uit.no

UiT, ApN, NILU, UoCa Hazardous substances

Impact from industrial development and urbanization in the North – Fate and effects of pollutants on Arctic ecosystems

Transformation properties and environmental risk-pharmaceuticals

Roland Kallenborn roland.kallenborn@nmbu.no

NMBU, UNIS, NILU, NORUT, NPI, ApN, SRCES-RAS

Single and mixture exposure of key Arctic contaminants (POPs, heavy metals and PAHs) in Icelandic scallops (Chlamys islandica) using in vitro approach.

Perrine Geraudie pge@akvaplan.niva.no

ApN, NIVA, NILU, IDAEACSIC, LIENSs

Impact of Arctic urbanization on the occurrence of new “urban” contaminants in the Norwegian Arctic

Pernilla Bohlin Nizzetto pbn@nilu.no

NILU, NIVA, ApN, RECETOX

Risk governance – Communicating and applying research results

Case Orrefjell

Louise Kiel Jensen louise.kiel.jensen@nrpa.no

NRPA, NORUT, NMBU, NGU

Bringing the Arctic perspective to global conventions – The role of science in the negotiations towards the adoption of the Minamata Convention

Froukje Maria Platjouw fmp@niva.no  

NIVA, ApN, UiT

Abbreviations: AARI: The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute; ApN: Akvaplan-niva Inc.; AU: Aarhus University; AWI: Alfred Wegener Institute; BAS: British Antarctic Survey; BC: Bates College; BedIn: Bedford Institute; BOS: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science; BS: The Bjerknes Centre; CEBC: Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé; Cedre: Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution; CEH: The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; CNRS: The National Center for Scientific Research; CRRL: Control/Robotics Research Laboratory (NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering); CU: Clemson University; DTU: Technical University of Denmark; FMI: Finnish Meteorological Institute; FNI: Fridtjof Nansen Institue; FOC: Fisheries and Oceans Canada; FSU: Florida State University; JAMSTEC: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research – Spanish Council for Scientific Research; IMARES: Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies; IMR: Institute of Marine Research; INSPQ: Public Health Expertise and Reference Centre – Québec; IVM: Institute for Environmental Studies; LIENSs: Littoral, Environment and Societies, La Rochelle University; LRU: La Rochelle University; LUKE: Natural Resources Institute Finland; MET: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute; MU: Massey University; NAMMCO: North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission; NBIC: Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre; NCA: The Norwegian Coastal Administration; NCAOR: National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research; NGU: Geological Survey of Norway; NIBIO: The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research; NINA: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; NIKU: The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research; NILU: Norwegian Institute for Air Research; NIVA: Norwegian Institute for Water Research; NMBU: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Nofima: The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research; NORUT: Northern Research Institute; NPI: Norwegian Polar Institute; NRPA: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority; NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; OASYS: Ocean Atmosphere Systems – Research; PAS: Polish Academy of Sciences; PINRO: Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography; RAS: Russian Academy of Sciences; RECETOX: Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment; RU: Ryerson University; SAMS: The Scottish Association for Marine Science; SCNN: Science Centre of Northern Norway; SINTEF: The Company for Industrial Research areas/Project titles Project leader (s) Participating institutions Flagship E-mail project leader Consequences for cultural heritage and society Sea urchin harvest: Ecosystem recovery, integrated management of social-ecological system, ecosystem service and sustainability Wenting Chen NIVA, UiT, Nofima, UoC MIKON wenting.chen@niva.no The impact of extractive industries and tourism on socioecological dynamics in the Arctic Vera Hausner UiT, NINA MIKON vera.hausner@uit.no Ecosystem services and coastal governance Einar Eythorsson NIKU, Nofima MIKON einar.eythorsson@niku.no 12 and Technological Research; SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography; SRCES-RAS: Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety – Russian Academy of Sciences; SU: Stockholm University; TCD: Trinity College Dublin; TI: Thule Institute; TM: Tromsø Municipality; TO: Troms Offshore; UAF: University of Alaska – Fairbanks; UiT: UiT The Arctic University of Norway; UNIS: The University Centre in Svalbard; UNN: University Hospital of North Norway; UoA: University of Antwerpen; UoC: University of California; UoCa: University of Calgary; UoF: University of Freiburg; UoG: University of Gent; UoGd: University of Gdańsk; UoGo: University of Gothenburg; UoGr: University of Groningen; UoH: University of Hokkaido; UoIs: University of Island; UoL: University of Leicester; UoLa: University of Laval; UoO: University of Oslo; UoOu: University of Oulu; UoM: University of Maine; UoMu: University of Murcia; UoNB: University of New Brunswick; UoQ: University of Queensland; UoR: University of Reading; UoStA: University of St. Andrews; UoWa: University of Waterloo; UQAR: Université du Québec à Rimouski; UT: University of Texas; UTu: University of Turku; VU: Vrije University Amsterdam; WHOI: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; WU: Wageningen University