Arne Johannessen

Position

Emeritus

Affiliation

Research

The main research of professor Johannessen has been directed towards reproductive biology and recruitment studies of fish. His main interest is field oriented and concerns population biology of herring and processes and mechanisms involved in  maintaining population structure. Processes governing selection of spawning sites, spawning behaviour, migrations and early life history are integrated components of this work. His research is recently linked with studies on the local herring population in the marine ecosystem “Mare Minimum” in Lindaaspollene, Nordhordland, western Norway.

Prof. Johannessen  has also expertise in fisheries ecology of the northeast Atlantic and fish population biology in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea.

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See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Publication list.

Scientific publications in peer-review journals:

1.      Johannessen, A. 1978. Early stages of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda, Caligidae). Sarsia 63:169-176

 

2.      Johannessen, A. 1983. Recruitment studies of herring. Dr.scient.-avhandling, Universitetet i Bergen.

 

3.      Johannessen, A. 1986. Recruitment studies of herring  (Clupea harengus L.) in Lindaaspollene, western Norway, 1 - 3. FiskDir. Skr. Ser. HavUnders. 18:139–240. 

 

4.      Johannessen, A. and T. Jørgensen 1991. Stock structure and classification of herring (Clupea harengus L.) in the North Sea, Skagerrak/Kattegat and western Baltic based on a multivariate analysis of morphometric and meristic characters. Proc. Int. Herring Symp. Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 1990: 223 - 244.

 

5.      Johannessen, A. and E. Moksness 1991. Herring larvae (Clupea harengus) in the Skagerrak area from December 1987 to April 1988. Fisheries Research, 11: 155 - 170.

 

6.      Iversen, S.A., D.S. Zhu, A. Johannessen and R. Toresen 1993. Stock size, distribution and biology of anchovy in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. Fisheries Research, 16: 147 - 163. 

 

7.      Folkvord, A., G. Blom, O. Dragesund, A. Johannessen, O. Nakken and G. Nævdal 1994. A conceptual framework for enhancing and stabilizing recruitment of marine fish stocks. Symposium on Larval Fish Production, Arendal. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 25 (Suppl.1): 245 - 258.

 

8.      Folkvord, A., I.M. Haaland, O. Grahl-Nielsen and A. Johannessen 1995. Fatty acid composition of herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae from different spawning sites off western Norway. Sarsia 80 (4): 299 - 306.

 

9.      Johannessen, A., A. Slotte, O.A. Bergstad, O. Dragesund and I. Røttingen 1995. Re-appearance of Norwegian spring spawning herring (C. harengus L.) at spawning grounds off southwestern Norway. Pp.347-363 in: Skjoldal, H.R., C. Hopkins, KE. Erikstad and HP.Leinaas (eds.). Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters,Elsevier Science.

 

10.   Johannessen, A., G. Blom, A. Folkvord and H. Svendsen 1995. The effect of local wind on the distribution of early Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus  L.) larvae. Pp.365-384 in: Skjoldal, H.R., C. Hopkins, KE. Erikstad and HP. Leinaas (eds.). Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters, Elsevier Science.

 

11.   Moksness, E., K. Rukan, L. Ystanes, A. Folkvord and A. Johannessen 1995. Comparison of somatic and otolith growth in North Sea herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae; evaluation of growth dynamics in mesocosms.Pp. 119 - 134 in Secor, D.H., J.M. Dean and S. Campana (eds.). Recent Developments in Fish Otolith Research, The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science, No. 19. University of South Carolina Press.

 

12.  Nøttestad, L. M. Aksland, A. Beltestad, A. Fernø, A. Johannessen and O.A. Misund 1995. Schooling dynamics of Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus  L.) in a coastal spawning area. Sarsia 80 (4): 277 - 284.

 

13.  Stenevik,E. K., P. Fossum, A. Johannessen and A. Folkvord 1995. Identification of larvae of Norwegian spring spawning herring (C. harengus L.) from spawning grounds off southwestern Norway applying otolith microstructure analysis. Sarsia 80 (4): 285 - 292.

 

14.  Folkvord, A.,  L. Ystanes, A. Johannessen and E. Moksness (1996). RNA/DNA ratios reflect growth of herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae reared in mesocosms. Marine Biology 126: 591-602.

 

15.  Huse, G., A. Johannessen and P. Fossum 1996. A comparison of the length distributions of larval capelin (Mallotus villosus) taken by Gulf III, MIK and MOCNESS samplers. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 12: 135-136.

 

16.  Slotte, A. and A. Johannessen 1997. Exploitation of Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus  L.) before and after the stock decline; Towards a size selective fishery. Proceedings 2nd. World Fisheries Congress, vol. 2.

 

17.  Dragesund, O., A. Johannessen and Ø. Ulltang 1997. Variation in migration and abundance of Norwegian spring spawning herring (C. harengus L.). Sarsia 82: 97-105.

 

18.  Folkvord, A., K. Rukan, A. Johannessen and E. Moksness 1997. Early life history of herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae in contrasting environments determined by otolith microstructure analysis. Journ. Fish Biology 51(Supplement A): 250-263.

 

19.  Blom, G., A. Folkvord, A. Johannessen and P. Fossum 1997. Interannual variation in condition indices of larval Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus L.). Journ. Fish Biology 51 (Supplement A): 370-384.

 

20.  Suneetha, K. B., A. Folkvord and A. Johannessen 1999. Responsiveness of selected condition measures of herring, Clupea harengus, larvae to starvation in relation to ontogeny and temperature. Environm. Biol. Fish. 54: 191-204.

 

21.  Høie, H. I., A. Folkvord and A. Johannessen 1999. Maternal, paternal and temperature effects on otolith size of young herring (Clupea harengus L. ) larvae. Journ. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 234:167-184.

 

22.  Høie, H. I., A. Folkvord and A. Johannessen 1999. The influence of different parental combinations and incubation temperature on the RNA and DNA content of herring larvae at hatching: a pilot study. Journ. Fish Biology 55 (Supplement A): 110-118.

 

23.  Slotte, A., A. Johannessen and O.S. Kjesbu, 2000. Effects of fish size on spawning time in Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus L.). Journ. Fish Biology 56:295-310.

 

24.  Axelsen, B. E., L. Nøttestad, A. Fernö, A. Johannessen and O. A. Misund 2000. “Await” in the pelagic: Dynamic trade-off between reproduction and survival within a herring school splitting vertically during spawning. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 205:259-269

 

25.  Folkvord, A., G. Blom, A. Johannessen and E. Moksness 2000. Growth-dependent age estimation in herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae. Fisheries Research 46: 91-103.

 

26.  Johannessen, A., G. Blom and A. Folkvord 2000. Differences in otolith and somatic growth between spring and autumn spawned herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae. Sarsia 85:461-466 

 

27.  Johannessen, A., Iversen,S.A., X, Jin, F. Li and X. Zhao 2001. Biological investigations of anchovy and some selected fish species caught during the “Bei Dou” surveys 1984-1999. Mar. Fish. Res. 22 (4): 45-56.

 

28.  Iversen, S. A., A. Johannessen, X, Jin, F. Li and X. Zhao 2001. Development of stock size, fishery and biological aspects of anchovy based on R/V “Bei Dou” surveys 1984-1999. Mar. Fish. Res. 22 (4): 33-39. 

 

29.  Skaret, G., B.E. Axelsen L. Nøttestad, A. Fernø and A. Johannessen 2002. Herring as cannibals. Journal of Fish Biology 61: 1050-1052.

 

30.  Skaret, G., A. Fernø, L. Nøttestad, A. Johannessen and B.E. Axelsen 2003. Spawning of herring: day or night, today or tomorrow? Aquatic Living Resources, 16 (3): 299-306

 

31.  Johannessen, A. and T. Monstad 2003. Distribution, growth and exploitation of greater silver smelt (Argentina silus)(Ascanius) in Norwegian waters 1980 – 1983. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 31:319-332

 

32.  Monstad, T. and A. Johannessen 2003. Acoustic recordings of greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) in Norwegian waters and West of the British Isles. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 31: 339-351.

 

33.  Belchier M, Clemmesen C, Cortés D, Doan A, Folkvord A, García A, Geffen AJ, Høie H, Johannessen A, Moksness E, de Pontual H, Rámirez T, Schnack D, Sveinsbø B. 2004. ICES. Recruitment studies: Manual of precision and accuracy of tools. ICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Sciences, No. 33. 35 pp.

 

34.  Folkvord, A., A. Johannessen and E. Moksness 2004. Temperature dependent otolith growth in herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae. Sarsia 89:297-310

 

35.  Skaret, G., B.E. Axelsen, L. Nøttestad, A. Fernø, and  A. Johannessen 2005. The behaviour of spawning herring in relation to a survey vessel. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 62: 1061-1064.

 

36.  Wan, RJ., X. Li, Z. Zhuang and A. Johannessen, 2007. The point of no return and pectoral angle of Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) larvae during growth and starvation.  Acta Oceanologia Sinica, vol. 26 (5): 144-152.

 

37.  Bogetveit, F.R., A. Slotte and A. Johannessen 2008. Aggregation and diet of cod, haddock and saithe related to the spawning migration of Barents Sea capelin. Journal of Fish Biology 72:1-23.

 

38.  Lise Langård, Jan Tore Øvredal, Arne Johannessen Leif Nøttestad, Georg Skaret, Anders Fernö and Magnus Wahlberg 2008. Sound production in pre-spawning herring, cod and haddock in a naturally enclosed ecosystem. Bioacoustics. The International Journal of Animal Sound and its Recordings 17: 38-40.

 

39.  Johannessen, A., Nøttestad, L., Fernö, A., Langård, L. and Skaret G. 2009. Two components of Northeast Atlantic herring within the same school during spawning: support for the existence of a metapopulation? – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66 (8): 1740–1748

 

40.  Folkvord, A., H. Høie, A. Johannessen, T. Solbakken 2009. Effects of prey concentration, light regime, and parental origin on growth and survival of herring under controlled experimental conditions. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66 (8): 1702-1709

 

41.  Folkvord, A., Ø. Fiksen, H. Høie, A. Johannessen, E. Otterlei, Vollseth. K.W. 2009.  What can size distributions within cohorts  tell us about ecological processes in fish larvae? Scientia Marina 73 (Suppl. 1): 119-130.

 

42.  Nguyen, Khac Bat, A. Folkvord and A. Johannessen 2009. Age and growth of mitre squid, Photololigo chinensis in the Tonkin Gulf of Vietnam based on statolith microstructure. La Mer 47 (3)

 

43.  Ndjaula, H.O.N., R. D.M. Nash, A. Slotte, A. Johannessen and O.S. Kjesbu 2010. Long-term changes in the total egg production of Norwegian spring-spawning herring Clupea harengus (L.) - implications of variations in population structure and condition factor. Fisheries Research 104: 19-26

Projects

Mare Minimum – a small natural ecosystem for experimental studies.

 

Lindåspollene is a small (about 7 km2) well-defined ecosystem in western Norway. A narrow sill (7.5 m wide, 3.5 m deep) leads from the Lurefjord into the enclosed fjord system, which comprises three distinct, 60-90 m basins. A general description of the topography, hydrography and the diverse biota of Lindåspollene is given in Dahl et al., (1973). The environment within the basins differs from the Lurefjord with regard to temperature, salinity and oxygen as well as species abundance, species assemblages and diversity of food items (Dahl et al., 1973; Lie et al., 1978). The local Lindås herring is generally not commercially exploited and represents a key species in terms of ecological importance (Langård et al., 2006; Johannessen et al 2009).

 

Lindåspollene has been part of a research program initiated in 1961 (the Herring Committee of the International Council of Ocean Research in Copenhagen). There is also available historical reliable and valuable documentation, which can be used as a scientific reference database for comparison purposes (Lie et al., 1978). In addition, during the 1970s the University of Bergen (UoB) conducted two large research projects in Nordhordland: the multi-purpose Lindås project (1971-76) regarding the coastal cultural landscape, and the marine biological project regarding the enclosed herring population and its environment in Lindåspollene (1971-1980). These projects created a great baseline of knowledge in Nordhordland, which has provided a valuable starting point for new research projects, education, public outreach and tourism possibilities.

 

Using the extensive information from the historical studies that has been conducted, Lindåspollene will be used as a reference area, and based on the information gathered will be applied to historical and new studies of local coastal populations along the Norwegian coast - a comparative approach in order to determine population structures/potential mixing of different populations along the Norwegian coast.

 

Objectives:

Populations and individual fish movements in associations of these  with oceanographic conditions and predator/prey interactions.

 

 

Organisation

Department of  Biology, University of Bergen and

Institute of Marine Research, Bergen.

 

Collaborators:

UiB:     Arne Johannessen, Anders Fernø, Lise Langård

IMR:    Leif Nøttestad, Georg Skaret, Aril Slotte, Jan Tore Øvredal, Jostein Røttingen, Jan de Lange,

Lindås Kommune

Ragnar Bergfjord, Spjotøy

 

PhD-project

Lise Langård: Population structure of herring at different scales, with particular emphasis on processes taking place in local herring stocks in Norway

 

Master project:

Ole Andreas Fatnes. Do maturing herring adapt swimming depth to changes in the environment in order to synchronize spawning ?

 

Publications:

 

Langård, L., Nøttestad, L., Johannessen, A., Fernö, A., Øvredal, J.T., Vabø, R., Skaret, G.,

and Nilsson, G. 2006. How and why acoustic detectability and catchability of herring

change with individual motivation and physiological state in a variable environment: A

multi-scale study on a local herring population in south-western Norway. ICES Annual

Science Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands. ICES CIEM Session O: 2006, 25 pp.

 

Langård, L., Øvredal, J.T., Johannessen, A., Nøttestad, L., Skaret, G., Fernö., and Wahlberg

M. 2008. Sound production in pre-spawning herring, cod and haddock in a naturally

enclosed ecosystem. Bioacoustics. The International Journal of Animal Sound and its

Recordings, 17: 38-40.

 

Johannessen, A., Nøttestad, L., Fernø A., Langård, L., and Skaret, G. 2009. Two components of Northeast Atlantic herring within the same school during spawning: support for the existence of a metapopulation? – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 1740–1748. 

 

Funding:

UiB and IMR (own funding)

Meltzer foundation support 2006/ 2010