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ENERGYBAR – A dynamic energy budget approach to understand and predict potential long-term effects of produced water on copepods in the Barents Sea


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Funding
Research Council of Norway
Duration
2013-2016
Project leader
SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway (Dr. Bjørn Henrik Hansen)

Description

The project addresses potential effects of produced water on the copepod Calanus finmarchicus, which has a key role in transferring energy from primary production to higher trophic levels in the North Atlantic and Barents Sea. Based on dynamic energy budget (DEB) theory, a modified DEB model for C. finmarchicus will be developed. Data on uptake and elimination of selected produced-water components and molecular changes in the copepods will be used to make a toxicokinetic model that will be linked to the DEB model. The aim of the work is to provide effect limits for potential long-term population effects of produced water that can be used in risk and impact modelling, and relate these data to molecular changes that can be used in environmental monitoring. The outcome of the project will thus benefit both the management and the industry in securing that the risk of environmental impacts from offshore petroleum activities are kept to a minimum.

My role

Developing a DEBkiss model for copepods, in particular Calanus finmarchicus. Advising on the most efficient experimental design, and analysing the results from the experimental testing on toxic effects and toxicokinetics.




The calanoid copepod Calanus finmarchicus.


Output: Publications (as first or co-author)

  • Jager T, Salaberria I and Hansen BH (2015). Capturing the life history of the marine copepod Calanus sinicus into a generic bioenergetics framework. Ecological Modelling 299:114-120. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.12.011
  • Hansen BH, Jager T, Altin D, Øverjordet IB, Olsen AJ, Salaberria I and Nordtug T (2016). Acute toxicity of dispersed crude oil on the cold-water copepod Calanus finmarchicus: elusive implications of lipid content. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health. 79(13-15):549-557. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2016.1171981
  • Jager T (2016). Predicting environmental risk: a road map for the future. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health. 79(13-15):572-584. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2016.1171986  
  • Jager T, Altin D, Miljeteig C and Hansen BH (2016). Stage- and sex-dependent sensitivity to water soluble fractions of fresh and weathered oil in the marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus. Environ Toxicol Chem 35(3):728-735. DOI 10.1002/etc.3237 
  • Jager T, Salaberria I, Altin D, Nordtug T and Hansen BH (2017). Modelling the dynamics of growth, development and lipid storage in the marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus. Marine Biology 164:1. DOI 10.1007/s00227-016-3030-8 (Open Access)
  • Jager T, Øverjordet IB, Nepstad R and Hansen BH (2017). Dynamic links between lipid storage, toxicokinetics and mortality in a marine copepod exposed to dimethylnaphthalene. Environ. Sci. Technol. 51(13):7707-7713. DOI 10.1021/acs.est.7b02212 (support package for BYOM, see BYOM page).

Related publications with SINTEF (as first or co-author)

  • Hansen BH, Altin D, Øverjordet IB, Jager T and Nordtug T (2013). Acute exposure of water soluble fractions of marine diesel on Arctic Calanus glacialis and boreal Calanus finmarchicus: Effects on survival and biomarker response. Sci Tot Environ 449:276–284. DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.020
  • Jager T and Hansen BH (2013). Linking survival and biomarker responses over time. Environ Toxicol Chem 32(8):1842-1845 DOI 10.1002/etc.2258

Output: Presentations (as presenter and as contributor)

Final report of the project is available from ResearchGate.


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