Katrine Borgå
Research Interests
As an ecotoxicologist my research focuses on understanding mechanisms and processes for contaminant distribution, accumulation and effects in the environment. This includes the influence of food web ecology, migration, life history traits, and biogeochemistry on (re)distribution of contaminants in the context of a changing climate. It also includes how climate change and other stressors affect the organism's response to contaminant exposure.
Research in the Borgå research group is oriented towards understanding processes of bioaccumulation in Arctic, temperate and tropical marine food webs, and effects of multiple stressors on life history traits, both in field and in lab. Chemicals of interest include both legacy and emerging contaminants, including neonicotinoids and substances from electronic waste. See links to current projects for further info.
Current PhD projects
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Torben Lode: Torben studies effects of toxicants on copepod life history traits, and is member of the IBV-prioritized research project LUMS.
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Sabrina Schultze: Sabrina studies the effect of terrestrial dissolved organic matter in combination with toxicants on coastal marine zooplankton.
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Julie Sørlie Paus-Knudsen: Julie studies the effects of neonicotinoids on bumlebees in the project NEOPOLL.
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Ane Haarr: Ane studies how electronic waste functions as source of flameretardants and other contaminants in the Tanzanian coastal environment, in the project AnthroTox.
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Silje Marie Kristansen: Silje studies how life history traits in springtails are shaped by climatic variables, while also exposed to increased stress by an anthropogenic pollutant (neonicotinoids) as a part of the project MULTICLIM.
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Julia Giebichenstein: Julie studies the effects of seasonality and species distribution on contaminant levels in the northern Barents Sea food web, as a part of the Nansen Legacy project
Available master projects in Toxicology
Teaching
BIO4500 General Toxicology
BIO4530 Regulatory Toxicology
BIO4550 Ecotoxicology
BIO4331 Marine Environmental Issues
KJM3700 Environmental Chemistry
AT830 Arctic Environmental Toxicology
Publications
- Eckbo, Norith; Le Bohec, Céline; Planas-Bielsa, Victor; Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Schull, Quentin; Herzke, Dorte; Zahn, Sandrine; Haarr, Ane; Gabrielsen, Geir W. & Borgå, Katrine (2019). Individual variability in contaminants and physiological status in a resident Arctic seabird species. Environmental Pollution (1987). ISSN 0269-7491. 249, s 191- 199 . doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.025
- Hitchcock, Daniel James; Andersen, Tom; Varpe, Øystein & Borgå, Katrine (2019). Effects of Maternal Reproductive Investment on Sex-Specific Pollutant Accumulation in Seabirds: A Meta-Analysis. Environmental Science and Technology. ISSN 0013-936X. s 1- 9 . doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01296
- Hitchcock, Daniel James; Andersen, Tom; Varpe, Øystein; Loonen, Maarten; Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Herzke, Dorte; Tombre, Ingunn; Griffin, Larry R.; Shimmings, Paul & Borgå, Katrine (2019). Potential Effect of Migration Strategy on Pollutant Occurrence in Eggs of Arctic Breeding Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis). Environmental Science and Technology. ISSN 0013-936X. 53(9), s 5427- 5435 . doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b00014 Show summary
- Kidd, Karen A.; Burkhard, Lawrence P.; Babut, Marc; Borgå, Katrine; Muir, Derek C. G.; Perceval, Olivier; Ruedel, Heinz; Woodburn, Kent & Embry, Michelle R. (2019). Practical Advice for Selecting or Determining Trophic Magnification Factors for Application Under the European Union Water Framework Directive. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. ISSN 1551-3777. 15(2), s 266- 277 . doi: 10.1002/ieam.4102
- Kristiansen, Silje Marie; Leinaas, Hans Petter; Herzke, Dorte; Hylland, Ketil; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Harju, Mikael & Borgå, Katrine (2019). Seabird-Transported Contaminants Are Reflected in the Arctic Tundra, But Not in Its Soil-Dwelling Springtails (Collembola). Environmental Science and Technology. ISSN 0013-936X. 53, s 12835- 12845 . doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05316
- Leat, Eliza Helen Kelsey; Bourgeon, Sophie; Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Petersen, Ævar; Strøm, Hallvard; Bjørn, Tor Harry; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Furness, Robert W.; Haarr, Ane & Borgå, Katrine (2019). The effect of long-range transport, trophic position and diet specialization on legacy contaminant occurrence in great skuas, Stercorarius skua, breeding across the Northeast Atlantic. Environmental Pollution (1987). ISSN 0269-7491. 244, s 55- 65 . doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.005
- Aarønes, Malin Røyset; Nielsen, Anders; Paus-Knudsen, Julie Sørlie; van Bavel, Bert & Borgå, Katrine (2019). Accumulation of Clothianidin, a neonicotinoid pesticide, in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).
- McGovern, Maeve; Evenset, Anita; Borgå, Katrine; Wit, Heleen de; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Hessen, Dag Olav; Schultze, Sabrina; Ruus, Anders & Poste, Amanda (2019). Implications of Coastal Darkening for Contaminant Transport, Bioavailability, and Trophic Transfer in Northern Coastal Waters. Environmental Science and Technology. ISSN 0013-936X. 53(13), s 7180- 7182 . doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03093
- Nielsen, Anders; Aarønes, Malin Røyset; Borgå, Katrine; Grung, Merete & van Bavel, Bert (2019). Accumulation of the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin in bumblbees (Bombus terrestris).
- Nipen, Maja; Borgå, Katrine; Christensen, Guttorm; Haarr, Ane; Mmochi, Aviti John; Mwakalapa, Eliezer Brown; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Schlabach, Martin; Vogt, Rolf David & Breivik, Knut (2019). Pollution from electronic waste in the physical environment.
