Morphological traits in guppies

In his master's project, Ranga Jayawickrama wants to understand how morphological traits of guppies are influenced by harvest-induced selection.

Master projects

Potential future master projects in evolutionary ecology & ecosystems

Master projects

Present and potential future master projects with guppies.

Evolutionary ecology & ecosystems

Ecosystems are the stage for evolutionary adaptations. Extraordinary environments call for extraordinary adaptations.

Variation in maturity and fecundity in the bearded goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus

Yusra Taha has selected this project for her masters. The project description will be updated in due course of time.

Evolutionary ecology in the Benguala system

The Benguela ecosystem lies off the coast of Namibia. It is home to African bearded goby, a fish that shows remarkable adaptations to this special environment.

Size-related difference in reproductive behaviour and reproductive success in male guppies

An open master project in the Guppy Group of EvoFish.

Variation in male reproductive strategies in the bearded goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus

Maria Larsen has selected this project for her masters. Here she is tells about her work.

Statistical analyses of life-history data

We employ a wide array of statistical approaches for analysing life-history data from fisheries and fisheries surveys.

Evolutionary ecology in the Benguala system

The Benguela ecosystem lies off the coast of Namibia. It is home to African bearded goby, a fish that shows remarkable adaptations to this special environment.

Effects of selective fishing on personality traits in guppies

An open master project in the Guppy Group of EvoFish.

Effect of ambient oxygen on life history and behaviour of guppies

An open master project in the Guppy Group of EvoFish.

New PhD thesis in fisheries management

Dorothy Dankel successfully defended her thesis in fisheries management

Minister Lisbeth Berg-Hansen in the guppy lab

Our gyppy lab got its one minute of fame when the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, was visiting University of Bergen on April 27th.

Ranga starts his master's project on guppies

EvoFish welcomes new master's student, Ranga Jayawickrama, who will study moprhological variation in guppies.

UiB’s Hard Rock Cafe comes to the ICES Annual Science Conference

Working group on fisheries-induced evolution in Bergen

Next week specialists in fisheries-induced evolution will meet in Bergen.

Seminar in honour of Anne Magurran

University of Bergen awarded Professor Anne Magurran an honorary doctorate on August 31. To mark this event, a seminar in her honour was arranged on August 30. In addition to a keynote talk by Professor Magurran, exciting local research was portrayed.

Proactive or reactive management?

When climate change alters distributions of fish stocks, it is not only the biology of fish stocks that is affected: also the ownership of fish stocks is changing. This has implications for the countries that are sharing a resource.

Suneetha Gunawickrama visiting EvoFish

Between October 2010 and mid September 2011, Suneetha is splitting her time between EvoFish and Institute of Marine Research (Tromsø).

Guppies reach new heights

While hunting for guppies in Sri Lanka, Ranga Jayawickrama discovered a location hosting a guppy population at a high altitude.

An animal to feed your Eco-car

The marine animal tunicate can be used both as biofuel and fish food, according to prize-winning research at UiB and Uni Research.

Fighting the salmon louse

Scientists got a new arena to fight the salmon louse when The Sea Lice Research Centre opened in Bergen earlier this month.

Ranga and guppies reach a happy end

Ranga Jayawickrama has successfully completed his Master examination. EvoFish congratulates!

Bearded goby females reveal their reproductive secrets

Yusra Taha is making good progress with her master project on the reproductive biology of female bearded gobies. After a field trip to Namibia, it has been many long hours in the lab.

Residents or visitors?

Old data can yield new insights when approached from a new angle. Data from Masfjorden are elucidating the population ecology of coastal cod, saithe and pollack.

Bea, the guppy doctor

Beatriz Diaz Pauli, or Bea as we know her, was awarded PhD degree after a good debate with the opponents. EvoFish congratulates!

EvoFish in Twitter

You can now follow EvoFish in Twitter!

Stimulating environment is good for fish

A new study, covered by the BBC News and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that salmon growing in a stimulating environment become smarter.

Guppy hunting in Sri Lanka

Ranga Jayawickrama is collecting additional material for his Master thesis at Sri Lanka.

Fishing guppies

Our guppy experiment is set up to study life-history changes caused by harvesting. This involves monitoring of the populations, and harvesting at regular intervals. Now it is the time for the third harvest.

Hugo Capes visiting EvoFish

Hugo Capes from Montpellier is doing his research practice with EvoFish.

Fighting the salmon parasite

As one of the world’s leading aquaculture nations, Norway has an international obligation to improve health conditions for salmon, according to Frank Nilsen. He is Professor of Biology and head of the Sea Lice Research Centre in Bergen.

Toward Darwinian Fisheries Management

Journal "Evolutionary Applications" has published a special issue "Toward Darwinian Fisheries Management", based on the symposium EvoFish organized in 2008.

EvoFishingTrip

After five long days of fishing guppies in the lab, EvoFish switched to bigger targets. Sea fishing turned out to be a lot more eventful than guppy fishing.

To grow or not to grow?

Evolution of growth is an evolutionary puzzle, and adding fisheries selection does not make that any easier. A new paper from EvoFish aims at clarifying our thoughts about growth evolution.

Snowbird Cod: Not only Norwegians go to Mallorca!

Henrik Christiansen visits EvoFish for his Master project

Henrik Christiansen is an Erasmus student doing his Master project on bearded gobies from the Benguela system.

Can fisheries-induced evolution shift reference points for fisheries management?

A new paper in the ICES Journal of Marine Science discusses whether and how fisheries-induced evolution will shift reference points, a key tool in fisheries management.

Shen Gongming visiting EvoFish

EvoFish has a pleasure of hosting Shen Gongming, a visiting scholar from the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences.

EvoFish in "Evolution of life"

Mikko Heino from EvoFish is featuring in the video "The case of the shrinking cod", a part of the award-winning website "Evolution of life".

Guppy research in BBC!

'Science & Environment' section of the BBC News has talked with Beatriz Diaz Pauli.

Guppies and Del Gorro del Mundo

Bea and guppies are featuring in Del Gorro del Mundo, a Spanish-language podcast

New master's thesis

Martin Wiech has finished his master's thesis on guppy behaviour.

Green light for new EvoFish PhD defence!

The evaluation committee gives green light for the PhD defence of Beatriz Díaz Pauli.

Guppies in the university news

The web magazine of the University of Bergen, På Høyden, has published an article about our guppy experiment.