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Amund Maage

Professor, Technical Director (20%)
  • E-mailamund.maage@uib.no
  • Phone+47 950 25 505
  • Visitor Address
    Allégaten 41
    Realfagbygget
    5007 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7803
    5020 Bergen

My full position is as Head of Research, Seafood & Nutrition, at the Institute of Marine Research. 

 

Professor of Food Chemistry

 

 

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2023). Climate change dynamics and mercury temporal trends in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) from the Barents Sea ecosystem. Environmental Pollution (1987). 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Rapid temporal decline of mercury in Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides). Environmental Pollution (1987). 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Co-occurrence of contaminants in marine fish from the North East Atlantic Ocean: Implications for human risk assessment. Environment International. 1-13.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Mercury bioaccumulation pathways in tusk (Brosme brosme) from Sognefjord, Norway: Insights from C and N isotopes. Environmental Pollution (1987). 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Norway are at low risk of carrying anisakid nematodes. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Cadmium in brown crab Cancer pagurus. Effects of location, season, cooking and multiple physiological factors and consequences for food safety. Science of the Total Environment. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Tracing Mercury Pollution along the Norwegian Coast via Elemental, Speciation, and Isotopic Analysis of Liver and Muscle Tissue of Deep-Water Marine Fish (Brosme brosme). Environmental Science and Technology. 1776-1785.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Spatial distribution of mercury in seawater, sediment, and seafood from the Hardangerfjord ecosystem, Norway. Science of the Total Environment. 622-637.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Effects of geography and species variation on selenium and mercury molar ratios in Northeast Atlantic marine fish communities. Science of the Total Environment. 1482-1496.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Tracing simultaneous cadmium accumulation from different uptake routes in brown crab Cancer pagurus by the use of stable isotopes. Aquatic Toxicology. 198-206.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Iodine content of six fish species, Norwegian dairy products and hen's egg. Food & Nutrition Research (FNR).
  • Show author(s) (2018). Factors influencing risk assessments of brominated flame-retardants; evidence based on seafood from the North East Atlantic Ocean. Environment International. 544-557.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Cadmium in the shore crab Carcinus maenas along the Norwegian coast: geographical and seasonal variation and correlation to physiological parameters. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment. 1-13.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Total Mercury, Methylmercury, Inorganic Arsenic and Other Elements in Meat from Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North East Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 161-166.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Geographical trends of PFAS in cod livers along the Norwegian coast. PLOS ONE. 1-15.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Estimating human exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids via solid food and drinks: Implementation and comparison of different dietary assessment methods. Environmental Research. 269-276.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Effects of cooking and freezing practices on the distribution of cadmium in different tissues of the brown crab (Cancer pagurus). Food Control. 14-20.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Collaborative study on determination of mono methylmercury in seafood. Food Chemistry. 424-431.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Assessment of Hg Pollution Released from a WWII Submarine Wreck (U-864) by Hg Isotopic Analysis of Sediments and Cancer pagurus Tissues. Environmental Science and Technology. 10361-10369.
  • Show author(s) (2016). An Outbreak of Norovirus Infection from Shellfish Soup Due to Unforeseen Insufficient Heating During Preparation. Food and Environmnetal Virology. 1-4.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Absence of parasitic nematodes in farmed, harvest quality Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Norway - Results from a large scale survey. Food Control. 25-29.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Heavy metals and POPs in red king crab from the Barents Sea. Food Chemistry. 409-417.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Determination of selenium and its compounds in marine organisms. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 91-98.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Contaminant levels in Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the 13-year period from 1999 to 2011. Environment International. 274-280.
  • Show author(s) (2015). A baseline study of metals in herring (Clupea harengus) from the Norwegian Sea, with focus on mercury, cadmium, arsenic and lead. Chemosphere. 164-170.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Surveillance of selected nutrients, additives and undesirables in commercial Norwegian fish feeds in the years 2000–2010. Aquaculture Nutrition. 555-572.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Mercury contamination in deep-water fish: Transcriptional responses in tusk (Brosme brosme) from a fjord gradient. Aquatic Toxicology. 172-185.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Iodine status of pregnant women in a population changing from high to lower fish and milk consumption. Public Health Nutrition (PHN). 325-329.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Determination of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in foods by pressure digestion and inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry: first action 2013.06. Journal of AOAC International. 1101-1102.
  • Show author(s) (2013). A baseline study on levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, non-ortho and mono-ortho PCBs, non-dioxin-like PCBs and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) from different parts of the Barents Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 250-258.
  • Show author(s) (2013). A baseline study of metals in cod (Gadus morhua) from the North Sea and coastal Norwegian waters, with focus on mercury, arsenic, cadmium and lead. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 264-273.
  • Show author(s) (2013). A baseline study of levels of mercury, arsenic, cadmium and lead in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) from different parts of the Barents Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 187-195.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Total and inorganic arsenic in fish samples from Norwegian waters. Food Additives and Contaminants. 229-235.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Distribution of Mercury in a Gadoid Fish Species, Tusk (Brosme brosme), and Its Implication for Food Safety. Journal of Food Science and Engineering. 603-615.
  • Show author(s) (2012). A Method for the Routine Determination of Methylmercury in Marine Tissue by GC Isotope Dilution-ICP-MS. Journal of AOAC International. 1189-1194.
  • Show author(s) (2011). The effects of reduction of the deposited waste on short-term landfill leachate composition of a landfill: a case study in Norway. Water and Environment Journal. 208-213.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Seasonal variation in the levels of organohalogen compounds in herring (Clupea harengus) from the Norwegian Sea. Chemosphere. 179-187.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Iron and zinc content of selected foods in the diet of schoolchildren in Kumi district, east of Uganda: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition Journal. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Concentrations of mercury, arsenic, cadmium and lead in Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) caught off the coast of northern Norway. Marine Biology Research. 733-745.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Concentrations of Mercury and Other Toxic Elements in Orange Roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 70-73.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Carry-over of dietary organochlorine pesticides, PCDD/Fs, PCBs, and brominated flame retardants to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fillets. Chemosphere. 95-103.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Stable Isotope (N, C, Hg) Study of Methylmercury Sources and Trophic Transfer in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science and Technology. 1630-1637.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Post World War II orcharding creates present day DDT-problems in The Sorfjord (Western Norway) - A case study. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 1856-1861.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Levels of synthetic antioxidants (ethoxyquin, butylated hydroxytoluene and butylated hydroxyanisole) in fish feed and commercially farmed fish. Food Additives and Contaminants. 1652-1657.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Iodine status of adolescent girls in a population changing from high to lower fish consumption. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 958-964.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Effects of dietary lipid, vitamins and minerals on total amounts and redox status of glutathione and ubiquinone in tissues of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): a multivariate approach. British Journal of Nutrition. 980-988.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Heavy Metals in the Farming Environment and in some Selected Aquaculture Species in the Van Phong Bay and Nha Trang Bay of the Khanh Hoa Province in Vietnam. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 75-79.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Are atlantic cod in Store Lungegårdsvann, a seawater recipient in Bergen, affected by environmental contaminants? A qRT-PCR survey. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 140-154.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Organ distribution and food safety aspects of cadmium and lead in great scallops, Pecten maximus L., and horse mussels, Modiolus modiolus L., from Norwegian waters. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 385-389.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Mass-balance estimation of heavy metals and selected anions at a landfill receiving MSWI bottom ash and mixed construction wastes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 70-75.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Effect of an uncontrolled fire and the subsequent fire fight on the chemical compesition of landfill leachate. Waste Management. 712-718.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Estimation of the mass-balance of selected metals in foursanitary land. Water Research. 2851-2858.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Antioxidant vitamins, minerals and lipid levels in diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.): effects on growth performance and fillet quality. Aquaculture Nutrition. 113-123.
  • Show author(s) (2003). The immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in zinc depleted mice. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 76-80.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Fish arsenic may influence human blood arsenic, selenium, and T4:T3 ratio. Biological Trace Element Research. 83-98.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Fish Arsenic May Influence Human Blood Arsenic Selenium and T4:T3 Ratio. Biological Trace Element Research. 83-98.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Pneumococcal pulmonary infection, septicemia and survival in young zinc-depleted mice. British Journal of Nutrition. 301-306.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Pneumococcal pulmonary infection, septicaemia and survival in young zinc-depleted mice. British Journal of Nutrition. 301-306.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) sampled in the Hardangerfjord, Norway. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 539-542.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Supplementary Selenium Influences the Response to Fatty Acid-Induced Oxidative Stress in Humans. Biological Trace Element Research. 51-68.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Fluoride content in selected food items from five areas in East Africa. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 233-245.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Fluoride content in selected food items from five areas in East Africa. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 233-245.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Effects of dietary iron supplementation on the Cytochromic P450 system of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 315-320.
  • Show author(s) (1993). Effects of dietary iron supplementation on tissue iron concentration and haematology in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fiskeridirektoratets skrifter. serie Ernæring. 35-45.
Report
  • Show author(s) (2023). Kvikksølv i sjømat ved U-864 - Resultater fra overvåkning i 2021. 2023 - 23. 2023 - 23. .
  • Show author(s) (2022). DDT i blåskjel frå fruktområde i vestnorske fjordar 2021 — Prøvar frå Hardangerfjorden og Sognefjorden med vekt på Sørfjorden. 2022 - 29. 2022 - 29. .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Undersøkelse av grunnstoffer i sjømat fra Repparfjorden og Revsbotn - Hyse som indikatorart for overvåking av sjødeponi. 2021 - 50. 2021 - 50. .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Kvikksølv i sjømat ved U-864 - Resultat fra overvåkning i 2020. 2021 - 37. 2021 - 37. .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Basisundersøkelse av fremmedstoffer i hyse - Tungmetaller, sporelementer og organiske miljøgifter i hyse (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) fra Skagerrak, Nordsjøen, Norskehavet og Barentshavet. 2021 - 35. 2021 - 35. .
  • Show author(s) (2020). Kvikksølv i sjømat ved U-864 - Resultater fra overvåkning i 2019. 2020 - 33. 2020 - 33. .
  • Show author(s) (2019). Mercury in seafood at U-864 : Results from monitoring in 2018. 2019-38. 2019-38. .
  • Show author(s) (2019). Kvikksølvinnhold i sjømat ved vraket av U-864 vest av Fedje - Resultater fra fast overvåkning i 2017. 2019 - 9. 2019 - 9. .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Mercury in fish and other seafood near the wreck of U-864 off Fedje. 8-2018. 8-2018. .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Cadmium analyses of products of edible crab purchased in 2016. 12-2018. 12-2018. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Sjømat fra Årdalsfjorden Overvåking av forurensede havner og fjorder 2016. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). PAH i røykte kjøtt- og fiskeprodukter. En rapport for Mattilsynet med prøver tatt i 2016 og 2017. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Analyse av uønskede stoffer i sjømat fra Frænfjorden ved Omya Hustadmarmor AS. .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Sjømat i Oslofjorden – Uønskede stoffer i torsk, makrell og taskekrabbe Overvåking av forurensede havner og fjorder 2013-2015. .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Potential risks posed by macroalgae for application as feed and food - a Norwegian perspective. .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Nasjonalt tilsynsprogram for produksjon av skjell og andre bløtdyr – prøver analysert i 2015: Kjemiske forurensende stoffer og mikroorganismer. .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Kvikksølvinnhold i fisk og annen sjømat ved vraket av U-864 vest av Fedje. Nye analyser i 2015. .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Fremmedstoffer i villfisk med vekt på kystnære farvann. Brosme, lange og bifangstarter. .
  • Show author(s) (2015). Rettleiar for prøvetaking av sjømat frå forureina område med formål advarsel. .
  • Show author(s) (2015). Nasjonalt tilsynsprogram for produksjon av skjell og andre bløtdyr - prøver analysert i 2014. Kjemiske forurensende stoffer og mikroorganismer. .
  • Show author(s) (2014). Nasjonalt tilsynsprogram for produksjon av skjell og andre bløtdyr 2013. Kjemiske forurensende stoffer og mikroorganismer. .
  • Show author(s) (2013). Program for overvåkning av fiskefôr - årsrapport 2012. .
  • Show author(s) (2013). Overvåkning forurensede havner og fjorder - undersøkelse av fremmedstoffer i torsk fra Salten i Nordland. .
  • Show author(s) (2011). Program for overvåkning av fiskefôr - årsrapport 2011. .
  • Show author(s) (2011). Description of the processes in the value chain and risk assessment of decomposition substances and oxidation products in fish Oils. Opinion of Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety. 2011:19. 2011:19. .
  • Show author(s) (2009). Tilsynsprogrammet for skjell 2008 - fremmedstoffer (tungmetaller og organiske miljøgifter i skjell og tungmetaller i snegler og krabbe) og mikroorganismer. Årsrapport til Mattilsynet. .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Tilsynsprogrammet for skjell 2007 - fremmedstoffer (tungmetaller og organiske miljøgifter i skjell og tungmetaller i snegler og krabbe) og mikroorganismer. Årsrapport til Mattilsynet. .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Risk assessment of non dioxin-like PCBs in Norwegian food. Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety. 2008:14. 2008:14. .
  • Show author(s) (2008). Risikovurdering av PAH i skjell. Uttalelse fra Faggruppen for forurensninger, naturlige toksiner og medisinrester i matkjeden. Revidert 29. februar 2008. 2008:10. 2008:10. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). Tilsynsprogrammet for skjell som høstes og omsettes kommersielt. Fremmedstoffer (tungmetaller og organiske miljøgifter i skjell og tungmetaller i snegler og krabber) - Årsrapport til Mattilsynet 2006. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety. 22 November 2007. Risk assessment of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in fish liver . 2007:62. 2007:62. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). New WHO TEFs for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs: Assessment of consequence of altered TEF values for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs on current exposure in the Norwegian population. 2007:58. 2007:58. .
  • Show author(s) (2006). Overvåkningsprogram for skjell - Årsrapport 2005. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). Overvåkningsprogram for skjell - Årsrapport 2004. .
  • Show author(s) (2002). Prøvelokalitetar for blåskjeldyrking i Hardangerfjorden innanfor Varaldsøy. .
  • Show author(s) (1995). Fluorine, iodine, iron, zinc and selected fatty acid profiles in fish and staple food from East Africa. A report prepared for FAO, Fisheries Division, in connection with FAO project GCP/INT/467/NOR. .
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2022). Shaping European Research Leaders for Marine Sustainability - the algal component .
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2018). Overvåkning og kartlegging av kvikksølv i fisk og skalldyr ved U-864.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2023). Climate Change And Impact On Critical Contaminants In Seafood Ongoing Projects And Future Research Needs. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Environmental contaminants in wild fish from the North East Atlantic.
  • Show author(s) (2017). A shellfish soup norovirus outbreak from unexpected inadequate heating .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Metals and POPs in fish and shrimps from the Barents Sea. Results from ten years of monitoring.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Levels of undesirable substances in marine feed ingredients, commercial Norwegian fish feed and farmed Atlantic salmon in the last 13-15 years.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Levels of POPs in Northeast Atlantic mackerel and aspects of human exposure.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Nutritional values in sous vide ready meals vs. homemade meals.
  • Show author(s) (2012). PAH and biomarker measurements in fish from condition monitoring in Norwegian waters from 2005 to 2011.
  • Show author(s) (1987). Determination of Trace Elements on Samples from Marine Tissue by GFAAS - A Comparison of a Deuterium with a Zeeman Background Corrector.
Masters thesis
  • Show author(s) (2018). Biomagnifisering av kvikksølv i Sognefjorden.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Kadmium i taksekrabben (Cancer pagurus) relatert til størrelse og biologi. En sammenligning av krabber fra Nord- og Sør-Norge.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Totalkvikksølv og metylkvikksølv i filet og lever av brosme fiska i Boknafjorden, samanlikna med Hardangerfjorden og Lofoten.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2019). RAS vil endre akvakulturnæringa i Norge betydeleg dei neste åra. fiskeribladet.no/tekfisk.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Overvåkning av villfisk. FiskeribladetFiskaren.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Overvåkning av villfisk - Systematisk overvåkning av miljøgifter i villfisk har vært gjennomført ved NIFES i over 20 år nå, og vi er kommet langt på disse årene. Er det ikke nok snart? Fiskeribladet.
Letter to the editor
  • Show author(s) (2015). Reply to the comments to our paper "Contaminant levels in Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the 13-year period from 1999 to 2011". Environment International. 100-101.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2019). Mercury in fish from the North East Atlantic: sources, bioaccumulation dynamics and co-occurrence with selenium.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Cadmium in Brown Crab Cancer pagurus in Norwegian Waters.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Trace elements in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) nutrition.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2008). Biomarker responses in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) exposed to Hg- and PAH/PCB-polluted sediments. Marine Environmental Research. 172-172.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2019). High values of cadmium in brown crab Cancer pagurus from Northern Norway: A result of a changing environment? .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Re-appearance of bacteria in antibiotic treated mice after exposure to methylmercury .
  • Show author(s) (2017). POPs levels in Norwegian deep-sea fish caught from coastal waters to the open sea.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Mercury in 16 deep sea Fish species from the Northeast Atlantic and food safety considerations.
  • Show author(s) (2015). The role of fisheries and aquaculture in nutrition security.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Nutritional values in sous vide ready meals vs. homemade meals.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Toxic Elements in the Orange Roughy (Hoplostetus Atlanticus) as Determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Biomarker responses in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) exposed to Hg- and PAH/PCB-polluted sediments.
Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Show author(s) (2008). FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SUITABILITY (WITH REGARD TO FOOD SAFETY) OF A FJORD SYSTEM AS A SITE FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF BLUE MUSSELS (Mytilus edulis). ?. 229-235.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Avfall – frå miljøproblem til ein viktig ressurs? Kjemi. 14-16.

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