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Tom Langbehn

Postdoctoral Fellow
  • E-mailtom.langbehn@uib.no
  • Visitor Address
    Thormøhlens gate 53 A/B
    5006 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7803
    5020 Bergen

I am marine ecologist with a keen interested in evolution and the ecology and biography of environmental change, with a fascination for polar ecosystems and the ocean twilight zone. My research currently revolves around the understanding of mechanism at the individual level underlying macroecological and macroevolutionary patterns. Central aspects of my work are life-history theory, physiology and the role of the light regime in governing foraging interactions and consequently species distributions. I enjoy thinking broadly, to link data with theory and models, and I find interest in diverse biological disciplines.

For further details and a list of publications, please visit our my profile on our group website or my google scholar page.

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2023). Visual predation risk and spatial distributions of large Arctic copepods along gradients of sea ice and bottom depth. Limnology and Oceanography.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Poleward distribution of mesopelagic fishes is constrained by seasonality in light. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 546-561.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Pelagic organisms avoid white, blue, and red artificial light from scientific instruments. Scientific Reports. 13 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Light and energetics at seasonal extremes limit poleward range shifts. Nature Climate Change. 530-536.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Light comfort zone in a mesopelagic fish emerges from adaptive behaviour along a latitudinal gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 161-174.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Enlightening the ocean’s twilight zone. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 803-812.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Catastrophic dynamics limit Atlantic cod recovery. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Sea-ice loss boosts visual search: fish foraging and changing pelagic interactions in polar oceans. Global Change Biology. 5318-5330.
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2022). Mer mat med mindre påvirkning – kan pelagiske fiskerier bidra mer til bærekraftig matproduksjon?
  • Show author(s) (2022). How can fisheries contribute more to a sustainable future?
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2022). Visual predation risk and spatial distribution of large Arctic copepods along gradients sea ice and bottom depth .
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Arctic lightscape and its role in pelagic interactions and species distributions.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The pelagic riskscape and consequences for zooplankton size along gradients of light and sea-ice in the Barents Sea.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Light and energetics at seasonal extremes limit poleward range shifts.
  • Show author(s) (2021). From light, to vision, to species distribution - Developing a mechanistic understanding of species (re-)distributions beyond temperature.
  • Show author(s) (2021). From light, to vision, to species distribution - Developing a mechanistic understanding of species (re-)distributions beyond temperature.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Equatorwards shifts of marine fishes under climate change: a rule rather than exception?
  • Show author(s) (2020). Exploring the emergent niche of Greater argentine (Argentina silus) along gradients of topography, light and advection.
Short communication
  • Show author(s) (2018). Increased occurrence of the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla in the European high Arctic. Polar Biology. 1-5.
Masters thesis
  • Show author(s) (2021). Trophic structure of mesopelagic species in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean based on stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2019). Light and visual foraging in the pelagic: Opportunities and constraints along gradients of seasonality.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2021). Årstidene begrenser artsutbredelser i havet.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2021). Exploring the emergent niche of Greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) along gradients of topography, light and advection.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Exploring the emergent niche of Greater argentine (Argentina silus) along gradients of topography, light and advection.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Sea-ice loss is bad news for large copepods.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2021). A review of adaptation options in fisheries management to support resilience and transition under socio-ecological change. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 463-479.
Website (informational material)
  • Show author(s) (2020). Sea ice disappearing may be good news for the fish in the Arctic, but bad news for the zooplankton!

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