Title: Research fellow
Phone: (+47) 77 64 45 41
Fax: (+47) 77 64 61 00
E-mail: thomas.bohn@genok.org 



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Dr. Thomas Bøhn holds a Doctorate in Fresh Water Ecology from the University of Tromsø (2002). His research interests are focused on invasion biology related to biodiversity and ecological interactions, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), experimental model systems and statistical/mathematical modelling. Bøhn has been a senior researcher at GenØk since 2003.

Scientific publications in peer review journals: 1998 -

(1) Bøhn, T. & Amundsen, P.-A. 1998. Effects of invading vendace (Coregonus albula L.) on species composition and body size in two zooplankton communities of the Pasvik River System, northern Norway. Journal of Plankton Research 20: 243-256

(2) Amundsen, P.-A., Staldvik, F. J., Reshetnikov, Y. S., Kashulin, N., Lukin, A., Bøhn, T., Sandlund, O. T. & Popova, O. A. 1999. Invasion of vendace Coregonus albula in a subarctic watercourse. Biological Conservation 88, 405-413.

(3) Bøhn, T. & Amundsen, P.-A. 2001. The competitive edge of an invading specialist. Ecology 82 (8): 2150-2163

(4) Bøhn, T. 2002. Following a fish invasion – ecological interactions transforming a native ecosystem. Dr. scient. thesis in ecology/freshwater biology, University of Tromsø. 111 p.

(5) Bøhn, T., Amundsen, P.-A., Popova, O., Reshetnikov, Y.S. & Staldvik, F.J. 2002. Predator avoidance of coregonids: Habitat choice explained by size-related prey vulnerability? Arch. Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. Ergebnisse der Limnologie 57:183-197.

(6) Amundsen, P.-A., Bøhn, T., Popova, O.A., Staldvik, F. J., Reshetnikov, Y. S., Kashulin, N., Lukin, A. 2003. Ontogenetic niche shifts and resource partitioning in a subarctic piscivore fish guild. Hydrobiologia 497: 109-119.

(7) Bøhn, T. & Amundsen, P.-A. 2004. Invasion-mediated life history changes in a dimorph whitefish Coregonus lavaretus population. Annales Zoologici Fennici 41: 125-136.

(8) Amundsen, P.-A., Bøhn, T. & Våga, G. 2004. Gill raker morphology and feeding ecology of two sympatric whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) morphs. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 41: 291-300.

(9) Gjelland, K.Ø., Bøhn, T., Knudsen, F.R. & Amundsen, P.-A. 2004. Influence of light on the swimming speed of coregonids in subarctic lakes. Annales Zoologici Fennici 41: 137-146.

(10) Jensen, H., Bøhn, T., Amundsen, P.-A. & Aspholm, P.E. 2004. Diet and predator-prey relationship of piscivorous brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) in a subarctic watercourse. Annales Zoologici Fennici 41: 319-328.

(11) Bøhn, T., Sandlund, O.T., Amundsen, P.-A. & Primicerio, R. 2004. Rapidly changing life history during a fish invasion. Oikos 106: 138-150 .

(12) Bøhn, T. & Amundsen, P.-A. 2004. Ecological interactions and evolution – forgotten parts of biodiversity? Viewpoint Bioscience 54 (9): 804-805.

(13) Pettersen, A.K., Bøhn, T., Primicerio, R., Shorten, P., Soboleva, T. & Nielsen, K.M. 2005. Modeling suggests frequency estimates are not informative for predicting the long-term effect of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. Environmental Biosafety Research 4: 223-233.

(14) Falk-Petersen, J., Bøhn, T. & Sandlund, O.T. 2006. On the numerous concepts in invasion biology. Biological Invasion 00: 1-16.

(15) Jensen, H., Amundsen, P.-A., Elliott, J.M., Bøhn, T. & Aspholm, P.E. 2006. Prey consumption rates and growth of piscivorous brown trout in a subarctic watercourse. Journal of Fish Biology 68: 838-848.

(16) Bøhn, T., Amundsen, P.-A. & Sparrow, A. 2007. Competitive exclusion after invasion? Biological Invasions. Publised online 27. july. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9135-8

(17) Gjelland, K.Ø., Bøhn, T. and Amundsen, P.-A. 2007. Is coexistence mediated by microhabitat segregation? An in-depth exploration of a fish invasion. Journal of Fish Biology 71: (Supplement D), 196-209. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01678.x

(18) Salonen, E., Amundsen, P.-A., Bøhn, T. 2007. Boom and bust development by invading vendace Coregonus albula in the subarctic Inari-Pasvik watershed (Finland, Norway and Russia). Arch. Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 60: 331-342.

(19) Bøhn, T., Primicerio, R., Hessen, D.O. and Traavik, T. 2008. Reduced fitness of Daphnia magna fed a Bt-transgenic maize variety. Archives of Environmental toxicology and chemistry. Published online 18. march.: DOI 10.1007/s00244-008-9150-5