Examples of Master Theses at NILU

• Is a warmer Arctic a more contaminated Arctic? Atlantification of Kongsfjorden in relation to contaminant levels in seabirds

• Ingestion and egestion of microplastic fibers in the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: An experimental exposure

• Perfluoroalkyl substances are positively correlated with triiodothyronine concentrations, but not metabolic rate in breeding arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea)

• Plastic ingestion by northern fulmars (fulmarus glacialis) and plastic-related contaminants

• Fluorinated compounds, including a novel oxidizable fraction in blood of Norwegian women and their predictors – the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study

• Adsorption of Organic Pollutants in Microplastic in the Arctic Ocean

• Plastic occurrence in six different species of Arctic seabirds – Harmonizing methods and closing knowledge gaps on plastic occurrence and polymer identity

• Avløp og oppdrettsanlegg som mulige forurensningskilder til mikroplast i blåskjell (Mytilus edulis)

• Let it glow! Adapting a method to detect microplastics in snow and evaluate the potential for long-range transport

• Use of digestive gland explant cultures from blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) to assess biomarker effects of single and co-exposure of environmental contaminants