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Gísli Már Gíslason - Professor Emeritus
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Gísli Már Gíslason
Íslenska
Professor Emeritus
Professor in Limnology
Location
Askja / N-152
Phone
8615422
Email
gmg [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Website
http://www.uni.hi.is/gmg
Published Work
Gísli Már Gíslason - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Gísli Már Gíslason - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-1796
Research portal – Gísli Már Gíslason
Courses 2024 - 2025
LÍF543G - Entomology
Collaboration
Ólafur Patrick Ólafsson
,
Þóra Hrafnsdóttir
,
Rakel Guðmundsdóttir
,
Leivur Janus Hansen
,
Elísabet Ragna Hannesdóttir
,
,
University of Auckland, School of Geography and Environmental Science
,
DMU - Danmarks Miljö Undersögelser
,
University of Liverpool, Department of Biological Sciences
,
University College London, Environmental Change Research Centre
,
Kopavogur's Natural History Museum
,
Freshwater Fisheries Institute
,
Myvatn's Research Station
Education
1978
,
Ph.D.
,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
,
1974
,
,
Lund University
,
NCE course in ecolgy of streams
1973
,
1.árs framhaldsnám
,
University of Iceland
,
Ecology
1973
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Biology
1970
,
,
Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð
,
Professional Experience
1988 -
2020,
Professor,
University of Iceland
1982 -
1988,
Senior lecturerer,
University of Iceland
1977 -
1982,
Lecturerer,
University of Iceland
Published works
2024
Environmental warming increases the importance of high-turnover energy channels in stream food webs
Ecology
Regional impacts of warming on biodiversity and biomass in high latitude stream ecosystems across the Northern Hemisphere
Communications Biology
2023
Seasonal variation in the Chironomidae (Diptera) communities of two Faroese streams
CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research
Author Correction: Micropterna lateralis (Stephens, 1837) (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae) recorded in Iceland
Norwegian Journal of Entomology
Freshwater conservation
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Author Correction: Functional diversity and community assembly of river invertebrates show globally consistent responses to decreasing glacier cover
Nature Ecology and Evolution
Dispersal rate of Potamophylax cingulatus and Micropterna sequax (Trichoptera) in Iceland
Contributions to Entomology
2022
Arctic rivers
Nutrient enrichment intensifies the effects of warming on metabolic balance of stream ecosystems
Limnology And Oceanography Letters
2021
Flow is more Important than Temperature in Driving Patterns of Organic Matter Storage and Stoichiometry in Stream Ecosystems
Ecosystems
The Aquatic Fauna of the North Atlantic Islands with Emphasis on Iceland
Arctic rivers
Longevities of Adult Chironomidae (Diptera) from Two Icelandic Streams.
CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research
2020
Vatnavistfræðingurinn og frumkvöðullinn Pétur M. Jónasson.
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Resource supply governs the apparent temperature dependence of animal production in stream ecosystems
Ecology Letters
Contrasting responses of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) to experimental whole-stream warming
Freshwater Biology
Origin of the Trichoptera species in Iceland
Zoosymposia
Thermal niche diversity and trophic redundancy drive neutral effects of warming on energy flux through a stream food web
Ecology
Trichoptera diversity in Icelandic springs
Zoosymposia
Trichoptera in the Faroe Islands
Zoosymposia
2018
Increased resource use efficiency amplifies positive response of aquatic primary production to experimental warming
Global Change Biology
2017
Glacier shrinkage driving global changes in downstream systems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Shifts in community size structure drive temperature invariance of secondary production in a stream-warming experiment
Ecology
Experimental whole-stream warming alters community size structure
Global Change Biology
2016
Impact of warming on CO
2
emissions from streams countered by aquatic photosynthesis
Nature Geoscience
Is it possible to reach a consensus on the utilization of catchments and geothermal areas for energy production?
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
A comparison of three solute transport models using mountain stream tracer experiments
Warming alters coupled carbon and nutrient cycles in experimental streams
Global Change Biology
2015
Variable migration and delay in two stock components of an Atlantic salmon population
Environmental Biology of Fishes
2014
Freshwater Crustacea (Cladocera, Copepoda) of Iceland
Polar Biology
2013
Increased Stream Productivity with Warming Supports Higher Trophic Levels
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2012
Impacts of Warming on the Structure and Functioning of Aquatic Communities. Individual- to Ecosystem-Level Responses
2011
Temperature and the metabolic balance of streams
Freshwater Biology
2010
Life cycles of Eukiefferiella claripennis (Lundbeck 1898) and Eukiefferiella minor (Edwards 1929) (Diptera: Chironomidae) in spring-fed streams of different temperatures with reference to climate change
Fauna Norvegica
Sentinel systems on the razor's edge
Global Change Biology
Micropterna lateralis (Stephens, 1837) (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae) recorded in Iceland
Norwegian Journal of Entomology
2009
Relationships between structure and function in streams contrasting in temperature
Freshwater Biology
2006
Populations of ducks and trout of the River Laxá, Iceland, in relation to variation in food resources
Hydrobiologia
2004
Seasonal and spatial variation in the diet of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) in the subarctic River Laxá, north-east Iceland
Aquatic Ecology
The ecology of Lake Myvatn and the River Laxá
Aquatic Ecology
Population fluctuations of chironomid and simuliid Diptera at Myvatn in 1977-1996
Aquatic Ecology
2002
Body size, diet and growth of landlocked brown trout, Salmo trutta, in the subarctic River Laxá, North-East Iceland
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Consumer-resource interactions and cyclic population dynamics of Tanytarsus gracilentus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Journal of Animal Ecology
2001
Longitudinal changes in macroinvertebrate assemblages along a glacial river system in central Iceland
Freshwater Biology
Macrobenthic invertebrate richness and composition along a latitudinal gradient of European glacier-fed streams
Freshwater Biology
2000
Physical and chemical chareacteristics of glacial rivers in Iceland, with particular reference to the River W-Jökulsá, North Iceland
Life in glacial and alpine rivers in central iceland in relation to physical and chemical parameters
Nordic Hydrology
1999
Iceland blasts millennium bugs in speed governors
International Water Power and Dam Construction
1998
Animal communities in Icelandic rivers in relation to catchment characteristics and water chemistry
Nordic Hydrology
1997
Oviposition Sites of the Saltmarsh Mosquito, Aedes vigilax (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), at Homebush Bay, Sydney, NSW - A Preliminary Investigation
Australian Journal of Entomology
1995
Rivers of the Nordic Countries
1994
River Management in Cold Regions
1990
Habitat and life histories of the Trichoptera in Thjorsarver, Central Highlands of Iceland
Fauna Norvegica, Serie B
1988
Long term changes in the Lake Myvatn ecosystem
Aqua Fennica
1986
The Pre-Landnam Fauna of Iceland - A Paleontological Contribution
Boreas
A new window trap used in the assessment of the flight periods of Chironomidae and Simuliidae (Diptera)
Freshwater Biology
The pre‐Landnám fauna of Iceland
Boreas
1980
The effect of pollution on the fauna of two thermal rivers in Iceland.
Náttúrufræðingurinn
1979
Identification of Icelandic Caddis Larvae, with Descriptions of Limnephilus-Fenestratus (Zett) and Limnephilus-Picturatus McL (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae, Phryganeidae)
Entomologica Scandinavica
Keywords for Specialisation:
Stream ecosystem metabolism
Ecology of streams
Warm stream ecosystem metabolism
WFD classification of water bodies and ecological status
Eurolimpacs
Evaluating the Impacts of Global Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems
Icelandic River Ecosystems
Ecological classification of streams and rivers
Arctic and Alpine Stream Ecosystem
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