CURRICULUM VITAE Niels Th. Jepsen

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Niels Th. Jepsen BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Born: Citizenship: Danish Present address: Technical University of Denmark Section for Freshwater Fisheries Ecology Vejlsøvej 39, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark Phone: nj@aqua.dtu..dk EDUCATION 1999 Ph.D. in fish biology at the University of Aalborg Thesis title: Behaviour of lake piscivores and their predation on migrating smolts M. Sc. (Cand. Scient.) in freshwater biology. University of Aarhus, Biological Institute, Department of zoology (Supervisor Mogens Gissel). Thesis title: Migratory behaviour of mature Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the River Gudenaa Bachelors degree (Exam. art.) in Russian language and culture. University of Odense, Institut slavistiki. Language skills: Danish (mother tongue), English, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Russian, Italian. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Department of Inland Fisheries : Senior scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Department of Inland Fisheries : Contract agent, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources, European Ecological Water Quality Assessment and Intercalibration : Senior Scientist at DTU-Aqua, section for Freshwater Fisheries Ecology. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES October : Life history and spawning behaviour of Atlantic salmon in the Storå River. (Principal investigator. Funding: Recreational fishing licence fund). 1

2 October : Implementation of the WFD. Intercalibration of methods for assessing the ecological quality of inland waters by monitoring the fish populations. Co-ordinator for the Joint Danube fish survey. November : Development of a procedural framework for Action Plans to Reconcile conflicts between the conservation of large vertebrates and the use of biological resources: Fisheries and fish-eating vertebrates as model case (FRAP). (co-applicant, contractor. Funding: The Fifth Framework Programme, European Commision). January 2002 June 2003: Spawning migration and behaviour of wild and stocked Atlantic salmon in the Varde Å. (Principal investigator. Funding: Recreational fishing licence fund). October : Living aquatic resources in the South East Asia Management and knowledge base (coapplicant, contractor. Funding: The Fifth Framework Programme, European Commision). January 2000 May 2001: The behaviour of roach in two different lakes (part of The role of fish in the ecosystem project). (Co-applicant. Funding: Recreational fishing licence fund). March November 1999: Tagging related stress in juvenile salmonids. Project performed at Oregon State University. (Principal investigator. Funding: USGS/OCFRU). January 1997-February 1999: The behaviour of pike, pikeperch and trout smolts in a shallow reservoir. (Principal investigator. Funding: DIFRES). January - December 1996: Investigations of the behaviour and mortality of salmon and trout smolts in Tange reservoir. (Principal investigator. Funding: Recreational fishing licence fund). July 1995 March 1996: Upstream migration of sea-run trout and Atlantic salmon in the River Gudenaa. (Co-applicant. Funding: Recreational fishing licence fund). PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS Jepsen, N., Aarestrup, K., Økland, F. & Rasmussen, G. (1998) Survival of radiotagged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)- and trout (Salmo trutta L.) smolts passing a reservoir during seaward migration. Hydrobiologia 371/372, Jepsen, N., Koed, A. & Økland, F. (1999) The movements of pikeperch in a shallow reservoir. Journal of Fish Biology 54, Jepsen, N. & Aarestrup, K. (1999) A comparison of the growth of radio-tagged and dye-marked pike. Journal of Fish Biology 55, Jepsen, N., Pedersen, S. & Thorstad, E. (2000) Behavioural interactions between prey (trout smolts) and predators (pike and pikeperch) in an impounded river. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 16,

3 Jepsen, N., Beck, S., Skov, C. & Koed, A. (2001) Behaviour of pike (Esox lucius L.) > 50 cm in a turbid reservoir and in a clearwater lake. Ecology of freshwater fish 10, Jepsen, N, Davis, L.E., Schreck, C.B. & Siddens, B. (2001) The physiological response of chinook salmon smolts to two methods of radio-tagging. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130, Jepsen, N. & Berg, S. (2002) The use of winter refuges by roach tagged with miniature radio transmitters. Hydrobiologia 483, Jepsen, N., A. Koed, E. B. Thorstad & E. Baras (2002) Surgical implanting of telemetry transmitters in fish. How much have we learned? Hydrobiologia.483, Jepsen, N. (2003) Long-term retention of radiotransmitters in pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca). Journal of Fish Biology 63, Jepsen, N, Nielsen, E.E. & Deacon, M. (2004) Linking individual behaviour to genetic origin. Aquatic telemetry: advances and applications, M. T. Spedicato, G. Marmulla, G. Lembo (eds.). FAO COISPA, Rome. Jepsen, N., Schreck, C., Clement, S. & Thorstad, E. (2004) A brief discussion of the 2% tag/bodymass rule. Aquatic telemetry: advances and applications. M. T. Spedicato, G. Marmulla, G. Lembo (eds.). FAO COISPA, Rome.Pp Jepsen, N., Holthe,E. and Okland,F. (2006) Observations of predation on salmon and trout smolts in a river mouth. Fisheries Management and Ecology 13, Jepsen, N., Mikkelsen, J. S. & Koed, A. (2008) Effects of tag and suture type on survival and growth of brown trout with surgically implanted telemetry tags in the wild. Journal of Fish Biology 72, Jepsen, N., Christoffersen, M. & Munksgaard, T. (2008) The level of predation used as indicator of tagging/handling effects. Fisheries Management and Ecology 15, Jepsen, N, Sonnesen, P., Klenke, R. & Bregnballe, T. (2010) The use of coded wire tags to estimate cormorant predation on fish stocks in an estuary. Marine and freshwater Biology Jepsen, N., Deacon, M. & Koed, A. (in press) The North Sea Houting decline and protective measures. Endangered Species Research 3

4 Aarestrup, K. & Jepsen, N. (1998) Spawning migration of sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) in a Danish river. Hydrobiologia, 371/372, Aarestrup, K., Jepsen, N. & Rasmussen, G. (1999) Movements of two strains of radio tagged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts through a reservoir. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 6, Aarestrup, K., Jepsen, N., Rasmussen, G., Økland, F., Thorstad, B. & Holdensgaard, G. (2000) Prespawning migratory behaviour and spawning success of sea-ranched Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the River Gudenaa, Denmark. Fisheries Management and Ecology 7, Skov, C., Berg, S., Jacobsen, L. & Jepsen, N. (2002) Habitat use and foraging success of 0+ pike (Esox lucius L.) in experimental ponds related to prey fish, water transparency and light intensities. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11(2): Koed, A, Jepsen, N., Aarestrup, K. & Nielsen, C. (2002) Initial mortality of radio-tagged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts following release downstream of a hydropower station. Hydrobiologia 483, Jacobsen, L., Berg, S. & Jepsen, N. (2002) Activity and food choice of piscivorous perch (Perca fluviatilis) in a eutrophic shallow lake, investigated by radiotelemetry. Freshwater Biology 47, Berg, S., Jeppesen, E., Lauridsen, T., Mueller, J.P., Jensen, H.J., Jepsen, N., Skov, C. & Jacobsen, L (2002). A comparative study on determining fish number and biomass in lakes: five methods compared with the true answer. FAO fisheries report, 681, suppl. P. 36. Thorstad, E. B., Økland, F., Kroglund, F. & Jepsen, N. (2003) Upstream migration of Atlantic salmon at a power station in the River Nidelva, Southern Norway. Fisheries Management and Ecology 10, 1-8. Jacobsen, L., Berg, S., Jepsen, N. & Skov, C. (2004) Does roach behaviour differ between shallow lakes of different environmental state? Journal of Fish Biology 65, Aarestrup, K., Jepsen, N., Koed, A. & Pedersen, S. (2005) Movement and mortality of stocked brown trout in a stream. Journal of Fish Biology 66,

5 Pedersen, S; Jepsen, N; Friberg, N, et al. (2005) Post release behaviour of wild and domesticated resident brown trout (Salmo trutta) in canalised and meandering stream sections. Journal of Fish Biology 67, Økland, F., Thorstad, E.B., Finstad, B., Sivertsgård, R.. Plantalech, N., Jepsen, N. & McKinley, R.S. (2006). Swimming speeds and orientation of wild Atlantic salmon post-smolts during the first stage of the marine migration. Fisheries Management and Ecology 13, Cottrill,R.A., Okland,F., Aarestrup,K., Jepsen,N., Koed,A., Hunter,K.J., Butterworth,K.G. & McKinley,R.S. (2006) Evaluation of three telemetry transmitter attachment methods for female silver-phase American eels (Anguilla rostrata Lesueur). Journal of Great Lakes Research 32, Sivertsgaard, R., Nordahl, T., Økland, F., Thorstad, E., Jepsen, N., Finstad, B. & McKinley, R.S. (2007) Effects of salmon lice infection and salmon lice protection on fjord migration Atlantic salmon and brown trout postsmolts. Hydrobiologia 582, Aarestrup, K., Thorstad, E, Koed, A., Jepsen, N., Svendsen, J. C., Pedersen, M. I., Skov, C. & Økland, F. (2008) Survival and behaviour of European silver eel in late freshwater and early marine phase during spring migration. Fisheries Management and Ecology 15, Volta, P. & Jepsen, N. (2008). The recent invasion of Rutilus rutilus (L.) (Pisces: Cyprenidae) in a large South-Alpine lake:lago Maggiore. Journal of Limnology 67(2), Aarestrup, K., Thorstad, E.B., Svendsen, J.C., Jepsen, N.., Koed, A., Pedersen, M.I. & Økland, F. (2010). Survival and progression rates of large European silver eel in late freshwater and early marine phase. Aquatic Biology 9, Simon, J., Berends, K., Dörner, H., Jepsen, N., Fladung, E. (in press). European silver eel migration and fisheries induced mortality in the Havel river system (Germany). River Research and Applications. Pedersen, M. I., Jepsen, N., Aarestrup, K., Koed, A., Pedersen, S. & Økland, F. (in press). Loss of European silver eel passing a hydropower station. Applied Ichthyology. According to Web of Science, the indexed of the above papers (29) have been cited 469 times and the h-index is 14 (Nov 2011). 5

6 Book chapters and others Jepsen, N. (1999) Behaviour of lake piscivores and their predation on migrating smolts. Ph.D.-dissertation. Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Aalborg University. 159pp. Human - Wildlife Conflicts in Europe, Fisheries and Fish-eating Vertebrates as a Model Case Series: Environmental Science, Springer. Klenke, R.A.; Ring, I.; Kranz, A.; Jepsen, N.; Rauschmayer, F.; Henle, K. (Eds.). 2011, 50 illus., Hardcover, ISBN: CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (NOT COMPLETE) 2011 Jepsen, N. & Bregnballe, T. Reconciling the conflict between cormorants and anglers -Quantification of predation effects, World Recreational Fisheries Congress, 2011, Berlin, Germany. Jepsen, N. Evaluating tagging effects, American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Seattle Jepsen, N. Effects of cormorant predation and the Danish management plan, Sæl- og Skarv seminariet, Stockholm Jepsen, N., Christoffersen, M. & Munksgaard, T. Predation risk as indicator for tagging/handling effects. 7 th Conference on Fish Telemetry held in Europe, Silkeborg June Jepsen, N., Aarestrup, K. & Koed, A. (2005) Species conservation and habitat rehabilitation: Examples from the Danish management scene. 6 th conference on fish telemetry held in Europe, 5-11 June, Sesimbra, Portugal. Jepsen, N. (2005) Status of the methodology of capture, handling and tagging fish and the ethical questions involved. AFS Annual meeting, September, Anchorage, Alaska. Jepsen, N. (2005) Current methods for capture, handling and tagging wild fish. Harmonisation of the care and use of fish in research May, Gardamoen, Norway. Jepsen, N., Sonnesen, P. & Koed, A. (2005) Can cormorants cause significant changes in coastal fish populations? North Sea Conference, Ringkøbing March 2005 (Poster) Jepsen, N., Sonnesen, P., Nicolaisen, H. & Koed, A. (2004) Reconciling the conflict between the conservation of large vertebrates and the use of biological resources by humans: The cormorant case. Fourth World Fisheries Congress, Vancouver, Canada, May 2004 (Poster). 6

7 2003 Jepsen, N., Nielsen, E. E. & Deacon, M. (2003). Linking individual behaviour to genetic origin. Fifth Conference on Fish Telemetry held in Europe. Ustica, June Jacobsen, L., Jepsen, N. & Berg, S. (2002). Roach (Rutilus rutilus) behavoiur by use of mini-radio transmitters: a comparative study of a clearwater lake and a turbid lake In Shallow Lakes 2002, International Conference on Limnology of Shallow Lakes, Balatonfüred, Hungary, May. Berg, S., Jeppesen, E., Lauridsen, T., Møller, J. P., Jensen, H. J., Jepsen, N., Skov, C., and Jacobsen, L. (2002) A comparative study on determining fish number and biomass in lakes : Five methods compared with the true answer. In EIFAC symposium on inland fisheries and the aquatic environment, Windermere, UK, June. Berg, S., Jacobsen, L., Broberg, M., Jepsen, N., and Skov, C. (2002) Behaviour of piscivorous perch investigated by radio telemetry. In Shallow Lakes 2002, International Conference on Limnology of Shallow Lakes, Balatonfüred, Hungary, May Jepsen, N., Wilson, D. & Phounsavath, S. Developing a set of indicators for evaluating the condition of a resource. Case: Freshwater fisheries in Lao PDR. Putting Fishers knowledge to work International conference August, UBC, Vancouver Canada. Wilson, D. & Jepsen, N. Examining the two cultures theory of fishers knowledge: The case of the northwest Atlantic Bluefish Putting Fishers knowledge to work International conference August, UBC, Vancouver Canada. Jepsen, N. Surgical implanting of telemetry transmitters: How much have we learned? Fourth conference on fish telemetry in Europe, June, Trondheim, Norway. Jepsen, N. & Berg, S. Where do the roach go in the winter? Fourth conference on fish telemetry in Europe, June, Trondheim, Norway Jepsen, N Predation on migrating trout (Salmo trutta L.) smolts by pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca L.) in a reservoir The 128 th annual AFS-meeting, Hartford, USA Jepsen, N Investigations of the causes of smolt-loss in reservoirs. Nordic Symposium on Salmonid Ecology and Management, Silkeborg. Jepsen, N Survival of radiotagged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)- and trout ( Salmo trutta L.) smolts passing a reservoir during seaward migration Second Conference on fish telemetry in Europe, La Rochelle. 7

8 PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES JOURNALS: Journal of Fish Biology Ecology of Freshwater Fish Transactions of the American Fisheries Society Hydrobiologia North American Journal of Fisheries Management Fisheries Management and Ecology River research and applications Journal of applied ichthyology Experimental Marine Ecology Aquaculture Boreal Environment Research Marine Ecology Progress Series Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Marine & Freshwater Research Dana African Journal of Ecology Marine and Freshwater Biology POPULAR SCIENTIFIC PAPERS Rasmussen, G., Aarestrup, K. & Jepsen, N. (1996) Mortality of sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts during seaward migration through rivers and lakes in Denmark. ICES C.M. T:9. Rasmussen,G.H., Geertz-Hansen,P. and Jepsen, N. (2002) Management of recreational fisheries in Denmark. In: Anonymous Conference proceedings 3rd World Recreational Fishing Conference, May 2002, Northern Territory, Australia, pp FEFI Jepsen, N. The return of the king. The recovery of Danish salmon stocks. Atlantic Salmon Journal (ASF-USA). Spring 2006, TECHNICAL REPORTS (in Danish with English summary): Niels Jepsen, Kim Aarestrup og Gorm Rasmussen (1997) Smoltdødeligheder i Tange Sø. Undersøgt i foråret DFU-rapport nr Kim Aarestrup og Niels Jepsen (2000) Laks og havørreds gydevandring i Gudenåen i 1994 og DFU-rapport nr Jepsen, N. (2001). Indicators of sustainable fisheries in the Mekong River System, Preliminary Project Report, IFM, 40 pp. 8

9 Jepsen, N., Deacon, M. & Ejby-Ernst, M. (2003) Laksens gydevandring i Varde Å systemet. DFU-rapport, Jepsen, N. & Pont, D. (2007) Intercalibration of fish-based Methods to evaluate River Ecological Quality. EUR-report 22878, JRC, European Commision, 191 pp. ISBN Koed, A., Jepsen, N., Baktoft, H. & Larsen, S. (2010). Opgang og gydning af laks i Skjern Å-systemet 2008/2009. DTU Aqua rapport nr ISBN Papers (in Danish) Jepsen, N. Radiotelemetri; en vej til ny viden om fisk i ferskvand, DFU s årsberetning, Jepsen, N. Telemetri som metode i fiskeundersøgelser i Fisk og Hav, Nr. 48, Jepsen, N. Geddens adfærd Sportsfiskeren maj Jepsen, N. Sandartens adfærd Sportsfiskeren juni Jepsen, N. Mangfoldige Mekong forvaltningen af en livsnerve Fisk & Hav, Nr. 54, Jepsen, N. Undersøgelser af skarvers påvirkning af fiskene i Ringkøbing og Nissum Fjorde Nyhedsbrev 4 for myndighedssamarbejdet om fiskeriet i Ringkøbing og Nissum fjorde, Sivebæk,F., Jepsen,N. and Aarestrup,K. (2002) Vandpleje øger fiskebestandene. Jepsen, N. og Bregnballe, T. Skarv og fisk Fisk & Hav, Nr. 56, Jepsen, N. og Deacon, M. Varde Å, 50 km forhindringsløb for laks Fisk & Hav, Nr.57, Jepsen, N. og Sonnesen, P. Hvor mange fisk spiser skarverne Ferskvandsfiskeribladet Nr. 8, 102 Årg Jepsen,N. (2006) Skarvers fødevalg i Ringkøbing Fjord. Nyhedsbrev / Samarbejdsprojekt om skarvregulering og fiskebestandene i de vestjyske fjorde 3, 6-8. Jepsen, N. (2009). Store opstemninger - store udfordringer. Miljø & Vandpleje 34, Jepsen, N. (2010). Fiskene og Vandrammedirektivet. Miljø & Vandpleje 35, Jepsen, N; Skov, C. (2010). Hvordan klarer fiskene sig gennem vinteren? Jepsen, N & Bregnballe, T. (2011). Skarven i Danmark og den nye forvaltningsplan en status. Geirfuglen, marts Jepsen, N (2011). Skarven har ikke skylden for alle problemer. Danske Fritidsfiskere april Jepsen, N. & Rasmussen, K. (2011). Skarv bekymrer sportsfiskerne. Sportsfiskeren april Jepsen, N. (2011). Return of the King The recovery of Danish Salmon Stocks. Pool 32 Mag, april Jepsen, N. (2011). Hvorfor er stallingen i kraftig tilbagegang? Ferskvandsfiskeribladet Nr. 2, 109 årg. Jepsen, N. & Bregnballe, T. (2011). Status for skarven i Danmark. Ferskvandsfiskeribladet Nr. 2, 109 årg. Jepsen, N (2011). Status for stallingen. Sportsfiskeren november ADVISORY ACTIVITIES: General advisory work within the fields of: Establishment of fauna passages in rivers Passage of migratory fish by fish farms 9

10 Management of cormorants Mortality of salmonid smolts during passage of reservoirs Implementation of the EU Waterframework directive Management of tropical river fisheries Handling of fishes, fish welfare Integrated coastal zone management Member of the national group for management of cormorant- fishery conflicts. Member of the steering committee of the EU-funded FRAP project. Member of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Committee (EIFAC) Member of the steering committee on the EFI+ project Leader of the evaluation board for water-research of the Norwegian Research Council. Member of the management committee (Miljø 2015) of the Norwegian Research Council Member of the scientific conference committee of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Conference on Fish Telemetry in Europe. Member of the Swedish Research Council (FORMAS) evaluation panel. 10