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ARNI EINARSSON, BSc., PhD.
Affiliation:
Myvatn Research Station, IS-660 Myvatn, Iceland.
Address:
Institute of Biology, University of Iclend, Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel: 354 892-4281, Email: arnie@hi.is
Date of Birth: 2 January 1954
Education:
University of Iceland, Biology, BSc. degree 1976
University of Iceland, Ecology, BSc. honour 1978
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Ph.D. 1986
Positions held:
1996-present: Myvatn Research Station, Iceland (Icelandic Ministry for the
Environment), director
1985-1995: Myvatn Research Station, Iceland (Icelandic Ministry for the Environment),
specialist
Funded Research Project (Past five years)
1999-2003. Short and long-term fluctuations in animal populations at Lake Myvatn. A
model for climatic and human impact on the ecosystem
Funding: Nordic Arctic Research Programme. Nordic Council of Ministers
1999-2003. Lake Myvatn as a model for long- and short-term changes in an ecosystem
Funding: Icelandic Science Council
2004-2006. Medieval earthworks in NE-Iceland.
Funding: Icelandic Science Council
2005-2006. Chironomids and food webs.
Funding: Icelandic Science Council
2005-2008. EUROLIMPACS. Evaluating the Impacts of Global Change on
European Freshwater Ecosystems.
Funding: European Union
Selected Publications
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Ives, A.R., Einarsson, A., V.A.A. Jansen & Gardarsson, A. 2008. High-amplitude
fluctuations and alternative dynamical states of midges in Lake Myvatn. Nature 452:
84-87.
Gardarsson, A., Petersen, A. & Einarsson, Á. 2008. Population limitation in dabbling
ducks at Mývatn, Iceland. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54
(Suppl. 1): 131-143.
Ascough, P. L., Cook, G.T., Church, M.J., Dugmore, A.J., McGovern, T.H., Dunbar, E.,
Einarsson, Á., Fridriksson, A. & Gestsdóttir, H. 2007. Reservoirs and Radiocarbon:
14C Dating Problems in Mývatnssveit, Northern Iceland. Radiocarbon 49: 947-961.
Thomas H. McGovern, Orri Vésteinsson, Adolf Fridriksson, Mike Church, Ian Lawson,
Ian A. Simpson, Arni Einarsson, Andy Dugmore, Gordon Cook, Sophia Perdikaris,
Kevin J. Edwards, Amanda M. Thomson, W. Paul Adderley, Anthony Newton, Gavin
Lucas, Ragnar Edvardsson, Oscar Aldred & Elaine Dunbar. 2007. Landscapes of
settlement in northern Iceland: Historical ecology of human impact and climate
fluctuation on the millennial scale. American Anthropologist 109: 27-51.
Lawson, I.T., Gathorne-Hardy, F.J., Church. M.J., Newton, A.J., Edwards, K.J., Dugmore,
A.J. & Einarsson, Á. 2007. Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement:
palaeoenvironmental data from Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland. Boreas 36: 1-19.
Einarsson, A., Gardarsson, A., Gíslason, G.M. & Gudbergsson, G. 2006. Populations of
ducks and trout of the River Laxá, Iceland, in relation to variation in food resources.
Hydrobiologia 567: 183-194.
McGovern, T., Perdikaris, S., Einarsson, A. & Sidell, J. 2006. Coastal connections, local
fishing, and sustainable egg harvesting: patterns of Viking Age inland wild resource
use in Mývatn district, Northern Iceland. Environmental Archaeology 11: 187-205.
Lawson, I.T., Gathorne-Hardy, F.J., Church, M.J., Einarsson, A. , Edwards, K.J.,
Perdikaris, S., McGovern, T., Amundsenm C. & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. 2006. Human
impact on freshwater environments in Norse and early medieval Myvatnssveit,
Iceland. Pp. 375-382 in J. Arneborg & B. Grønnow (eds.): Dynamics of Northern
Societies. Proceedings of the SILA/NABO Conference on Arctic and North Atlantic
Archaeology, Copenhagen May 10th-14th, 2004.
Einarsson, A. 2005. Harlequin Duck and Barrow’s Goldeneye. Bls. 706-709 og 735-739
í: Janet Kear & Mark Hulme (eds.): Ducks, Geese and Swans. Bird Families of the
World. Oxford University Press. 832 pp.
Einarsson, A. 2004. Lake Myvatn and the River Laxá: An introduction. Aquatic Ecology
38: 111-114.
Einarsson, A. and Gulati RD. 2004 (eds.). Ecology of Lake Myvatn and the River Laxá:
Temporal and spatial variation. Aquatic Ecology 38 (Special Issue). 348 pp.
Einarsson, A., Stefansdottir, G, Johannesson, H., Olafsson, JS, Gislason GM, Wakana I,
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Gudbergsson G and Gardarsson A. 2004. The ecology of Lake Myvatns and the river
Laxa: variation in time and space. Aquatic Ecology 38: 317-348.
Gardarsson A, and Einarsson A. 2004. Resource limitation of diving ducks at Myvatn:
food limits production. Aquatic Ecology 38: 285-295.
Thorarinsson TL and Einarsson A. 2004. Dispersion of the horned grebe Podiceps
auritus (L) (Aves) on Lake Myvatn, Iceland in late summer. Aquatic Ecology 38: 309315.
Ornolfsdottir EB and Einarsson A. 2004. Spatial and temporal variation of benthic
Cladocera (Crustacea) studied with activity traps in Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Aquatic
Ecology 38: 239-251.
Einarsson A. and Ornolfsdottir EB 2004. Long-term changes in benthic Cladocera
populations in Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Aquatic Ecology 38: 253-262.
Thorbergsdottir IM, Gislason, SR, Ingvason HR and Einarsson A 2004. Benthic oxygen
flux in the highly productive subarctic Lake Myvatn, Iclenad: in situ benthic flux
chamber study. Aquatic Ecology 38: 177-189.
Einarsson A and Gardarsson A. 2004. Moulting diving ducks and their food supply.
Aquatic Ecology 38: 297-307.
Gardarsson, A, Einarsson A, Gislason GM, Hrafnsdottir T, Ingvason HR, Jonsson E and
Olafsson JS. 2004. Population fluctuations of chironomid and simuliid Dipteraat
Myvatn in 1977-1996. Aquatic Ecology 38: 209-217.
Einarsson, A., Gardarsson A, Gislason GM and Ives AR (2002) Consumer-resource
interactions and cyclic population dynamics of Tanytarsus gracilentus (Diptera:
Chironomidae). J Animal Ecology 71: 832-845.
Gardarsson., A. & Einarsson, A. 2000. Monitoring waterfowl at Myvatn, Iceland. Pp. 3-29
in F.A. Comin, J.A. Herrera-Silveira & J.Ramirez-Ramirez (eds.): Limnology and Aquatic
birds. Monitoring, Modelling and Management. Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan,
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Gardarsson., A. & Einarsson, A. 1997. Numbers and production of Eurasian wigeon in
relation to conditions in a breeding area, Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Journal of Animal
Ecology 66: 439-451.
Einarsson, A. 1997. Harlequin Duck and Barrow’s Goldeneye. Pp. 114 & 119 in E.J.M.
Hagemeijer & M.J. Blair (eds.): The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds: their
Distribution and Abundance. T & A D Poyser, London.
Gardarsson, A. & Einarsson, A. 1994. Responses of breeding duck populations to changes in
food supply. Hydrobiologia 279/280: 15-27.
Einarsson, A. & M.L. Magnusdottir. 1993. The effect of sediment dredging on the
distribution of diving ducks at Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Biological Conservation 66: 55-60.
Einarsson, A. Arni Einarsson, 1988. Distribution and movements of Barrow’s Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica young in relation to food. Ibis 130: 153-163.
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Gislason, G.M., A. Gudmundsson & A. Einarsson 1998. Population densities of the threespined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) in a shallow lake. Verh. Internat. Verein.
Limnol. 26: 2244-2250.
Einarsson, A., H. Oskarsson & J.Haflidason. 1993. Stratigraphy of fossil pigments and
Cladophora and its relationship with tephra deposition in Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Journal
of Paleolimnology 8: 15-26.
Gardarsson., A. & Einarsson, A. (eds.) 1991. Nattura Myvatns. The Natural History of Lake
Myvatn, published by the Icelandic Natural History Society, Reykjavik. 372 pp. (In
Icelandic).
Einarsson, A. 1990. Settlement into breeding habitats by Barrow’s Goldeneyes Bucephala
islandica: Evidence for temporary oversaturation of preferred habitat. Ornis Scandinavica
21: 7-16.
Einarsson, A. & H. Haflidason. 1988. Predictive paleolimnology: Effects of sediment
dredging in Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 23: 860-869.
d. Synergistic activities:
1. Creation of a Visitor Center for the Nature Conservation Agency at Lake Myvatn:
research, layout and design. 1993-1994.
2. Acting as an “on the scene” scientist in the US-based JASON-project Broadcast live
throughout the US and Mexico as a tele-education programme about the connection
between life and volcanic activity. 1996.
3. Manuscript and text for the natural history film: Lake Watch: Monitoring the Myvatn
Ecosystem (26 min.). Producer Emmson Film. 1999.
4. Creation of an educational website for the natural history of Lake Myvatn. 1996-present.
e. Collaborators and other affiliations:
(i) Collaborators:
Prof. Arnthor Gardarsson, University of Iceland
Prof. Anthony R. Ives, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prof. Erik Jeppesen, NERI – Arhus University Denmark
Dr. Helen Bennion, University College, London.
(ii) Graduate and post-doctoral advisors:
Prof. Ian Patterson, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
(iii) Thesis Advisors:
Marianne Jensdottir MSc-student, Univ. Iceland
Thorkell Lindberg Thorarinsson MSc-student, University of Iceland
Erla B. Ornolfsdottir MSc-student, A&M University, Texas
Margret L. Magnusdottir BSc Hon, Univ. Iceland
Hlynur Oskarsson BSc Hon. Univ. Iceland