

Heidi S. Mortensen, M.Sc.
Researcher, Ph.D. student
Email: heidi@fiskaaling.fo
Phone: +298 774765
Affiliation:
P/F Fiskaaling
Areas of interest:
- Stereology
- Histology
- RT-PCR
- ELISA and other colorimetric analysis
- Fish health
- Recirculating aquaculture systems
My research
interest is improving the health and wellbeing of farmed fish, especially
large post-smolts. I currently focus on the optimization of water quality
in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) in order to promote fish health and
limit negative physiological effects.
My interest in the interaction
between water quality and health comes from my prior experience in water
quality assessment as an environmental supervisor at the Environmental Agency
of the Faroes Islands and my stereological and neuroscience background.
For future work, I am keen on implementing stereology as a tool to estimate
fish health, especially in the gill and other mucosal surfaces that are in
contact with the RAS water.
Publications:
Heidi S.
Mortensen, Bente Pakkenberg, Maria Dam, Rune Dietz, Christian
Sonne, Bjarni Mikkelsen and Nina Eriksen (2014). Quantitative relationships
in delphinid neocortex. In Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 8:132.
Eleanor P.
Jones, Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Eyðfinn Magnussen, Noomi Gregersen, Heidi Hansenand Jeremy B. Searle (2011). A molecular characterization of the charismatic
Faroe house mouse, 471-482. In Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Anna Maria Fossá, Erla Olsen, William Simonsen, Magnus Gaard and Heidi Hansen(2010). Vegetation transition following drainage in a high-latitude hyper-oceanic ecosystem, 249-256. In applied Vegetation Science 13:2.