Research publications

UNU-FTP fellows have produced a significant amount of research in the form of articles in peer reviewed academic journals, presentations at conferences, and Master's and PhD dissertations. Listed below are publications produced by UNU fellows both through their work in the 6-month training course and during their post-graduate studies supported by the UNU-FTP.

2011

Nga, M.T.T., Gudjonsdottir, M., Lauzon, H.L., Sveinsdottir, K., Martinsdottir, E., Audorff, H., Reichstein, W., Haarer, D., Bogason, S.G. and Arason, S. 2011. Continuous quality and shelf life monitoring of retail-packed fresh cod loins in comparison with conventional methods. Food Control22(6), 1000-1007. link

Nga, M.T.T., Audorff, H., Reichstein, W., Haarer, D., Olafsdottir, G., Bogason, S.G., Kreyenschmidt, J. and Arason, S. 2011. Performance of a new photochromic timetemperature indicator under simulated fresh fish supply chain conditions. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 46(2), 297-304. link

Shaviklo, G.R., Thorkelsson, G., Sveinsdottir, K. and Rafipour, F. 2011. Chemical properties and sensory quality of ice cream fortifies with fish protein. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 91(7), 119-1204.

Shaviklo, G.R., Thorkelsson, G., Rafipour, F. and Sigurgisladottir, S. 2011. Quality and storage stability of extruded puffed corn-fish snacks during 6-month storage at ambient temperature. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture91(5), 886-893.

Shaviklo, G.R. 2011. Evaluation and utilisation of fish protein isolate products. University of Iceland. Doctoral Dissertation. link

Nguyen, Minh V. 2011. Effects of Different Processing Methods on the Physicochemical Properties oh Heavily Salted Cod. University of Iceland. Doctoral Dissertation.

Nguyen, Minh V., Jonsson, A., Thorarinsdottir, K. A., Arason, S. and Thorkelsson, G. 2011. Effects of different temperatures on storage quality of heavily salted cod (Gadus morhua). International Journal of Food Engineering 7(1), Article 3.

Nguyen, Minh V., Thorarinsdottir, K. A., Gudmundsdottir, A., Thorkelsson, G. and Arason, S. 2011. The effects of salt concentration on conformational changes in con (Gadus morhua) proteins during brine salting. Food Chemistry 125(3) 1013-1019.

De Croos, M.D.S.T. and Palsson, S. 2011. Population biology and genetic diversity of two adjacent shrimp (Parapenaeopsis coromandelica) populations exploited under different fishing pressures in the costal waters of Sri Lanka.

De Croos, M.D.S.T. and Palsson, S. 2011. Sex ratios, sexual maturity, fecundity and spawning seasonality of Metapenaeus dobsoni off the western coastal waters of Sri Lanka. Invertabrate Reproduction and Development55:110-123. link

Kapute, F. 2011. Fish Quality and Processing: Manual for Teaching in the Aquaculture and Fisheries Science BSc Programme. link

Dissanayake, D.C.T. 2011. Assessment and management of sea cucumber resources in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka. University of Iceland. Doctoral Dissertation.

Dissanayake, D.C.T. and Athukorala, S. 2011. Abundance, distribution and some biological aspects of Holothuria edulis off the northwest coast of Sri Lanka. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 31. 39-44. link

Dissanayake, D.C.T. and Stefansson, G. 2011. Habitat preference of sea cucumbers: Holothuria atra and Holothuria edulis in the costal waters of Sri Lanka. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. Accepted manuscript.

Dissanayake, D.C.T. and Stefansson, G. 2011. Present status of the commercial sea cucumber fishery off the northwest and east coasts of Sri Lanka. Journal of the Marina Biological Association of the UK. Accepted manuscript

De Croos, M.D.S.T. 2011. Shrimp Populations in Western Sri Lanka: the Fishery, mtDNA Variations and Reproductive Biology. University of Iceland. Doctoral Dissertation.

2010

Nga, M.T.T. 2010. Enhancing quality management of fresh fish supply chain through improved logistics and ensured traceability . University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition. Doctoral Thesis. link

Nga, M.T.T., Margeirsson, S., Stefansson, G. and Arason, S. 2010. Evaluation of a seafood firm traceability system based on process mapping information: More efficient use of recorded data.Journal of Food Agriculture and Environment 8(2), 51-59. link

Nga, M.T.T., Margeirsson, B. and Stefansson, G. 2010. Temperature controlled transportation alternatives for fresh fish-air or sea? IN: Proceedings of the 22nd NOFOMA (Nordic Logistics Research Network) Conference in Kolding, DENMARK, 10-11 June 2010.link

Wang, T., Jonsdottir, R., Kristinsson, H.G., Hreggvidsson, G.O., Jonsson, J.O. and Olafsdottir, G. 2010. Enzyme-enhanced extraction of antioxidant ingredients from the red algae Palmaria palmata LWT. Food Science and Technology 43(9), 1387-1393. link

Wang, T., Jonsdottir, R., Kristinsson, H.G., Thorkelsson, G., Jacobsen, C., Hamaguchi, P.Y. and Olafsdottir, G. 2010. Inhibition of haemoglobin-medicated lipid oxidation in washed cod muscle and cod protein isolates by Fucus vesiculosus extract and fractions. Food Chemistry 123(2), 321-330. link

Wang, T., Olafsdottir, G., Jonsdottir,R., Kristinsson, H.G., and Jonsson, R. 2010. Functional and neutraceutical ingredients from marine macroalgae. In: Handbook of Seafood Quality, Safety and Health Applications. C. Alasalvar, F. Shahidi, K. Miyashita, and U. Wanasundara. Oxford: Blackwell publishing ltd. link

Shaviklo, G.R. Properties and applications of fish proteins in value added convenience foods. University of Iceland. School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition. Doctoral Thesis, September 2010.

Shaviklo, G.R., Thorkelsson, G., Arason, S. and Sveinsdottir, K. 2010. Characteristics if freeze-dried fish protein isolated from saithe (Pollachius virens). Journal of Food Science and Technology. Feb 2010. link

Shaviklo, G.R., Olafsdottir, A., Sveinsdottir, K., Thorkelsson, G. and Rafipour, F. 2010. Quality Characteristics and consumer acceptance of extruded puffed corn snack fortified with fish protein. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 30 Dec 2010. link

Shaviklo, G.R., Thorkelsson, G., Arason, S., Kristinsson, H. and Sveinsdottir, K. 2010.The influence of additives and drying methods in quality attributes if fish protein powder made from saithe (Pollachius virens). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 90(12) 2133-2143. link

Shaviklo, G.R., Arason, S., Thorkelsson, G., Sveinsdottir, K. and Martinsdottir, E. 2010. Sensory attributes of haddock balls affected by added fish protein isolate and frozen storage. Journal of Sensory Studies 25(3) 316-331. link

Galvao, J.A., Margeirsson, S., Garate, C., Vidarsson, J.R. and Oetterer, M. 2010. Traceability system in cod fishing.Food Control21(10) 1360-1366. link

Nguyen, Minh V., Arason, S., Thorarinsdottir, K.A., Thorkelsson, G. and Gudmundsdottir, A. 2010. Influences of Salt concentration on the salting kinetics of cod loin (Gadus morhus) during brine salting. Journal of Food Engineering 100(2), 225-231.

De Croos, M.D.S.T. and Palsson, S. 2010. Mitochondrial DNA variation and population genetic structure of white shrimp Fenneropenaeus indicus along the costal belt of Sri Lanka.Aquatic Living Resource 23:315-325. link

Kawooya Godfrey Kubiriza. 2010. Annual Farmer's Conference and Symposium, Iceland. link

Rajapaksha, J.K. 2010. Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) working parties on Tropical tuna, Fishing capacity, Ecosystem and bycatch. Victoria, Seychelles. link

Singh, W., Hjorleifsson, E. and Stefansson, G. 2010. Robustness of fish assemblages derived from three heirarchical agglomerative clustering algorithms oerformed on Icelandic groundfish survey data. ICEC Journal of Marine Science 17 Sep 2010. link

Dissanayake, D.C.T. and Stefansson, G. 2010. Abundance and distribution of commercial sea cucumber species in the Costal waters of Sri Lanka. Aquatic Living Resources 23(3) 303-313. link

Dissanayake, D.C.T. and Stefansson, G. 2010. Reproduction biology of the commercial sea cucumberHolothuria atra (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) in the northwestern Costal waters of Sri Lanka. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 54(2) 65-76.link

Dissanayake, D.C.T., Athukorala, S. and Amarasiri, C. 2010. Present status of sea cucumber fishery in Sri Lanka.SPC-Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin30, 14-20. link

2009

Guochen, Z., Arason, S. and Arnason, S.V. 2009. Dehydration property of Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) undergoing heat-pump drying process. IJABE-International Journal of Agriculture and Biological Engineering2(4) 92-97. link

Wang, T., Jonsdottir, R., and Olafsdottir, G. 2009. Total phenolic compounds, radical scavenging and metal chelation of extracts from Icelandic seaweeds. Food Chemistry 116(1) 240-248. link

Wang, T., Jonsdottir, R., Kristinsson, H.G., Thorkelsson, G., Jacobsen, C., Hreggvidsson, G.O. and Olafsdottir, G. 2009. Algal polyphenols as novel natural antioxidants. An oral presentation at 3rd Joint Trans-Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference in Copenhagen, 15-18 September 2009.

Odoli, C.O. 2009. Optimal storage conditions for fresh farmed tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fillet. University of Iceland. Doctoral Dissertation. link

Mhongole, O.J.M. 2009. Microbiology and spoilage trail in Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) Lake Victoria, Tanzania. University of Iceland. Doctoral Dissertation. link

2008

Wang, T., Sveinsdottir, K., Magnusson, H. and Martinsdottir, E. 2008. Combined application of modified atmosphere packaging and superchilled storage to extend the shelf-life of fresh cod (Gadus morhua) loins. Journal of Food Science 73(1) 11-19. link

Odoli, C.O., Sveinsdottir, K., Magnusson, H. and Martinsdottir, E. 2008. Application of Quality Index Method (QIM) Scheme and Effects of Short-Time Temerature Abuse in Shelf Life Study of Fresh Water Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus). Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology 17(3) 303-321. link

Singh, W. 2008. Robustness of three hierarchical agglomerative clustering techniques for ecological data. University of Iceland. Master’s Thesis.

2007

Njaya, F. 2007. Governance Challenges for the Implementation of Fisheries Co-Management: Experiences from Malawi.International Journal of the Commons 1(1) 137-153. link

Bonilla, A.C., Sveinsdottir, K. and Martinsdottir, E. 2007. Development of Quality Index Method (QIM) scheme for fresh cod (Gadus morhua) fillets and application in shelf life study. Food Control 18 (4) 352-358. link

Huynh, N.D.B., Arason, S. and Thorarinsdottir, K.A. 2007. Effects of Dry Ice Superchilling on Quality Shelf Life of Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Fillets. International Journal of Food Engineering 3(3), Article 7. link

Albert, A. 2007. The Role of Water Salinity is Structuring Eastern Baltic Costal Fish Communities. University of Tartu, Estonia. link

Dissanayake, D.C.T. and Wijayarathne, M.J.S. 2007. Studies on the sea cucumber fishery off the northwest coast al region of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Science 12(1) 19-37.link

2005

Zhu Zeng, Q., Thorarinsdottir, K.A. and Olafsdottir, G. 2005. Quality Changes of Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) Stored under Different Cooling Conditions. Journal of Food Science 70(7) 459-466. link

2004

Ulmas, H. 2004. 16th Annual EAFE (European Association of Fisheries Economists) Conference. UN FAO Rome, ITALY 2004.link

Pending Publications:

De Croos, M.D.S.T. and Stefansson, G. 2012. A case study in successful sampling strategy in estamating length composition of the commercial catches: the Sri Lankan shrimp trawl fishery

De Croos, M.D.S.T. and Palsson, S. 2012. Present status of the multi-geared shrimp fishery off the west coast of Sri Lanka: gear-based species diversity and selectivity.