Associate Professor

Anne-Camilla Diesen Hosfeld

Field of work

My research focuses on water quality in aquaculture systems. Specifically, the effects reduced water quality can have on fish physiology, limiting factors in relation to water flow and how operational methods can affect both water quality in the system and the cleaning effect of the different water treatment steps in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS).

My educational background and teaching experience ranges from aquaculture technology to offshore engineering, which is a driving force behind my interest in an interdisciplinary approach. I am currently project manager in an interdisciplinary competence enhancement project supported by NFR (RAS-EN 301828) that aims to expand the knowlege base relevant to education and research in the fields of energy-, ocean-, environmental- and aquaculture technology at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Courses taught
  • Applied Fluid Mechanics KJE102
  • Introduction to Aquaculture KJE119
  • Water Quality and recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) KJE118
Research areas
  • Water Quality
  • Aquaculture
  • RAS
  • Hypercapnia
  • Hyperoxia

Publications

  • Biofilter and degasser performance at different alkalinity levels in a brackish water pilot scale recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for post-smolt Atlantic salmon

    Jafari, Leila, Montjourides, Marie Aline, Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen, Attramadal, Kari Johanne Kihle, Fivelstad, Sveinung, Dahle, Håkon (2024)
  • Water Flow Requirements of Post-smolt Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Reared in Intensive Seawater Flow-through Systems: A Physiological Perspective

    Calabrese, Sara, Imsland, Albert K. D., Nilsen, Tom Ole, Kolarevic, Jelena, Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen (2023)
  • Effect of Photoperiod and Transfer Time on Atlantic Salmon Smolt Quality and Growth in Freshwater and Seawater Aquaculture Systems

    Pino Martinez, Enrique, Dagbjartarson Imsland, Albert Kjartan, Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen, Handeland, Sigurd Olav (2023)
  • Growth and nephrocalcinosis for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) post-smolt exposed to elevated carbon dioxide partial pressures

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen, Medhus, Reidun Agathe, Olsen, Anne Berit, Kvamme, Kristin (2018)
  • Karbondioksid og nefrokalsinose

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen, Medhus, Reidun Agathe, Olsen, Anne Berit, Kvamme, Kristin (2017)
  • Stocking density limits for post-smolt Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) emphasis on production performance and welfare

    Calabrese, Sara, Nilsen, Tom Ole, Kolarevic, Jelena, Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Pinto Pedrosa, Cindy, Fivelstad, Sveinung (2017)
  • Semi-closed sea systems for postsmolt Atlantic salmon. (Abstract ID 42049).

    Calabrese, Sara, Sævareid, Bjarte, Breck, Olav, Joensen, Ragnar, Nilsen, Tom Ole, Kolarevic, Jelena (2016)
  • Semi-closed sea systems for postsmolt Atlantic salmon. Conference Abstract p. 123

    Calabrese, Sara, Handeland, Sigurd O, Sævareid, Bjarte, Breck, O., Joensen, R., Nilsen, T. O. (2015)
  • Sluttrapport på postsmolt D: Grenseverdier for karbondioksid for postsmolt

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Handeland, Sigurd O, Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn, Kvamme, Kristin (2015)
  • Growth and physiological models for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr exposed to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations at high temperature

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Kvamme, Kristin, Handeland, Sigurd Olav, Fivelstad, Magne, Olsen, Anne Berit, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen (2015)
  • The effects of increased CO2 on postsmolt Atlantic salmon Salmo salar growth, physiology and stress responsiveness

    Calabrese, Sara, Nilsen, Tom Ole, Fivelstad, Sveinung, Takle, Harald Rune, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Ebbesson, Lars O.E. (2014)
  • Oppdrett av postsmolt laks i semilukkede system; Krav til fisketetthet og vannforbruk.

    Calabrese, Sara, Handeland, Sigurd Olav, Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn, Fivelstad, Sveinung, Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Nilsen, Tom Ole (2014)
  • Osmoregulation in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts transferred to seawater at different temperatures

    Handeland, Sigurd O, Imsland, Albert, Nilsen, Tom Ole, Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Pinto Pedrosa, Cindy (2014)
  • Krav til fisketetthet og vannforbruk

    Calabrese, Sara, Handeland, Sigurd O, Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn, Fivelstad, Sveinung, Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Nilsen, Tom Ole (2014)
  • Effekter på helse, sykdom og velferd ved postsmoltproduksjon i semi-lukkede anlegg – del D: Grenseverdier for karbondioksid for postsmolt.

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, calabrese, sara, Handeland, Sigurd O, Kvamme, Kristin (2014)
  • Effekter på helse sykdom og velferd ved postsmoltproduksjon i semi-lukkede anlegg – Døgnvariasjon i vannkvalitet i anlegg for postsmolt

    Kvamme, Kristin, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Handeland, Sigurd O, Fivelstad, Sveinung (2014)
  • Osmoregulation and growth in offspring of wild Atlantic salmon at different temperatures

    Handeland, Sigurd O, Imsland, Albert, Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Nilsen, Tom Ole, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Teien, Hans-Christian (2014)
  • Low light intensity can reduce Atlantic salmon smolt quality

    Handeland, Sigurd O, Imsland, Albert, Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Nilsen, Tom Ole, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Bæverfjord, Grete (2013)
  • Karbondioksid og vekstreduksjon hos parr

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Kvamme, Kristin, Handeland, Sigurd O, Fivelstad, Magne, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen (2012)
  • Effects of hyperoxic water conditions under different total gas pressures in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

    Lemarie, Gilles, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Breuil, Gilles, Fivelstad, Sveinung (2011)
  • Physiological effects of environmental hyperoxia on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

    Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen (2010)
  • Physiological effects of normbaric environmental hyperoxia on Atlantic salmon (Salmo solar L.) presmolts

    Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Handeland, Sigurd O, Fivelstad, Sveinung, Stefansson, Sigurd Olav (2010)
  • Effects of fish density on growth and smoltification in intensive production of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

    Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Hammer, Jannicke, Handeland, Sigurd O., Fivelstad, Sveinung, Stefansson, Sigurd O. (2009)
  • The impact of different water gas levels on cataract formation, muscle and lens free amino acids, and lens antioxidant enzymes and heat shock protein mRNA abundance in smolting Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L

    Waagbø, Rune, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Fivelstad, Sveinung, Olsvik, Pål A., Breck, Olav (2008)
  • Long-term separate and combined effects of environmental hypercapnia and hyperoxia in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts

    Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen, Engevik, Annhild , Mollan, Ted Andreas, Lunde, Torleif Markussen, Waagbø, Rune, Olsen, Anne Berit (2008)
  • Fysiologiske egenskaper ved rogn, yngel og smolt

    Stefansson, Sigurd, Bjerknes, Vilhelm, Bjørn, Pål Arne, Bæverfjord, Grete, Finn, Roderick Nigel, Finstad, Bengt (2007)
  • Fysiologiske egenskaper ved rogn, yngel og smolt

    Stefansson, Sigurd, Bjerknes, Vilhelm, Bjørn, Pål Arne, Bæverfjord, Grete, Finn, R.Nigel, Finstad, Bengt (2007)
  • Long-term separate and combined effects of environmental hypercapnia and hyperoxia in Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar L.smolts

    Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Fivelstad, Sveinung, Waagbø, Rune, Olsen, Anne Berit, Breck, Olav, Engevik, Annhild (2006)
  • Long-term effects of reduced water flow, increased carbon dioxide and reduced pH(AI) on Atlantic Salmon welfare Salmo salar L

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Waagbø, Rune, Stefansson, Sigurd, Olsen, Anne Berit, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Bergheim, Asbjørn (2006)
  • A major water quality problem in smolt farms: combined effects of carbon dioxide, reduced pH and aluminium on Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L) smolts: physiology and growth

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Waagbø, Rune, Zeitz, Solveig F, Hosfeld, Anne Camilla Diesen, Olsen, Anne Berit, Stefansson, Sigurd (2003)
  • Effekter av karbondioksyd på laksesmolt

    Fivelstad, Sveinung, Olsen, Anne Berit, Zeitz, Solveig, Hosfeld, Camilla Diesen, Kløften, Hilde, Ski, Hanne (1998)