CV
Main research interests
Marine benthic habitat mapping and modelling, bio-geo interactions.
Seabed morphology and terrain analysis
Multibeam data processing and interpretation for seabed mapping
Geographic information systems and 3D visualisation of marine data
New technology for seabed mapping
Selected publications
Buhl-Mortensen, L., Buhl-Mortensen, P, Dolan, M.F.J., Dannheim, J., Bellec, V., Holte, B. (in press). Habitat complexity and bottom fauna composition at different scales on the continental shelf and slope of northern Norway. Hydrobiologica.
Buhl-Mortensen, L., Bøe,R., Dolan, M.F.J., Buhl-Mortensen,P., Thorsnes,T., Elvenes, S., Hodnesdal, H. (2012). Banks, Troughs, and Canyons on the Continental Margin off Lofoten, Vesterålen, and Troms, Norway. In Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat. GeoHab Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats, eds. P. T. Harris & B. Elaine, pp.703-703. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Bøe, R., Dolan, M., Thorsnes, T., Lepland, A., Olsen, H., Totland, O. & Elvenes, S. (2010). Standard for geological seabed mapping offshore. NGU Report 2010.033, 15 pp.
Bellec, V.K., Bøe, R., Rise, L., Slagstad, D., Longva, O., Dolan, M.F.J. (2009). Rippled scour depressions on continental shelf bank slopes off Nordland and Troms, Northern Norway. Continental Shelf Research 30: 1056–1069.
Bøe, R., Bellec, V. K., Dolan, M. F. J., Buhl-Mortensen, P. B., Buhl-Mortensen, L. & Rise, L. (2009). Giant sand waves in the Hola glacial trough off Vesterålen, North Norway. Marine Geology 267: 36-54.
Dolan, M.F.J., Buhl-Mortensen, P., Thorsnes, T., Buhl-Mortensen, L., Bellec, V.K. & Bøe, R. (2009). Developing seabed nature-type maps offshore Norway: initial results from the MAREANO programme. Norwegian Journal of Geology. 89: 17-28.
Thorsnes, T, Erikstad, L., Dolan, M.F.J., Bellec, V.K. (2009). Submarine landscapes along the Lofoten-Vesterålen-Senja margin, northern Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 89: 5-16.
Mortensen P.B., Buhl-Mortensen, L., Dolan, M., Dannheim, J. & Kröger, K. (2009). Megafaunal diversity associated with marine landscapes of northern Norway: a preliminary assessment, Norwegian Journal of Geology 89, 163-171.
Bellec, V. K., Dolan, M. F. J., Bøe, R., Thorsnes, T., Rise, L., Buhl-Mortensen, L. & Buhl-Mortensen, P. (2009). Sediment distribution and seabed processes in the Troms II area - offshore North Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 89, 29-40.
Mortensen, P. B., Dolan, M., Buhl-Mortensen, L. (2009). Prediction of benthic biotopes on a Norwegian offshore bank using a combination of multivariate analysis and GIS classification. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66:2026–2032
Guinan, J., Grehan, A.J., Dolan, M.F.J., Brown, C. (2009). Quantifying relationships between video observations of cold-water coral cover and seafloor features in Rockall Trough, west of Ireland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 375: 125-138
Guinan, J., Brown, C., Dolan, M.F.J., Grehan, A.J. (2009). Ecological niche modelling of the distribution of cold-water coral habitat using underwater remote sensing data. Ecological Informatics 4: 83-92
Dolan, M.F.J., Grehan, A.J., Guinan, J.C., Brown, C. (2008). Modelling the local distribution of cold water corals in relation to bathymetric variables: adding spatial context to deep-sea video data. Deep Sea Research I 55(11): 1564-1579.
Chand, S., Rise, L., Ottesen, O., Dolan, M. F. J., Bellec, V. & Bøe, R. (2009). Pockmark-like depressions near the Goliat hydrocarbon field, Barents Sea: Morphology and genesis. Marine and Petroleum Geology 26: 1035-1042.
Chand S, Rise L, Bellec V, Dolan M, Bøe R, Thorsnes T, Buhl-Mortensen P. and Buhl-Mortensen L. (2008). Active Venting System Offshore Northern Norway, EOS Transactions, 89 (29): 261-262.
Bellec, V. Wilson, M.F.J. Bøe, R., Rise, L., Thorsnes, T., Buhl-Mortensen, L., Buhl-Mortensen P. (2008). Bottom currents interpreted from iceberg ploughmarks revealed by multibeam data at Tromsøflaket, Barents Sea. Marine Geology 249: 257–270.
Wilson, M.F.J., O'Connell, B., Brown, C., Guinan, J.C., Grehan, A.J. (2007). Multi-scale terrain analysis of multibeam bathymetry data for habitat mapping on the continental slope. Marine Geodesy 30 (1-2): 3-35.
Grehan, A., Unnithan, V., Wheeler, A., Monteys, X., Beck, T., Wilson, M., Guinan, J., , Foubert, A., Klages, M., and Thiede, J. (2004). Evidence of major fisheries impact on cold-water corals in the deep waters off the Porcupine Bank, west coast of Ireland: are interim management measures required? ICES Annual Report, v. CM 2004/AA:07, 9 pp.