IrPlast and Weather-mic – two new research projects aiming to increase our knowledge on plastic litter degradation processes and their spatial distribution
AquaBiota has, since recently, an ongoing project on microplastics (MPs) that assesses the toxicity of these particles and their effects on aquatic food webs. Our understanding of the processes govern...
Read more »Marine survey of Natura 2000-area Bratten and development of a method for a more efficient use of depth data
Commissioned by Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM), the Natura2000-area Bratten in Skagerrak will be hydrographic surveyed by AquaBiota in collaboration with Clinton Marine Survey. ...
Read more »End of the six-year water management cycle
The second six-year water management cycle will end during the month of December and a now one will start at 2016. At the end of this cycle, all so called surface water bodies shall have reached the E...
Read more »Two reports concerning Marine Green Infrastructure
Figure 1. A schematic figure of central components of the suggested framework of Marine Green Infrastructure. A “Core” (värdekärna) is a location of an ecosystem component (species, species complex ...
Read more »A national survey of Baltic habitats
During August and September AquaBiota has performed an extensive survey of reefs and large shallow inlets and bays along the Swedish Baltic coast. The aim has been to verify and follow up status for t...
Read more »National data compilation
During the autumn of 2015, AquaBiota will carry out a national collection and compilation of marine species data on behalf of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Part of the work compr...
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