Trend correlations for coastal eutrophication and its main local and whole-sea drivers – Application to the Baltic Sea, a peer-reviewed article from the collaborations of AquaBiota on the research activities in the Baltic Sea has being recently published. The work of Vigouroux et al. 2021, where our colleague and co-author José Beltrán, describes a systematic […]
AquaBiota in HELCOM
Since September 2018, Antonia Nyström Sandman is Chair of the HELCOM Expert Network on Benthic habitats, EN BENTHIC. In November she chaired her first meeting. Over the past years, AquaBiota has participated in HELCOM’s work on the marine environment. We have contributed to the HELCOM Underwater Biotope classification, the HELCOM Red List and written recommendations […]
AquaBiota has finished its summer field season
AquaBiota has recently completed its summer field season. One of the tasks that AquaBiota performed was conducting SCUBA diving surveys around Hanö, in the Bight of Hanö. We were struck by how beautiful it was in many places and that the biodiversity was so high. The assignment was carried out for the County Administrative Board […]
Identifying areas prone to coastal hypoxia – the role of topography
A new paper in Biogeosciences demonstrates the role of topography for formation of hypoxia in coastal areas. In cooperation with researchers from Finnish Environment Institute, University of Helsinki and the Baltic Sea Centre, we have developed a model to identify areas prone to hypoxia. Hypoxia is an increasing problem in marine ecosystems around the world. […]
Detailed mapping of Hoburg Bank
Hoburg’s Bank south of Gotland has high conservation values, which we already knew. A current project is now mapping the bank’s conservation values by combining modern hydrographic surveys with biological sampling and modeling. The result will be high-resolution maps showing the distribution of benthic species and the biotopes related to high conservation values. During the […]