Results from IMAGINE, a research project on marine landscape management, are now published. The focus of IMAGINE is to investigate how different management strategies can be used strengthen and support the preservation of green infrastructure in the marine environment. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency defines green infrastructure as “an ecologically functional network of habitats and […]
Archives for June 2020
The field season has started
This year’s field season is underway and marine biologists from AquaBiota have recently returned from a fish survey close to the Eystrasalt bank, an exposed and shallow offshore area in the middle of the Bothnian Sea. The survey was carried out on behalf of wpd who wants to explore the possibilities of establishing a wind […]
Comparisons of traditional net fishing and eDNA sampling for coastal fish surveys
On behalf of Blekinge County Administrative Board Aquabiota mapped the fish community in the Gåsefjärden area in Kalskrona archipelago using eDNA and net fishing, as well as compared these methods. In the month of August 2019, 45 stations were sampled by net fishing and 17 by eDNA, of which 16 stations were mutual for both […]
AquaBiota is out of office 6th to 26th July
AquaBiota is out of office 6th to 26th July. Scheduled fieldwork will be carried out, but otherwise we are on vacation. For urgent matters, please find direct numbers on our co-worker page. We wish you a lovely summer!
AquaBiota is moving to a new address
In the end of September AquaBiota is relocating from our current address at Löjtnantsgatan to Sveavägen 159. The office is currently under renovation and AquaBiota has had great help choosing colours and decor from Margreth from the architectural firm Tillsammans. We are looking forward to welcoming out partners and clients to our new address during […]
Limnic environmental monitoring in Sundstatjärn
Sundstatjärn is a popular bathing lake in central Karlstad, that has been struggling with eutrophication for many years. Eutrophication gives rise to cyanobacteria during the warm months of the year. These blooms of cyanobacteria can in turn produce harmful toxins. To minimize the risks to humans and animals, Aquabiota on behalf of the Municipality of […]