Conservation and nested targets within marine protected areas in Sweden
AquaBiota did an analysis of spatial information for different Natura 2000 habitats and, conservation- and nested targets. The analysis is meant to support the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Mana...
Read more »New research project on aquatic eDNA: Life-DNAquatic!
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has decided to finance the new research project Life-DNAquatic with approx. 500 000 € for three years (2019-2021). AquaBiota is the main applicant and resea...
Read more »Analyses of close to 1400 dropvideo films are completed
During this summer, AquaBiota surveyed the Baltic Proper’s bottoms with dropvideo in no less than 1382 stations. The surveys was commissioned by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SWa...
Read more »Grayling and European chub found on the northern Baltic coast
In May 2018, AquaBiota carried out inventories of coastal fish communities along the northern Baltic coast with the help of eDNA. A total of 27 fish species were detected, which reflected the coastal ...
Read more »eDNA-technology detected 18 fish species including sheatfish in lake Båven
In August 2018, AquaBiota performed an eDNA inventory of fish species in lake Båven (surface area 64,2 km²) in the county of Sörmland, commissioned by the water management association in Nyköping (Nyk...
Read more »Fieldworks 2018 for the Swedish marine mapping program is now completed
AquaBiota was commissioned by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SWaM) and the county administrative board of Gävleborg to survey the seafloor of Kalmar, Gotland, Östergötland, Söderm...
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