Footprints in the snow – new DNA method for mammal inventories
DNA has been isolated from footprints left in the snow by three otters in Northern Sweden. Scientists at AquaBiota in Stockholm, Sweden, managed to retrieve large amounts of high quality DNA from snow...
Read more »eDNA detects 84 fish-populations in ten Swedish coastal watercourses
In February 2017 AquaBiota monitored fish-communities in ten coastward discharging rivers in northern Sweden, by using eDNA (environmental DNA metabarcoding). From each waterbody a few litres of wate...
Read more »Are microplastic pollution really as harmful as we think?
Abstract New scientific article: Microplastic pollution is currently perceived as an environmental hazard, and adverse effects have been reported at various levels of biological organization. However...
Read more »Two reports on the environmental impact and spatial needs of shipping
Shipping may impact marine conservation values in many ways. These two reports describe the current situation of maritime traffic in Kattegatt and at Salvorev, north of Gotland, and the impacts of the...
Read more »Mapping of coastal ecosystem services in Blekinge
Valuation of ecosystem services is used to visualize and enhance understanding of human dependence on healthy ecosystems. Together with Anthesis Enveco and Belyazid Consulting & Communication, Aqu...
Read more »Bladderwrack in the Baltic may be severely affected by climate change
Due to the salinity gradient and low biodiversity, the Baltic Sea is particularly sensitive to climate changes. There is a risk that climate driven changes in temperature, ice cover, salinity and wate...
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