AquaBiota is participating in the research project ECWA-NOR. The ECWA-NOR research project aims to ensure the quality of our streams through analysis and tracking of intestinal bacteria, eDNA and analysis of intergenomic regions. The gut bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) occurs in feces and can only survive for short time periods outside of the intestinal […]
Life-DNAquatic
A four-year (2019-2022) international research project on development of methodology and quality control for monitoring of aquatic animals in various habitats such as lakes, running waters and marine environments using environmental DNA (eDNA) and metabarcoding. Traditional aquatic species surveys typically require vast investments in equipment, time and skilled taxonomists to identify species. Besides often being […]
Metabarcoding of fish communities in Pite river
AquaBiota have analysed fish communities, including salmon, with eDNA and metabarcoding at ten locations. Salmon (Salmo salar) is an important fish species from a commercial as well as an ecological perspective. In several locations around the world, large efforts have been made to restore salmon habitats that have been damaged or destroyed due to human […]
eDNA survey of wetlands in the Stockholm-Uppsala area
Communities of fish and amphibians in 40 wetlands in the Stockholm-Uppsala area have been studied during 2018 with the help of eDNA and metabarcoding. Most of the wetlands in the study has been created or restored in order to support various aspects of biological diversity. The data will be used to assess which types of […]
Surveys linked to thermal power station in Lövsta and a new harbor
AquaBiota has performed surveys before the development of the thermal power station in Lövsta and the construction of a new harbor for Sweco Environment AB. AquaBiota has performed surveys before development of the thermal power station in Lövsta and the construction of a new harbor. Limnic surveys were performed lake Mälaren in June 2018 using […]