AquaBiota performs inventories in lakes, streams and seas for a variety of purposes and with a variety of methods. For example inventories are useful for water body assessments according to the water framework directive (WFD), environmental impact assessments (EIA), environmental monitoring and mapping of biodiversity. Feel free to contact us for a discussion about what survey methods are appropriate for your purpose.
Examples of survey methods
- Underwater video
- Diving- and snorkling surveys
- Grab sampling
- eDNA – biological sampling in water and snow
- Hydroacoustic methods to study pelagic systems
- Harbour porpoise monitoring
Related projects and news
Ox2 Wind power park Njord
Project
AquaBiota investigates occurrence of porpise in the planned wind power park Njord
In recent years plans of building wind power parks at sea has tak...
Ox2 Wind power park Galatea – Galene
Project
Ox2 is planning to build an offshore wind power part in two sub-areas, named Galatea – Galene off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg in Kattegatt. ...
OX2 Wind power park Aurora
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AquaBiota supports OX2 in the process of acquiring a permit to build a wind power park at the Aurora area.
OX2 is planning to build a wind power pa...
Comparisons of traditional net fishing and eDNA sampling for coastal fish surveys
News 2020-06-17 10:48:39
On behalf of Blekinge County Administrative Board Aquabiota mapped the fish community in the Gåsefjärden area in Kalskrona archipelago using eDNA an...
Limnic environmental monitoring in Sundstatjärn
News 2020-06-16 10:46:18
Sundstatjärn is a popular bathing lake in central Karlstad, that has been struggling with eutrophication for many years. Eutrophication gives rise to...
Global environmental changes negatively impact temperate seagrass ecosystems
News 2020-01-09 11:01:58
A new paper in Ecosphere investigates how potential climate change stressors can affect different parts of a seagrass community.
The oceans are inc...
Fish assemblages & habitat patterns in the Baltic Sea
News 2020-01-09 10:42:50
A new study in Marine Biodiversity has been published focusing on seagrass fish assemblages in a seascape ecology perspective in the Baltic Sea in col...
Temperature drives cod movements
News 2019-09-26 11:35:44
A new study in Ecology and Evolution has been published focusing on the movement patterns of Atlantic cod in collaboration with Stockholm University, ...
Field surveys for mapping conservation values in the Swedish part of the Baltic Proper
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Extensive field surveys were performed during the summer and autumn 2018 in order to complete existing biological field data for mapping of marine con...
Conservation value survey before cable laying in a lake
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A conservation value survey is performed on land and in the water in the southern part of Lake Kvarnsjön, Huddinge before a planned cable laying in t...