• Microbial degradation dynamics of farmed kelp deposits from Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta 

      Boldreel, Emma H; Attard, Karl M.; Hancke, Kasper; Glud, Ronnie N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Seaweed farming is a growing industry worldwide, and its sustainable management requires detailed knowledge about the environmental implications of detrital release. This study investigates benthic degradation of kelp ...
    • Miljøpåvirkninger av taredyrking og forslag til utvikling av overvåkingsprogram 

      Hancke, Kasper; Broch, Ole Jacob; Olsen, Yngvar; Bekkby, Trine; Hansen, Pia Kupka; Fieler, Reinhold; Attard, Karl; Borgersen, Gunhild; Christie, Hartvig (NIVA-rapport;7589-2021, Report, 2021)
      Forskningsprosjektet KELPPRO (2017-2020) har gjennom feltundersøkelser, laboratorieforsøk og numerisk modellering undersøkt miljøpåvirkninger av taredyrking på økosystemene i de åpne vannmassene og på havbunnen, og evaluert ...
    • Nordic Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Status and Outlook 

      Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Gundersen, Hege; Björk, Mats; Gullström, Martin; Dahl, Martin; Asplund, Maria E.; Boström, Christoffer; Holmer, Marianne; Banta, Gary T.; Graversen, Anna Elizabeth Løvgren; Pedersen, Morten Foldager; Bekkby, Trine; Frigstad, Helene; Skjellum, Solrun Figenschau; Thormar, Jonas; Gyldenkærne, Steen; Howard, Jennifer; Pidgeon, Emily; Ragnarsdóttir, Sunna Björk; Mols-Mortensen, Agnes; Hancke, Kasper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Vegetated coastal and marine habitats in the Nordic region include salt marshes, eelgrass meadows and, in particular, brown macroalgae (kelp forests and rockweed beds). Such habitats contribute to storage of organic carbon ...
    • Seaweed forests are carbon sinks that may help mitigate CO2 emissions: a comment on Gallagher et al. (2022) 

      Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Pessarrodona, Albert; Duarte, Carlos M.; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Hancke, Kasper; Smale, Daniel; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recently, Gallagher et al. (2022) suggested that seaweed ecosystems are net heterotrophic carbon sources due to CO2 released from the consumption of external subsidies. Here we outline several flaws in their argument, which ...
    • Taredyrking - mulige miljøeffekter, synergier og konflikter med andre interesser i kystsonen 

      Hancke, Kasper; Bekkby, Trine; Gilstad, Mona; Chapman, Annelise; Christie, Hartvig (NIVA-rapport;7265, Research report, 2018)
      Man ønsker å allerede tidlig i utviklingen av tareindustrien ha fokus på miljøeffekter, både i vannmassene og på havbunnen. Per i dag må vi nøye oss med å vurdere miljøeffekter av kommersiell taredyrking og tilknyttede ...
    • The kelp cultivation potential in coastal and offshore regions of Norway 

      Broch, Ole Jacob; Alver, Morten; Bekkby, Trine; Gundersen, Hege; Forbord, Silje; Handå, Aleksander; Skjermo, Jorunn; Hancke, Kasper (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We have evaluated the cultivation potential of sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) as a function of latitude and position (near- and offshore) along the Norwegian coast using a coupled 3D hydrodynamic-biogeochemical-kelp ...
    • Variation in population structure and standing stocks of kelp along multiple environmental gradients and implications for ecosystem services 

      Gundersen, Hege; Rinde, Eli; Bekkby, Trine; Hancke, Kasper; Gitmark, Janne K; Christie, Hartvig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      There is an increasing focus on ecosystem services provided by macroalgae worldwide, many which depend on its structural and morphological characteristics. Here we investigated how characteristics of canopy kelp plants of ...