• Blue Carbon eDNA – A novel eDNA method to trace macroalgae carbon in marine sediments 

      Anglès d'Auriac, Marc; Hancke, Kasper; Gundersen, Hege; Frigstad, Helene; Borgersen, Gunhild (NIVA-rapport;7648, Research report, 2021)
      Blue forests, such as rockweed beds and seagrass meadows, are considered important natural sinks for carbon and thereby play a vital role in climate regulation, mitigation and adaptation. Kelp forests grow on rocky bed ...
    • Regrowth of kelp after removal of sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) 

      Carlsson, Pernilla Marianne; Christie, Hartvig C (NIVA-rapport;7431, Research report, 2019)
      With few natural predators, green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) have grown in numbers, grazed down large kelp forest areas in Northern Norway into urchin barrens. NIVA deployed three underwater cages ...