• Determining the risk of calcium oxide (CaO) particle exposure to marine organisms 

      Brooks, Steven; Georgantzopoulou, Anastasia; Johansen, Joachim Tørum; Mengede, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Calcium oxide (CaO) is being considered as a possible treatment for both the control of echinoderm populations and the treatment against sea lice infestation in Norwegian salmon farms. CaO particles produce an exothermal ...
    • Optimizing the use of quicklime (CaO) for sea urchin management — A lab and field study 

      Strand, Hans Kristian; Christie, Hartvig C; Fagerli, Camilla With; Mengede, Martin; Moy, Frithjof Emil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Mass blooms of sea urchins sometimes cause kelp forest collapses that can last for decades. Quicklime has historically been used to reverse those conditions, but the efficacy of liming has varied along latitudinal and ...
    • Transformation Kinetics of Burnt Lime in Freshwater and Sea Water 

      Justnes, Harald; Escudero-Oñate, Carlos; Garmo, Øyvind Aaberg; Mengede, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Calcium oxide (CaO), also known as burnt lime, is being considered as a possible treatment to reduce the negative impact of sea urchins on tare forests in northern coastal waters and blue-green algal blooms in the surrounding ...