It is always an uplifting experience to attend a scientific conference. Rooms full of people passionate about their work and, in my line of conferences, the life in the sea. As I am currently “...
https://balticseaweed.com/2019/10/08/european-aquaculture-conference-in-berlin-day-1-macroalgae/
Next week, between the 19th to 23rd of August, the Baltic Sea Science Conference 2019 is held in Stockholm, Sweden. This is THE conference for anyone working with the Baltic Sea, ecologists, hydr...
https://balticseaweed.com/2019/08/14/baltic-sea-science-conference-2019-in-stockholm/
Tvärminne Zoological fieldstation, belonging to Helsinki University in Finland, is looking for a new research technician (permanent position). Tvärminne is beautifully located just where the Gu...
https://balticseaweed.com/2018/01/30/tvarminne-field-station-wants-research-technician/
A 2-year full time postdoctoral position in Baltic Sea Ecosystem Change is available starting 1 February 2018 (or as per agreement) at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences ...
https://balticseaweed.com/2017/11/17/2-year-full-time-postdoc-in-baltic-sea-ecosystem-change/
The spring is in full bloom in the sea even though there is still ice and snow covering rocks and boulders up on land. Light is returning and the algae begin to grow. It is frightfully cold to st...
For February, our Algae species of the Month will be two closely related species of brown algae, both of which belong to the family Scytosiphonaceae. The first species is Petalonia fascia, also k...
https://balticseaweed.com/2017/02/03/algae-species-of-the-month-february/
This year we will introduce a new alga every month. Everything from the large brown algae such as the bladderwrack, ( Fucus vesiculosus ) and narrow wrack ( Fucus radicans ) who have been the the...
https://balticseaweed.com/2017/01/16/alga-species-of-the-month-january/
We wish all our readers a very happy new 2017. During 2016, we had no less than 2434 visitors. 2017 will be a year full of activity in our seaweed resarch on bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) in t...
https://balticseaweed.com/2017/01/05/happy-new-2017-and-a-movie/
For two weeks, the bachelor course “Environment of the Baltic Sea” from Stockholm University have been stationed at the Askö Laboratory for field studies. The course includes many relevant m...
https://balticseaweed.com/2016/08/10/a-wee-in-the-baltic-sea/
Fish in the hand of humans – a Baltic Seminar. At the Baltic seminar last week two interesting presentations were given, one about the linkage between benthic vegetation cover and fish recruitm...
https://balticseaweed.com/2016/05/16/vegetation-benefits-fish-recruitment/