Researcher Tharindu Bandara, Umeå University.

Long-term environmental changes in the northern #BalticSea reduced herring's nutritional quality. Fascinating insights from Tharindu Bandara, researcher @umeaunimarine.bsky.social.
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RV Svea. Large research vessel moored up

Group of people outside a lifeboat station with hovercraft in foreground

Museum room with a row of at least 7 large bronze canons from the 16th and 17th centuries, recovered from the Kronan shipwreck

Agneta Andersson from Umeå Marine Sciences Centre. Lady standing in restaurant giving a speech

Wonderful evening for #MarineResearchDays with tours of RV #Svea, the Kalmar lifeboat station & the Kronan shipwreck museum 🩵
Inspiring guides covering centuries of maritime activity and lots of opportunities to get to know conference delegates better!
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@umeaunimarine.bsky.social

Prof. Johan Wikner, Umeå University

“Oxidation of ammonium by archaea and their uptake of carbon dioxide can explain the relatively high oxygen consumption measured in the central Arctic Ocean and change our perspective on carbon cycling”, says Johan Wikner, researcher @umeaunimarine.bsky.social
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UMF scientist Heidi Burdett.

UMF Scientist @hlburdett.bsky.social discusses the potential for mangrove restoration as a #BlueCarbon nature-based solution for carbon capture, balancing carbon storage with changes in ecological function
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Man standing at lecturn with slide behind with details about freshwater input into the northern Baltic - 80 cubic kilometers of water every year!

The N Baltic is orange & dark because of coloured dissolved organic matter (cDOM) - @umeaunimarine.bsky.social researcher Terry Bidleman takes us on a deep dive into these coloured compounds, especially halomethoxybenzenes - coming from seaweeds and mushrooms!
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#SHF #MarineResearchDays

Man standing at a lecturn with a slide behind with information about food web efficiency

How has long term environmental change affect the efficiency of food webs in the northern Baltic subarctic pelagic ecosystems?
Tharindu Bandara, researcher at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social, tells us!
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#SHF #MarineResearchDays #ClimateChange

Man at lecturn in front of slide with underwater plants

Busy day for @umeaunimarine.bsky.social researchers!
Kesava Ramasamy is investigating the #microbiome composition and function of the habitat-forming macrophyte Potamogeton - a freshwater plant that is common in the northern Baltic Sea
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