New article: Bladderwrack will get a manual for how it can be restored

Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2018

The project “Restoration of bladderwrack - a manual” started two years ago under the supervision of three scientists at Stockholm University, with funding from BalticSea2020. We have meet with Ellen Schagerström, one of the project managers, to hear more about ‘the forest of the Baltic Sea’ – bladderwrack – and how the work is progressing on the manual.

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Read the article ´Aiding the return of bladderwrack´ here.

Read more about the project ‘Restoration of bladderwrack - a manual‘ on the projects´ homepage.

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