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2018-02-19

Reduced environmental burden from shipping in the Baltic Sea

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This project will examine and analyse the environmental effects of primer used on ships and provide a basis for recommendations on how it can be reduced.

2018-02-19

Phosphorus binding in shallow eutrophic bays – which substances work?

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This project will investigate potential phosphorus-binding methods as a way of tackling eutrophication.

2011-05-10

Intensive Pig Production Program (The IPP program)

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Are there any manure treatment methods that reduce the nitrogen and phosphorus leakage to the Baltic Sea? (Photo: Mattias Klum)

2016-10-14

Restoration of bladderwrack - a manual

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The project aims to develop a manual as to how bladderwrack stocks can be restored in areas where seaweed has disappeared or diminished.

2011-05-10

Knowledge Compilation: The role of ditches for phosphorus retention

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A compilation of knowledge on drainage at areas with different soil types

2014-06-30

Evaluation of phosphorus that contributes to eutrophication

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Uppsala University will analyze phosphorus from agricultural and forest areas to sort out which of these contributes to eutrophication in Björnöfjärden and the Baltic Sea.

2011-05-10

Best Available Technologies for Pig Manure Biogas Plants in the Baltic Sea Region

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Is it possible to reduce nutrient leakage from animal farms by producing biogas?

2013-11-21

Restoration of vegetation clad bottoms

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Within the project Living coast BalticSea2020 together with The Swedish Water Ecologists will improve the vegetation area in the bay of Björnöfjärden.

2011-05-10

Understanding the importance of coastal zone for restoration efforts in the Baltic Sea

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Coastal ecosystems natural cleansing ability

2013-08-20

Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland

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The project aims to encourage farmers to take initiative to reduce nutrient runoff and improve water quality, based on their knowledge and experience.

2011-05-10

Best practice manure handling

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Identifying the best technologies for manure handling

2013-03-26

Integrated bufferzones

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An innovative and technology independent measure that is considered to have great potential to reduce leaching of nutrients to the Baltic Sea.

Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Baltic Sea

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What the mechanisms affect the burial of phosphorus in the Baltic Sea?

2013-03-01

Help your bay - improve your drain

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Within the program Living coast BalticSea2020 in cooperation with Värmdö municipality want to help property owners to improve their sewage systems, so that leakage of nutrients can reduce to the Björnöfjärden bay.

2011-05-10

Phosphorus dynamics in the Baltic Sea: quantifying the Bothnian Sea burial sink

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Phosphorus burial reduces the negative effects of eutrophication

2013-02-11

Wetlands for pike fry production

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This project started under the management of Swedish Anglers Association as part of the Living Coast program. The aim was to recreate wetland that will function as a breeding ground and nursery for pike, thus increasing the opportunity for good pike production.

2011-05-10

Clean Baltic Sea – Poland

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Reduce phosphorus emissions in Poland

Demonstration plant for effective manure management

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Measures to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus leakage to the Baltic Sea.

2011-05-10

Understanding hypoxia in the Baltic Sea

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Is engineering the solution to poor oxygen conditions on the sea bed?

2012-08-16

Aluminium treatment in Björnöfjärden

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The aim of the Living Coast project is to show that it is possible to restore vulnerable inlet systems to clear water, natural fish communities and a well anoxic seabed.

2011-05-10

Simulations of some engineering methods proposed to improve oxygen conditions in the Baltic proper

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Engineering methods tested in a modeling project

2012-06-25

Reactive sorbents for immobilization of phosphorus released from Baltic Sea sediments

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To find alternatives,this project will be examining whether reactive filter media, or sorbents, can be used as a new method for long-term fixing of phosphorus in the bottom sediment of the Baltic Sea.

2011-05-10

What controls sediment phosphorus burial in the Baltic Sea?

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Oxygenation of the deeper parts of the Baltic Sea would probably increase sediment burial of phosphorus in the long run

2012-06-25

Sedimentation ponds with limestone filters and a wetland area

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In a study forming part of this project, Sam Ekstrand from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute hopes to reduce the leaching of nutrients from fields around Säbyviken.

2011-05-10

Nitrogen fertilisation of forests

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Is fertilisation of forests a threat to the Baltic Sea?

2012-06-21

Working for a living coast – what are the benefits to society?

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Actions come at a cost, and just how much they cost will be studied by the Living Coast project. This project will create an understanding of the benefits and consequences for individuals, authorities and society in general from the projekt Living Coast

2011-05-10

The role of the EU nitrates water framework and proposed marine strategy directives in reducing nutrient pollution from agriculture to the Baltic Sea

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Legislative mechanisms in the EU

2011-05-10

State-of-the-art review on vertical mixing in the Baltic Sea, consequences for eutrophication

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What mechanisms affect the flows of nutrients in the water?

2011-05-10

The potential of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development to address diffuse pollution from agriculture and consequent eutrophication of the Baltic marine environment

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The impact of the EAFRD-programme

2011-05-10

Farming blue mussel as an environmental measure - final comments

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Could a mussel farm reduce eutrophication locally in the Baltic Sea?

2011-05-10

Integrated economic-ecological analysis of the Baltic Sea as a system

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A proposal for a BalticSTERN research programme

2011-05-10

Microbial populations in the Baltic Sea

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Knowledge about the smallest particles is a prerequisite to understand how everything works

2011-05-10

Mapping of nutrient emissions into the Baltic Sea from shipping

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To achieve an effective reduction of nutrients from shipping vessels, this project is intended to identify and describe the major sources of such emissions from them (photo: Folke Rydén Production).

2011-05-10