From left to right. Above: Eva-Lotta Blom, Sebastiá Enault, Karl Karlsson, Marit Claβen, Nadine Plata, Ali Ademi, Gonzalo Egea.
Below: Ángeles Feria Rodríguez, Lucia Rodríguez, Rocío Jiménez, Julia Máñez, Nuria Marbà, Eduardo Infantes.
Eduardo Infantes
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Read more about Lucía Rodríguez-Arias research during her visit
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Eelgrass implication on carbon remineralisation: insights from DOC refractoriness by natural bacterial assemblages
Read more about Rocío Jiménez Ramos and Luis Gonzalo Egea research during their visit to Kristineberg:
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Effects of moderate meadow fragmentation and hydrodynamics to the water oxygenation by the seagrass Posidonia oceanica
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Julia Castro’s research work: Assessing fish populations and habitat complexity using stereo-video cameras
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Changes in Net ecosystem metabolism after seagrass is restored (EcoRestore)
Read more about Theodor Kinderberg research during his visit to Kristineberg:
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Towards coastal habitat mapping automatization using drones, satellites and machine learning
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Role of submerged vegetation on wave hydrodynamics
More details on Aina Barcelona research during her visit to Kristineberg
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Long-term data series of eddy-covariance on shallow marine ecosystems
Read more about Karl Attard research during his visit to Kristineberg:
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New insights into population dynamics studies using drones and macine learning
More details on Scotts Edwards research during his visit to Kristineberg…
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The role of the microbiome of Zostera marina shoots, seeds and sediments during restoration.
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Regime shifts in eelgrass communities: Historical trends in in epifauna and infauna communities between 1997 and 2018
More details on Rodrigo Riera and Dr. Joana Vasconcelos research during their visit to Kristineberg…
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Facilitators for seagrass growth? The role of infauna biodiversity versus biomass
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How eelgrass restoration can improve and revitalize coastal biodiversity?
We transplanted eelgrass shoots in plots with different configurations (continuous vs. checkerboard patterns with three patch sizes), and we followed the colonisation of invertebrates (biodiversity and functional diversity) during the first two growing seasons. We found rapid faunal colonisation following the transplantation of eelgrass shoots in all plots, with both invertebrate densities reaching 50-80% of the reference meadow after only one growing season (3 months).
Read more about Karine Gagnon research during her visit to Kristineberg:
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Fate of micro-plastic particles in coastal vegetation
More details on Carmen de los Santos research during her visit to Kristineberg…
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Effect of ocean acidification in eelgrass seed germination and seed infection by Phytophthora gemini
More details on Alyson and Claudia research during their visit to Kristineberg…
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Role of seagrass roots and erosion of coastal areas
More details on Tjisse research during his visits to Kristineberg…
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The influence of hydrodynamics and ecosystem engineers on eelgrass seed trapping
We tested the single and synergistic effects of three commonly distributed ecosystem engineers eelgrass (Zostera marina), oysters (Magellana gigas) and blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) on trapping of Z. marina seeds in a hydraulic flume under currents. Our results suggest that seed retention increases with habitat complexity and further reveal insights into the underlying mechanisms.
More details on Christoffer and Lukas research during their visits to Kristineberg…
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Sediment erosion using innovative underwater field wave and current flumes
More details on Jaco de Smit research during his visit to Kristineberg…
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Ocean acidification and seagrass flowering, seed germination and seedling development.
More details on Erin’s research during her visit to Kristineberg…
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Pipe-fish behavior and habitat preferences under hydrodynamics conditions (currents and waves) using a hydraulic flume
More details on Inés Castejón research during her visit to Kristineberg…
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Feedbacks between hydrodynamics-sediment-plants
More details on Matthew Adams research…
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Seagrass biomechanics: Salinity and temperature effects on plant vitality and stiffness
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Influence of multi-scale substrate complexity on Posidonia oceanica seedling anchorage ability and tolerance to hydrodynamic disturbance
More details on Fabio and Arturo research during their visit to Kristineberg…
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Seed and seedling dispersal: Hydrodynamics and substratum effects on three seagrass species
More details on Joger research during his visit to Kristineberg…
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Carbon storage on Zostera marina beds: Hydrodynamics properties as drivers behind carbon storage variation
To estimate hydrodynamic impacts on the resuspension of organic carbon (Corg) in seagrass-vegetated sediments, we exposed plots of Zostera marina (with different biomass, shoot densities and sediment properties) to gradually increased current flow velocities ranging from low (5 cm s–1) to high (26 cm s–1) in a hydraulic flume. We found that higher flow velocities substantially increased (by more than three-fold) the proportion of Corg in the suspended sediment resulting in a loss of up to 5.5 ± 1.7 % (mean ± SE) Corg from the surface sediment.
More details on Martin Dahl research during his visit to Kristineberg…
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Zostera marina restoration in the South Spanish coast: Zostera marina seed banks.
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Combined effect of hydrodynamics and substratum type on Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa early life stages
I quantified the dispersal of propagules of three seagrass species (Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera marina) over substrata of different complexities (sand, coarse gravel, and P. oceanica matte of different shoot abundances) under unidirectional flow in a hydraulic flume.
More details on Laura Pereda research during her visit to Kristineberg…
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Eddy-correlation on shallow coastal ecosystems.
Eddy correlation
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Innovative approaches to study marine mammal populations using drones and machine learning
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- Biodiversity changes after seagrass restoration
- Dugong ingestion of plastic litter
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Small-scale transport of microplastics: the role of rocks, oysters and hydrodynamics on particle trapping
The aim of the study is to understand how different plastic particles, such as pellets and fibers, behave in a coastal shore environment composed of oysters or rocks. Using a hydraulic flume at Kristineberg I quantify the role of bottom complexities on particle trapping exposed to hydrodynamic regimes.
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Tipping points for ecological restoration: Water quality and plant survival
My project aims to quantify different scenarios to improve the water quality of the bay of Askeron using ecological modeling. I will assess how adding coarse sand in a degraded bay could reduce sediment resuspension of glacial clay to allow restore the vegetation that used to grow in the bay. I am using DHI Mike3 model with the Ecolab module and field data obtained during the summer of 2019.
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How turbidity plumes of sediment develop under increasing wave exposure in the field?
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Sand-capping as a method to reduce sediment resuspension and restore eelgrass in Sweden
My project aims to evaluate i) how waves and currents affect sediment transport and resuspension to improve eelgrass restoration, and ii) when eelgrass is planted or established how it can reduce flow conditions.
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Developing techniques for coastal mapping using drones
Coastal mapping of Kosterhavet National Park, Gullmars Fjord and Marstrand area combining underwater video cameras and drones.
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Feedbacks of the shore-crab (Carcinus maenas) on eelgrass (Zostera marina): Factors to be considered.
My project focuses on the impact of the shore-crab (Carcinus maenas) on eelgrass. Shore-crabs can have deleterious impacts by preying eelgass seeds and shoots. I will investigate if this behavior is hunger motivated or part of social behavior. Furthermore, I will test if planting high shoot densities can be a mean to coupe with crab damage. I will address this question using laboratory experiments and cages in the field.
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Impact of hydrodynamics on sediment resuspension, light reduction and seagrass development
In my project I am studying how waves affect sediment resuspension, turbidity and light in the presence and absence of the seagrass Zostera marina. In the project I am using a wave flume located at Kristineberg station. I am also doing a review on the causes preventing seagrass restoration.
Marin-Diaz B, Bouma TJ, Infantes E. (2020) Role of eelgrass on bed-load transport and sediment resuspension under oscillatory flow. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(2): 426-436
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Interactions between the invasive Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and native seagrass Zostera marina
My master project focuses on two species living in Swedish coastal waters, the native seagrass species Zostera marina and the invasive oyster species Crassostrea gigas. My aims are to establish the degree of coexistence between Crassostrea gigas and Zostera marina along the West Swedish coast; to detect whereas the niches of the two species overlap, in sites they do coexist; and to determine, if the interactions between Z. marina and C. gigas is beneficiary or harmful to the seagrass.
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Seagrass and sediment erosion interactions in Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima
I am interested in the role of seagrass in reducing sediment erosion by waves. In this study, I use a wave flume to assess how two seagrass species; Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima, influence the erosion of vertical sediment edges. I aim to establish in which environmental factors are more important to reduce erosion of seagrass beds edges, such as biomass, sediment composition and wave exposure.
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Role Zostera marina roots and rhizomes on sediment erosion
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Mapping of seagrass beds with aereal photography using drones
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Sediment resuspension and settling velocities in seagrass beds
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Zostera marina seed predation by the shore crab Carcinus maenas
Seagrass Ecology Lab - Kristineberg 2024
Seagrass Ecology Lab - Kristineberg 2022
From left to right. Above: Matilda Rasmussen, Theo Kinderberg, Michael Gitzen, Per-Olav Moksnes, Henrik Möller, Johan Sverinsson.
Below: Pascal Fischer, Julia Müller, Jana Hüller, Karl Karlsson, Eduardo Infantes, Damboia Cossa, Aina Barcelona.
Seagrass Ecology Lab - Kristineberg 2021
From left to right. Above: Philipp Süble, Anne Brauer, Aina Barcelona.
Middle: Carrie Chen, Damboia Cossa, Eduardo Infantes, Joana Vasconcelos, Rodrigo Riera.
Below: Per-Olav Moksnes, Frederick Walters.
Seagrass Ecology Lab - Kristineberg 2017
From left to right. Above: Joakim Nilsson, Niklas Warwas, Per-Olav Moksnes, Jenny, Elena Tamarit.
Below: Lukas Schulden, Jenny Nguyen, Eduardo Infantes, Ines Castejon, Erin Cox, Laura West, Matthew Adam.
Contact: eduardo.infantes [at] ulpgc.es