The main seagrass present in the Swedish West coast is the eelgrass Zostera marina. Eelgrass grows mainly in wave sheltered areas between 1-5m depth. Around Kristineberg station there are several meadows, and eelgrass can be harvested outside of the piers by snorkeling or scuba diving.

Experiments can be performed in outdoor and indoor experiments with seawater that is continuously pumped from the fjord (seawater flow-through). Outdoor tanks can be used to store eelgrass flower or reproductive shoots and collect seeds. Indoor mesocosms can be used to expose seeds and seedlings to different environmental conditions  or stressors (e.g., light, temperature, pH, waves, currents, salinity, nutrients, etc).