BAMBI - Baltic Sea Marine Biodiversity

Our overall goal is to assess and improve capacities of marine species to deal with the current challenge of a rapidly changing Baltic Sea environment. To reach this goal we need to understand the potential of organisms to evolve new adaptations and how management should be framed to support this.

...addressing the potential of adaptation to climate change.

BaltGene website disseminates new research on genetic biodiversity in the Baltic Sea. The site presents genetic data on key species, including scientifically based advice for management and conservation of genetic biodiversity.

Publications

Two different epigenetic information channels in wild three-spined sticklebacks are involved in salinity adaptation. Melanie J. Heckwolf, Britta S. Meyer, Robert Häsler, Marc P. Höppner, Christophe Eizaguirre &Thorsten B. H. Reusch. Science Advance, March 2020.

It takes two to stay afloat: interplay of morphology and physiological acclimation ensures long-term floating dispersal of the bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae, Fucales). Eva Rothäusler, Luca Rugiu, Tiina Tiihonen & Veijo Jormalainen. European Journal of Phycology, February 2020.

Ecological coherence of Marine Protected Areas: New tools applied to the Baltic Sea network. Per R. Jonsson, Per‐Olav Moksnes, Hanna Corell, Erik Bonsdorff & Martin Nilsson Jacobi. Ecological coherence of Marine Protected Areas: New tools applied to the Baltic Sea network. Aquatic Conservation, January 2020.