Published: 2012-01-16
Bo Gustafsson interviewed by Swedish television
BNI researcher Bo Gustafsson is interviewed by Swedish newsprogram ABC about Marenzellaria, an American intruder that might help counteract the effects of Baltic Sea eutrophication.
ALIEN SPECIES COUNTERACTS EUTROPHICATION
Bo Gustafsson is interviewed by Swedish news program ABC Nytt about the alien species Marenzellaria, an American polychaete worm that might help counteract the effects of Baltic Sea eutrophication.

In a recent article published in the latest issue of Global Change Biology, researchers show that Marenzellaria can have beneficial effect on the Baltic Sea environment. The worm counteracts the lack of oxygen and sediment, which often causes eutrophication.

Effective oxygenation
Model calculations by the researchers show that Marenzellaria in the Stockholm archipelago bind up to 70 tonnes of phosphorus annually, more than twice as much as the amount bound by wastewater treatment plants in Stockholm.

Further information
See the ABC Nytt interview here.

Read the press release about the Marenzellaria study here.

Link to a article about the study in the October issue of Nature Geoscience.

Link to an interview with Bo Gustafsson about the research in Swedish Radio.

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