Author name: Tove Rundberg

Today Lydia Ryšavy succesfully presented her bachelor thesis on eDNA as a tool to detect invasive species. Lydias work is an important part of Climate Invasives.

A capture-recapture experiment was performed to investigate dispersion and movement patterns of adult Asian shore crabs (Hemigrapsus takanoi), invasive to the area. An initial sample of crabs was collected in a shallow bay in Stenungsund. The crabs were divided into four groups and marked A-D with permanent markers. Each group were then released in four

Today, all project members met online and in the GMBL laboratory to record an introduction film for the Climate Invasives research project. We had a very productive day together and the next step is to edit the movie. We are hoping to have the film ready in time for our first stakeholder meeting on October

Today, all members of Climate Invasives met online for a second project meeting. The project members from Sweden met as a group at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). The meeting consisted of good discussions and planning. All project members shared what they have been contributing to the project since the last meeting in

The day was spent on Orust and Tjörn on the Swedish west coast to collect data for the project Climate Invasives. Water samples were collected on different locations and filtered on site for later eDNA analysis in order to detect and map invasive species in the area. Bachelor student Lydia filtering water samples from different

The day was spent learning how to use our new digital PCR system, which will be used in the project Climate Invasives to detect invasive alien species through eDNA in collected water samples.