Introduced species in a tidal ecosystem of mud and sand: curse or blessing?

K Reise, C Buschbaum, D Lackschewitz… - Marine Biodiversity, 2023 - Springer
For about a century, biodiversity in the tidal Wadden Sea (North Sea, European Atlantic) has
increased by more than one hundred introduced species from overseas. Most originate from …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable large-scale aquaculture of the northern hemisphere sea lettuce, Ulva fenestrata, in an off-shore seafarm

S Steinhagen, S Enge, K Larsson, J Olsson… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The growing world population demands an increase in sustainable resources for biorefining.
The opening of new farm grounds and the cultivation of extractive species, such as marine …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and structure of cell wall ulvans recovered from Ulva spp. along the Swedish west coast

N Wahlström, F Nylander, E Malmhäll-Bah… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cell wall polysaccharide ulvan was isolated from two species of the seaweed Ulva
collected along the Swedish west coast. Acidic extraction was benchmarked against hot …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular identification of the ubiquitous green algae Ulva reveals high biodiversity, crypticity, and invasive species in the Atlantic-Baltic Sea region

S Steinhagen, S Hoffmann, H Pavia, GB Toth - Algal Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Correct species identification is fundamental for assessment and understanding of
biodiversity. Erroneous species identification may impede conservation management and …

[HTML][HTML] Ulvan dialdehyde-gelatin hydrogels for removal of heavy metals and methylene blue from aqueous solution

N Wahlström, S Steinhagen, G Toth, H Pavia… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogels based on the polysaccharide ulvan from the green macroalgae Ulva fenestrata
were synthesized and evaluated as an adsorbent for heavy metals ions and methylene blue …

Harvest Time Can Affect the Optimal Yield and Quality of Sea Lettuce (Ulva fenestrata) in a Sustainable Sea-Based Cultivation

S Steinhagen, S Enge, G Cervin, K Larsson… - Frontiers in marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Seaweed biomass is a renewable resource with multiple applications. Sea-based cultivation
of seaweeds can provide high biomass yields, low construction, operation, and maintenance …

Genomic analysis of the lectotype specimens of European Ulva rigida and Ulva lacinulata (Ulvaceae, Chlorophyta) reveals the ongoing misapplication of names

JR Hughey, PW Gabrielson, CA Maggs… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Species of Ulva Linnaeus are nearly impossible to identify using morpho-
anatomy due to their simple thallus structure and phenotypic plasticity. The current solution …

Effects of irradiance, temperature, nutrients, and pCO2 on the growth and biochemical composition of cultivated Ulva fenestrata

GB Toth, H Harrysson, N Wahlström, J Olsson… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Ulva fenestrata is an economically and ecologically important green algal species with a
large potential in seaweed aquaculture due to its high productivity, wide environmental …

An appraisal of Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) taxonomy

LAT Tran, C Vieira, S Steinhagen, CA Maggs… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Springer
The green seaweed Ulva is important from ecological and economic perspectives, but the
identification of species is often problematic. Here we assessed and discussed different …

Exhaustive reanalysis of barcode sequences from public repositories highlights ongoing misidentifications and impacts taxa diversity and distribution

A Fort, M McHale, K Cascella, P Potin… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate species identification often relies on public repositories to compare the barcode
sequences of the investigated individual (s) with taxonomically assigned sequences …