A modeler is the person, who dares to point out the places where certain type of seaweed grows even though the site had never been visited before. A modeler is the person who says where the field staff will be sent to find a rare species of beetle that lives in the sea. A modeler … Continue reading How we do it: Modelling biotopes
We gather large amounts of data in SEAmBOTH. A very simple goal of the project is combining national datasets into a common one for the Bothnian Bay. Mostly the data is almost identical, and the process is straight forward, but sometimes it’s not really compatible, which means we must get creative. In the data itself, … Continue reading How we do it: Data collation
One task that the SEAmBOTH project took part in solving was trying to harmonize the use of different Natura 2000 nature type descriptions between Finland and Sweden. Yes, there are official descriptions of the nature types from the EU. Yes, there are official translations and national adaptations to the special conditions of the Baltic Sea. But NO, even … Continue reading How we do it: Harmonizing definitions
The marine environment of the Baltic Sea is fragile and vulnerable due to its unique location and structure. 85 million people live on its catchment area and 15 million of them live within 10 kms from the shoreline. Therefore this has an effect on the marine environment both below and above the sea surface. Even … Continue reading How we do it: estimating human pressures at the Bothnian Bay
Hi everyone! My name is Susanna, and I was an intern in the SEAmBOTH team last summer in Oulu. I study geography at the University of Oulu and thought that it was time for me to get some work experience in my own field of expertise. Even though I have not studied biology that much, … Continue reading How we do it: Intern edition
There is an annual boating event in the Bothnian Bay national park known as Sarvipäivät. This year Metsäahallitus organized a week-long archipelago event, Saaristopäivät, instead. The week 25.6-1.7.2018 we celebrated the archipelago life, the national park, recreational boating and all things marine in the Northern Bothnian Bay. SEAmBOTH registered the event as a European Maritime … Continue reading How we do it: Arcihpelago days, Perämeren saaristopäivät
Last week the project group made its way from the offices to the nature. Many of the SEAmBOTH partners are forever stuck in the office and don’t do any field work while some of us collect more data at the sea. The aim of the field excursion was to get to know the project pilot … Continue reading How we do it: field excursion to the Bothnian Bay National Park, Finland
