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  1. Unveiling 2,000 Years of Eelgrass Colonization: Benefits for the Environment and Climate

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, March 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Mats Björk

  2. Understanding the Impact of Calcification on CO2 Movement in Tropical Seagrass Meadows

    Article • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, April 2023, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  3. Eelgrass Meadows' Role in Climate Control Revealed

    Article • PLOS Climate, January 2023, PLOS

    Mats Björk

  4. Seashore plant debris contributes to greenhouse gas emissions

    Article • AMBIO, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  5. Seagrass and Calcareous Algae Together Boost Carbon Storage

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, February 2022, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  6. A simple way to estimate actual light exposure in seagrass meadows for better ecological assessment

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2021, PLOS

    Mats Björk

  7. Sensitivity of Photosynthesis to Warming in Two Similar Species of the Aquatic Angiosperm Ruppia from Tropical and Temperate Habitats

    Article • Sustainability, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Mats Björk

  8. Experimental study reveals how calcifying algae can release CO2 in marine ecosystems

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2020, PLOS

    Mats Björk

  9. Rising temps increase methane emission in seagrass meadows, jeopardizing carbon sink

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, February 2020, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  10. High Seasonal Variability in Sediment Carbon Stocks of Cold‐Temperate Seagrass Meadows

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, January 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Eduardo Infantes, Mats Björk

  11. Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina ) Meadows

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, October 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Mr Martin Dahl, Lia Chalifour, PhD Pablo Jorgensen, Mats Björk

  12. Increased current flow enhances the risk of organic carbon loss from Zostera marina sediments: Insights from a flume experiment

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, August 2018, Wiley

    Mr Martin Dahl, Dr Eduardo Infantes, Mats Björk

  13. High midday temperature stress has stronger effects on biomass than on photosynthesis: A mesocosm experiment on four tropical seagrass species

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2018, Wiley

    Rushingisha George, Mats Björk

  14. Climate Impact: Shading & Grazing Raise Methane & Sulphide in Seagrass beds

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2017, Elsevier

    Mr Martin Dahl, Mats Björk

  15. How disturbance affects CO2 capture in tropical seagrass meadows

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2017, PLOS

    Mr Martin Dahl, Mats Björk

  16. Blue Carbon Storage in Tropical Seagrass

    Article • Ecosystems, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Mr Martin Dahl, Mats Björk

  17. Respiratory oxygen consumption in the seagrass Zostera marina varies on a diel basis and is partly affected by light

    Article • Marine Biology, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lina Rasmusson, Mats Björk

  18. Differences in Flood Survival among Mangrove Species

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Mats Björk

  19. Depth-specific fluctuations of gene expression and protein abundance modulate the photophysiology in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2017, Nature

    Paulo Felisberto, Mats Björk

  20. Sediment Properties as Important Predictors of Carbon Storage in Zostera marina Meadows: A Comparison of Four European Areas

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2016, PLOS

    Mr Martin Dahl, Mats Björk

  21. Sediment characteristics as an important factor for revealing carbon storage in <i>Zostera marina</i> meadows: a comparison of four European areas

    Article • May 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Mats Björk

  22. Supplementary material to "Sediment characteristics as an important factor for revealing carbon storage in <i>Zostera marina</i> meadows: a comparison of four European areas"

    Article • May 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Mats Björk

  23. The role of O2 as an electron acceptor alternative to CO2 in photosynthesis of the common marine angiosperm Zostera marina L.

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  24. Effects of shading and simulated grazing on carbon sequestration in a tropical seagrass meadow

    Article • Journal of Ecology, March 2016, Wiley

    Mr Martin Dahl, Mats Björk

  25. Acoustic monitoring of O2 production of a seagrass meadow

    Article • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Alberto V Borges, Paulo Felisberto, Mats Björk

  26. Determining light suppression of mitochondrial respiration for three temperate marine macrophytes using the Kok method

    Article • Botanica Marina, November 2014, De Gruyter

    Mats Björk

  27. Photosynthetic responses to submergence in mangrove seedlings

    Article • Marine and Freshwater Research, January 2014, CSIRO Publishing

    Mats Björk

  28. Photorespiration and Carbon Limitation Determine Productivity in Temperate Seagrasses

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Mats Björk

  29. Establishing Research Strategies, Methodologies and Technologies to Link Genomics and Proteomics to Seagrass Productivity, Community Metabolism, and Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr. Alberto V Borges, Paulo Felisberto, Mats Björk

  30. Photosynthetic activity of seagrasses and macroalgae in temperate shallow waters can alter seawater pH and total inorganic carbon content at the scale of a coastal embayment

    Article • Marine and Freshwater Research, January 2013, CSIRO Publishing

    Mats Björk

  31. Effects of Ulva on seagrass productivity

    Article • Aquatic Botany, October 2012, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  32. Effects of CO2enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrassZostera noltii

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2012, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  33. Seagrass ecophysiology meets ecological genomics: are we ready?

    Article • Marine Ecology, May 2012, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  34. A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO 2

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, January 2011, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  35. Alterations in seawater pH and CO2 affect calcification and photosynthesis in the tropical coralline alga, Hydrolithon sp. (Rhodophyta)

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, September 2009, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  36. Influence of combined changes in salinity and copper modulation on growth and copper uptake in the tropical green macroalga Ulva reticulata

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, September 2009, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  37. Seagrass photosynthesis enhances calcification of calcareous macroalgae

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, April 2009, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mats Björk

  38. The importance of grazing intensity and frequency for physiological responses of the tropical seagrass Thalassia hemprichii

    Article • Aquatic Botany, October 2008, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  39. CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARISON OF PROKARYOTIC EPIPHYTES ASSOCIATED WITH THREE EAST AFRICAN SEAGRASSES1

    Article • Journal of Phycology, August 2007, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  40. Parallel changes in non-photochemical quenching properties, photosynthesis and D1 levels at sudden, prolonged irradiance exposures in Ulva fasciata Delile

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 2007, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  41. A screening procedure for the solubilization of chloroplast membrane proteins from the marine green macroalga Ulva lactuca using RP–HPLC–MALDI-MS

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, August 2006, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  42. The photosynthetic performance of the tropical seagrass Halophila ovalis in the upper intertidal

    Article • Aquatic Botany, May 2006, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  43. Assessment of changes in the seagrass-dominated submerged vegetation of tropical Chwaka Bay (Zanzibar) using satellite remote sensing

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, April 2006, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  44. Buffer sensitivity of photosynthetic carbon utilisation in eight tropical seagrasses

    Article • Marine Biology, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  45. Productivity aspects of three tropical seagrass species in areas of different nutrient levels in Kenya

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, May 2005, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  46. Photosynthesis rates in cyanobacteria-dominated sub-tidal biofilms near Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, May 2005, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  47. Competition between macroalgae in rockpools

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2004, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mats Björk

  48. A METHODOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC OXYGEN EVOLUTION AND ESTIMATED ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATE IN TROPICAL ULVA (CHLOROPHYCEAE) SPECIES UNDER DIFFERENT LIGHT AND INORGANIC CARBON CONDITIONS1

    Article • Journal of Phycology, December 2003, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  49. Heavy metal contamination in the Western Indian Ocean (a review)

    Article • Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings), May 2003, EDP Sciences

    Mats Björk

  50. Bridging Science and Management in the Western Indian Ocean

    Article • AMBIO, December 2002, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

    Mats Björk

  51. Inorganic carbon utilization in marine angiosperms (seagrasses)

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2002, CSIRO Publishing

    Mats Björk

  52. A buffer sensitive inorganic carbon utilisation system in Zostera marina

    Article • Aquatic Botany, January 2001, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  53. Photosynthetic utilisation of carbon and light by two tropical seagrass species as measured in situ

    Article • Marine Biology, December 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  54. Measuring rates of photosynthesis of two tropical seagrasses by pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry

    Article • Aquatic Botany, January 2000, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  55. Photosynthetic responses in Zostera marina to decreasing salinity, inorganic carbon content and osmolality

    Article • Aquatic Botany, November 1999, Elsevier

    Mats Björk

  56. Photosynthetic utilisation of inorganic carbon by seagrasses from Zanzibar, East Africa

    Article • Marine Biology, August 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  57. PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASTS, AS COMPARED WITH THALLI, OF ULVA FASCIATA (CHLOROPHYTA)1

    Article • Journal of Phycology, August 1994, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  58. Factors affecting protoplast yield of the carrageenophyte Solieria filiformis (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)

    Article • Plant Cell Reports, August 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  59. INDUCIBLE MECHANISMS FOR HCO3- UTILIZATION AND REPRESSION OF PHOTORESPIRATION IN PROTOPLASTS AND THALLI OF THREE SPECIES OF ULVA (CHLOROPHYTA)1

    Article • Journal of Phycology, April 1993, Wiley

    Mats Björk

  60. Protoplast isolation fromUlva rigida(Chlorophyta)

    Article • British Phycological Journal, December 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Mats Björk

  61. Role of carbonic anhydrase in photosynthesis and inorganic-carbon assimilation in the red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata

    Article • Planta, May 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  62. Inorganic-carbon assimilation in the green seaweed Ulva rigida C.Ag. (Chlorophyta)

    Article • Planta, April 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mats Björk

  63. Effects of Growth Rate and Other Factors on Protoplast Yield from Four Species of Gracilaria (Rhodophyta)

    Article • Botanica Marina, January 1990, De Gruyter

    Mats Björk