The Story of Eelgrass & Eutrophication

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Eelgrass are flowering plants living in the ocean. Not the easiest lifestyle to be given if you are a plant. They form big underwater meadows that make up incredibly important areas for many other marine species.
The issue is that eelgrass has been disappearing from many areas where it was previously very abundant, something that could have a huge impact on the coastal marine ecosystem. So can something be done to fix this problem? Well, take a look.
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[@robnelsonfilms]

Great Video Jonas! I have a fun little video planned for the next one! Looking forward to sharing my story later this week.

[@HaleyChamberlain]

Great Video Jonas! Wow, makes me want to go swimming in those amazing eelgrass beds there!

[@UntamedScience]

Haley Chamberlain Nelson Anytime Haley!

[@Mozzthecoolguy]

Great Video ! Thanks a million.

[@squirt3blue]

Really enjoyed your video, Jonas! Short and sweet and straight to the point. Shows how these "unseen" foundation species are so important to habitat restoration. Random question: what camera did you use to shoot this? and what did you strap it to to get an aerial view of the bay? Thanks!

[@UntamedScience]

Laura Le Thank you for you comment! I agree, we may not hear about these areas as much as many other parts of the ocean but they are really cool and definitely important. We use a few different cameras. The main camera that was used for everything on land (as in not under water or aerials) was a Canon 5D markII. The aerial video was shot with a GoPro Hero3 that was attached to a small quadcopter.

[@HumblyNeil]

This is great, I'll endeavour to find them here in Portugal

[@Wbharrington]

The eelgrass in guntersville Alabama has cleared the water that was never clear before on the Tennessee river. Sounds a little fishy to me that they can’t handle the nutrient load.

[@bentaylor9282]

are the new Ealgrass seed locations in eutrophicated waters or have the waters they are being planted in been cleared of algal blooms?

[@robnelsonfilms]

Hey Ben! It can be both but in many places that used to have eelgrass they have seen a great improvement in the water quality so they are planting the seeds in order to try and get them to start growing again. It is definitely not an easy task I can tell you. The method that is now showing the most positive results here in Sweden is to actually harvest and move vegetative shoots (around 0.4m in length) from already established and healthy eelgrass meadows to the areas they are trying to restore. We are right now wrapping up a bunch of technical videos on this process that go together with a handbook on how to restore eelgrass meadows in Swedish waters. Thanks for writing and taking an interest in the project! Please let us know if you want help getting in contact with any of the researchers involved. Cheers!

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what drone do you guys use?

[@robnelsonfilms]

NARKISDUDE This was shot on the Phantom 1 but we have the 3 now...

[@NARKISDUDE]

Rob Nelson Films cool, thanks.

[@scareface999]

Zosteraaa my Master thesis theme :-)

[@alveolate]

where was this shot? i couldn't catch the location...

[@UntamedScience]

Gregory Samuel Teo It was shot on the west coast of Sweden in a couple of locations. Mostly around the research station Kristineberg which is about 2hrs north of Gothenburg. Hope you liked it!

[@alveolate]

cool... it really looked like the amazon for a moment, can't even tell it's actually a frigid area! but i'm also surprised that a liberal developed nation would still have such pollution problems. at least there's ecologists actively working to solve it! are there laws in sweden which specifically aim to protect the environment from eutrophication? do agro businesses which break such laws get heavy punishment?

[@BiophiliaClips]

For all you Biophiliacs, here is a great little short about eelgrass.

[@7UVA]

Bra video :D

[@HaleyChamberlain]

Slime stone :) Nice. "Wheat Bra" if I say so myself. hehe. Are you Swedish?

[@UntamedScience]

Slime stone Tackar Slime Stone!

[@daniandjavi]

the problem with this planet, is that people are so stupid and dont realize that there is no other place out there where we can survive as a specie. I am saying this because if u take a look at this amazing and informative video and it has 1066 views and then you see one of those "prankers" videos and they have 2millions views it just make no sense at all. Whatever SMH. Great video

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javier sanchez - Thanks for the comment Javier! We're doing what we can.

[@daniandjavi]

I know and thank you for that

[@UntamedScience]

javier sanchez Hey Javier! I just wanted to say that it is comments like yours that inspires us to work hard and continue to do what we believe in. Really appreciate it man! Thanks!

[@SithSereyPheap1]

Zostera marina !

[@robnelsonfilms]

+SithSereyPheap1 Yeeeah! Cool isn't it!?