Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
@kebrodersen.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Ecosystem Ecology. Seagrass ecophysiology and biogeochemistry.
Roskilde University, Environmental Dynamics
Roskilde University, Environmental Dynamics
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Ecophysiology Of Seagrass Seeds, with Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
YouTube video by World Seagrass Association
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Seed maturation in #seagrass: the importance of light and sheath oxygen production for biosynthetic activity
m.youtube.com/watch?v=alnl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=alnl...
Colin S. Moldenhauer (PhD student in Green Seas Lab)
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Colin S. Moldenhauer (PhD student in Green Seas Lab)
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
The Ecophysiology of Seagrass Seeds talk is now available!
Kasper uses electrochemical & fiber-optic sensors, imaging and molecular techniques to study seagrass micro-landscapes and their impact on ecosystems under stress. Watch this and other talks in the #SeagrassSeminarSeries."
Kasper uses electrochemical & fiber-optic sensors, imaging and molecular techniques to study seagrass micro-landscapes and their impact on ecosystems under stress. Watch this and other talks in the #SeagrassSeminarSeries."
Ecophysiology Of Seagrass Seeds, with Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
YouTube video by World Seagrass Association
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Ecophysiology of Seagrass Seeds talk is now available!
Kasper uses electrochemical & fiber-optic sensors, imaging and molecular techniques to study seagrass micro-landscapes and their impact on ecosystems under stress. Watch this and other talks in the #SeagrassSeminarSeries."
Kasper uses electrochemical & fiber-optic sensors, imaging and molecular techniques to study seagrass micro-landscapes and their impact on ecosystems under stress. Watch this and other talks in the #SeagrassSeminarSeries."
Seed maturation in #seagrass: the importance of light and sheath oxygen production for biosynthetic activity
m.youtube.com/watch?v=alnl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=alnl...
Ecophysiology Of Seagrass Seeds, with Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
YouTube video by World Seagrass Association
m.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Seed maturation in #seagrass: the importance of light and sheath oxygen production for biosynthetic activity
m.youtube.com/watch?v=alnl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=alnl...
Yet another great talk at RUC wine & wisdom, this time delivered by Alice Malcolm-McKay (postdoc in Green Seas Lab) covering the greenhouse gas dynamics of intertidal seagrass meadows.
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
#seagrass #greenseaslab
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
#seagrass #greenseaslab
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yet another great talk at RUC wine & wisdom, this time delivered by Alice Malcolm-McKay (postdoc in Green Seas Lab) covering the greenhouse gas dynamics of intertidal seagrass meadows.
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
#seagrass #greenseaslab
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
#seagrass #greenseaslab
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
#SeagrassSeminarSeries
Ecophysiology of seagrass seeds
Kasper Elgetti Brodersen explores how sheath oxygen production supports seed maturation & germination under stress.
🗓️ Wed 13th Aug
12 pm UTC | 14 PM DK
Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88908084950?pwd=1OHk1ZzmaPUXpaZS5BaNyxxXS6bbRh.1
Ecophysiology of seagrass seeds
Kasper Elgetti Brodersen explores how sheath oxygen production supports seed maturation & germination under stress.
🗓️ Wed 13th Aug
12 pm UTC | 14 PM DK
Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88908084950?pwd=1OHk1ZzmaPUXpaZS5BaNyxxXS6bbRh.1
August 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#SeagrassSeminarSeries
Ecophysiology of seagrass seeds
Kasper Elgetti Brodersen explores how sheath oxygen production supports seed maturation & germination under stress.
🗓️ Wed 13th Aug
12 pm UTC | 14 PM DK
Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88908084950?pwd=1OHk1ZzmaPUXpaZS5BaNyxxXS6bbRh.1
Ecophysiology of seagrass seeds
Kasper Elgetti Brodersen explores how sheath oxygen production supports seed maturation & germination under stress.
🗓️ Wed 13th Aug
12 pm UTC | 14 PM DK
Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88908084950?pwd=1OHk1ZzmaPUXpaZS5BaNyxxXS6bbRh.1
New paper: "PFAS-herbicide diflufenican reduces the photosynthetic capacity in seagrass"
Study addresses negative effects caused by #PFAS-herbicide diflufenican on #seagrass photobiology. We show reduced photosynthetic capacity of DFF exposed #plants.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Study addresses negative effects caused by #PFAS-herbicide diflufenican on #seagrass photobiology. We show reduced photosynthetic capacity of DFF exposed #plants.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PFAS-herbicide diflufenican reduces the photosynthetic capacity in seagrass (Zostera marina L.)
Global decline of seagrasses is directly linked with anthropogenic activities. One of the increasing threats, is marine pollution with a wide range of…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
New paper: "PFAS-herbicide diflufenican reduces the photosynthetic capacity in seagrass"
Study addresses negative effects caused by #PFAS-herbicide diflufenican on #seagrass photobiology. We show reduced photosynthetic capacity of DFF exposed #plants.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Study addresses negative effects caused by #PFAS-herbicide diflufenican on #seagrass photobiology. We show reduced photosynthetic capacity of DFF exposed #plants.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
Green Seas Lab sampling seagrass and sediment for investigation of greenhouse gas dynamics within seagrass meadows in the Anthropocene.
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
May 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Green Seas Lab sampling seagrass and sediment for investigation of greenhouse gas dynamics within seagrass meadows in the Anthropocene.
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
Green Seas Lab sampling seagrass and sediment for investigation of greenhouse gas dynamics within seagrass meadows in the Anthropocene.
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
May 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Green Seas Lab sampling seagrass and sediment for investigation of greenhouse gas dynamics within seagrass meadows in the Anthropocene.
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
Research supported by Villum Fonden and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Link: elgetti.wordpress.com
@roskildeuni.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
#RUC #GHG
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
Seed fever!
Researchers from the GPROLab are starting their experiments on Posidonia oceanica seeds and seedlings in Naples and Sicily.
Understanding the role of genetics, physiology and stress tolerance at early life stages is essential for their conservation and recovery
#seagrass #science
Researchers from the GPROLab are starting their experiments on Posidonia oceanica seeds and seedlings in Naples and Sicily.
Understanding the role of genetics, physiology and stress tolerance at early life stages is essential for their conservation and recovery
#seagrass #science
April 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
Biodegradable elements (BESE, mimicking rhizome and root structures) can reduce negative impacts of green crabs on seagrass transplants - important new knowledge for restoration practices
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
Effects of European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) on transplanted Eelgrass (Zostera marina): potential protective measures
The global decline of seagrass causes concern regarding the loss of important ecosystem services, such as increased marine biodiversity. Consequently, restoration projects have gained popularity amon...
doi.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Biodegradable elements (BESE, mimicking rhizome and root structures) can reduce negative impacts of green crabs on seagrass transplants - important new knowledge for restoration practices
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
Biodegradable elements (BESE, mimicking rhizome and root structures) can reduce negative impacts of green crabs on seagrass transplants - important new knowledge for restoration practices
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
Effects of European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) on transplanted Eelgrass (Zostera marina): potential protective measures
The global decline of seagrass causes concern regarding the loss of important ecosystem services, such as increased marine biodiversity. Consequently, restoration projects have gained popularity amon...
doi.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Biodegradable elements (BESE, mimicking rhizome and root structures) can reduce negative impacts of green crabs on seagrass transplants - important new knowledge for restoration practices
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#seagrass #crabs
Last sampling trip for determining the effect of seagrass meadows on seasonal infauna/benthic biodiversity in Danish lagoon.
#seagrass #biodiversity
At Roskilde University / Environmental Science
Link to master’s degree at RUC: ruc.dk/en/master/en...
#seagrass #biodiversity
At Roskilde University / Environmental Science
Link to master’s degree at RUC: ruc.dk/en/master/en...
April 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Last sampling trip for determining the effect of seagrass meadows on seasonal infauna/benthic biodiversity in Danish lagoon.
#seagrass #biodiversity
At Roskilde University / Environmental Science
Link to master’s degree at RUC: ruc.dk/en/master/en...
#seagrass #biodiversity
At Roskilde University / Environmental Science
Link to master’s degree at RUC: ruc.dk/en/master/en...
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
An underwater comeback is underway. Around the world, restoration projects are rewilding seagrass meadows—one of our greatest natural carbon stores. Here’s how ⬇️🌿🌱 #WorldRewildingDay
March 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
An underwater comeback is underway. Around the world, restoration projects are rewilding seagrass meadows—one of our greatest natural carbon stores. Here’s how ⬇️🌿🌱 #WorldRewildingDay
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
📢🌿 New Paper Alert!
In our latest study at @ccmar.bsky.social, we mapped #seagrass meadows across the #Algarve using a combination of systematic review, manual mapping, and machine learning techniques.
Our findings reveal (text below):
In our latest study at @ccmar.bsky.social, we mapped #seagrass meadows across the #Algarve using a combination of systematic review, manual mapping, and machine learning techniques.
Our findings reveal (text below):
March 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📢🌿 New Paper Alert!
In our latest study at @ccmar.bsky.social, we mapped #seagrass meadows across the #Algarve using a combination of systematic review, manual mapping, and machine learning techniques.
Our findings reveal (text below):
In our latest study at @ccmar.bsky.social, we mapped #seagrass meadows across the #Algarve using a combination of systematic review, manual mapping, and machine learning techniques.
Our findings reveal (text below):
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
🌊🧪 Exciting news from Bacoli! The #ENGAGE_prin project has launched a field experiment to study how the sponge C. nucula 🧽 may help P. oceanica 🌱 seagrass resist nutrient pollution.
💙🌍
#MarineEcology #Seagrass #Microbiomes #Academicsky #Microsky
💙🌍
#MarineEcology #Seagrass #Microbiomes #Academicsky #Microsky
New ENGAGE experiment launches in Bacoli - Marine Symbiomes Research Group
Check out the latest update on an in situ experiment launched near Napoli as part of the PRIN ENGAGE project. The experiment aims to test Posidonia oceanica resilience to coastal eutrophication when i...
www.marinesymbiomes.eu
March 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌊🧪 Exciting news from Bacoli! The #ENGAGE_prin project has launched a field experiment to study how the sponge C. nucula 🧽 may help P. oceanica 🌱 seagrass resist nutrient pollution.
💙🌍
#MarineEcology #Seagrass #Microbiomes #Academicsky #Microsky
💙🌍
#MarineEcology #Seagrass #Microbiomes #Academicsky #Microsky
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
New publication:
Societal value of #seagrass from historical to contemporary perspectives
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Societal value of #seagrass from historical to contemporary perspectives
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Societal value of seagrass from historical to contemporary perspectives - Ambio
Seagrasses have been entwined with human culture for millennia, constituting a natural resource that has supported humanity throughout this history. Understanding the societal value of seagrass foster...
link.springer.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New publication:
Societal value of #seagrass from historical to contemporary perspectives
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Societal value of #seagrass from historical to contemporary perspectives
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
64,300 more seagrass seeds planted! 🌱
Thanks to local communities who have shown up year after year for these mighty, tiny seeds of hope! 💪
Let’s hear from the volunteers who helped harvest these very seeds and have planted them into the Forth. ⬇️ #RestorationForth
Thanks to local communities who have shown up year after year for these mighty, tiny seeds of hope! 💪
Let’s hear from the volunteers who helped harvest these very seeds and have planted them into the Forth. ⬇️ #RestorationForth
March 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
64,300 more seagrass seeds planted! 🌱
Thanks to local communities who have shown up year after year for these mighty, tiny seeds of hope! 💪
Let’s hear from the volunteers who helped harvest these very seeds and have planted them into the Forth. ⬇️ #RestorationForth
Thanks to local communities who have shown up year after year for these mighty, tiny seeds of hope! 💪
Let’s hear from the volunteers who helped harvest these very seeds and have planted them into the Forth. ⬇️ #RestorationForth
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
The most important part of the ocean you've never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
www.latimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
What do over a billion people live within 100km of? Seagrass! We are partnering with Earth Genome to put #seagrass back on the map. Our scalable blueprint for mapping seagrass will help build a future where #people and #nature thrive.
@pgaff.bsky.social
@pgaff.bsky.social
Scaling Seagrass Mapping with Earth Genome and The Nature Conservancy
pgafamilyfoundation.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What do over a billion people live within 100km of? Seagrass! We are partnering with Earth Genome to put #seagrass back on the map. Our scalable blueprint for mapping seagrass will help build a future where #people and #nature thrive.
@pgaff.bsky.social
@pgaff.bsky.social
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
Så blev det Danmarks Country Overshoot Day 2025, og fra og med idag har vores lille grønne foregangsland brugt så mange naturressourcer, at alt vi forbruger fra nu af, er lig med et overtræk på naturkontoen. Godt, og heldigvis, at langt de fleste andre lande forbruger mindre end os.
March 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Så blev det Danmarks Country Overshoot Day 2025, og fra og med idag har vores lille grønne foregangsland brugt så mange naturressourcer, at alt vi forbruger fra nu af, er lig med et overtræk på naturkontoen. Godt, og heldigvis, at langt de fleste andre lande forbruger mindre end os.
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
A well-written piece by Jillian Ooi: SEAGRASS RESTORATION ON THE RISE – BUT ARE WE MISSING THE POINT?
www.bernama.com/en/thoughts/...
Couldn't agree more! #Conservation should come before #Restoration
www.bernama.com/en/thoughts/...
Couldn't agree more! #Conservation should come before #Restoration
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A well-written piece by Jillian Ooi: SEAGRASS RESTORATION ON THE RISE – BUT ARE WE MISSING THE POINT?
www.bernama.com/en/thoughts/...
Couldn't agree more! #Conservation should come before #Restoration
www.bernama.com/en/thoughts/...
Couldn't agree more! #Conservation should come before #Restoration
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
The UK has lost 90% of its #seagrass meadows🤯. Our intern Josh is working on the #Thames Estuary project to restore seagrass by evaluating the success of different techniques to recover the meadows👇
ptes.org/grants/internship-projects/recovering-essential-seagrass-meadows
ptes.org/grants/internship-projects/recovering-essential-seagrass-meadows
Recovering essential seagrass meadows - People's Trust for Endangered Species
Seagrass is a marine habitat that has declined drastically in the UK over the past century. Josh smith is recovering seagrass meadows
ptes.org
February 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The UK has lost 90% of its #seagrass meadows🤯. Our intern Josh is working on the #Thames Estuary project to restore seagrass by evaluating the success of different techniques to recover the meadows👇
ptes.org/grants/internship-projects/recovering-essential-seagrass-meadows
ptes.org/grants/internship-projects/recovering-essential-seagrass-meadows
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
Saturday 1 March is World Seagrass Day! 🌊 🌿
Seagrass meadows store 19.9 gigatons of carbon and a single acre supports 50 million small invertebrates. 🦐
Discover more on the Dugong & Seagrass Hub: www.dugongseagrass.org
Learn about the UN's #WorldSeagrassDay here: www.un.org/en/observanc...
Seagrass meadows store 19.9 gigatons of carbon and a single acre supports 50 million small invertebrates. 🦐
Discover more on the Dugong & Seagrass Hub: www.dugongseagrass.org
Learn about the UN's #WorldSeagrassDay here: www.un.org/en/observanc...
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Saturday 1 March is World Seagrass Day! 🌊 🌿
Seagrass meadows store 19.9 gigatons of carbon and a single acre supports 50 million small invertebrates. 🦐
Discover more on the Dugong & Seagrass Hub: www.dugongseagrass.org
Learn about the UN's #WorldSeagrassDay here: www.un.org/en/observanc...
Seagrass meadows store 19.9 gigatons of carbon and a single acre supports 50 million small invertebrates. 🦐
Discover more on the Dugong & Seagrass Hub: www.dugongseagrass.org
Learn about the UN's #WorldSeagrassDay here: www.un.org/en/observanc...
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
Today is #WorldSeagrassDay 🌿🌊
#Seagrass meadows are complex, highly productive and biologically rich habitats, home to many of #Australia’s #fish species🐟 📸 But they also need our protection 💚
👀 For more info on the day: buff.ly/4kkaR54
#Seagrass meadows are complex, highly productive and biologically rich habitats, home to many of #Australia’s #fish species🐟 📸 But they also need our protection 💚
👀 For more info on the day: buff.ly/4kkaR54
February 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today is #WorldSeagrassDay 🌿🌊
#Seagrass meadows are complex, highly productive and biologically rich habitats, home to many of #Australia’s #fish species🐟 📸 But they also need our protection 💚
👀 For more info on the day: buff.ly/4kkaR54
#Seagrass meadows are complex, highly productive and biologically rich habitats, home to many of #Australia’s #fish species🐟 📸 But they also need our protection 💚
👀 For more info on the day: buff.ly/4kkaR54
Reposted by Kasper Elgetti Brodersen
Hi BlueSky!
We are the World Seagrass Association, here to connect the global #seagrass community. We're interested in all things seagrass – share your news, research, community connection, management, job opportunities, events and more. We're here to share your hard work– tag and share with us!
We are the World Seagrass Association, here to connect the global #seagrass community. We're interested in all things seagrass – share your news, research, community connection, management, job opportunities, events and more. We're here to share your hard work– tag and share with us!
February 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hi BlueSky!
We are the World Seagrass Association, here to connect the global #seagrass community. We're interested in all things seagrass – share your news, research, community connection, management, job opportunities, events and more. We're here to share your hard work– tag and share with us!
We are the World Seagrass Association, here to connect the global #seagrass community. We're interested in all things seagrass – share your news, research, community connection, management, job opportunities, events and more. We're here to share your hard work– tag and share with us!