Publications: Articles & reports

Read more about Blue Food research in scientific publications and reports.

2025

"Synergies and conflicts for Swedish primary seafood production"

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, report C10064, Frej Gustavsson, Åsa Strand, Erik Lindblom, ISBN: 978-91-7883-714-4

"A guide to small-scale and large-scale pond production of flat oysters (Ostrea edulis)"

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Report C10003, Gustavsson, F., Hedensjö, A., & Strand, Å.

"Integrating biodiversity impacts into seafood life cycle assessments: pathways for improvement"

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 30, 477-490 (2025). Bergman, K., Gröndahl, F., Hasselström, L. et al.

“Marine-based nursery systems for hatchery-produced Ostrea see”

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, report C902, Hedensjö A., Strand Å.

"The negative association between food neophobia and sensory expectations revealed through analysis of consumers' open-ended descriptions of seafood"

Food Quality and Preference, Volume 123, February 2025, Costa, E., Niimi, J., Collier, E. S.

"How to transport Ostrea edulis seed"

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, report C886, 2025, Hedensjö A., Strand Å.

Satellite project: "Use of risk management tools in primary seafood production in Sweden"

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, report C880, 2025, Gustavsson, Frej, Lindblom, Erik, Strand, Åsa

2024

"Bacterial kidney disease, infection and pathways in freshwater systems for wild and reared fish"

Hanna Carlberg, Elin Dahlgren, Hampus Hällbom and Öystein Evensen

"How does food neophobia affect sensory expectations of seafood? Investigating its negative impact through the analysis of consumers' natural language"

Eurosense 2024, conference poster: Elena Costa, Jun Niimi, Elizabeth S. Collier

Satellite project: "Pacific oysters as a new food resource: A Blue Food satellite project"

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, report C865, 2024, Elisabet Henriksson, Åsa Strand

"Brining as an effective method to stabilize sea lettuce (Ulva fenestrata) -impact on colour, texture, chemical characteristics and microbial dynamics"

Algal Research, Volume 83, October 2024, 103700, Mar Vall-llosera, Sophie Steinhagen, Henrik Pavia, Ingrid Undeland

"Still just a matter of taste? Sensorial appreciation of seafood is associated with more frequent and diverse consumption"

Appetite, volume 198, 1 July 2024, Collier, E. S., Costa, E., Harris, K. L., Bendtsen, M., Niimi, J

"Exploring seafood choices at the point of purchase among a sample of Swedish consumers"

British Food Journal, volume 126 Issue 13, Exploring seafood choices at the point of purchase among a sample of Swedish consumers, Elena Costa, Penny Bergman, Jun Niimi, Elizabeth S. Collier

"Methodologies in Sensory and Consumer Sciences for the Evaluation of Seafood Products".

Chapter in Handbook of Seafood and Seafood Products Analysis. ISBN 9781003289401. Elena Costa, Elizabeth S. Collier, Jun Niimi.

"Environmental and biodiversity performance of a novel single cell protein for rainbow trout feed"

Warwas, N., Langeland, M., Roques, J. A. C., Montjouridès, M., Smeets, J., Sundh, H., Jönsson, E., Sundell, K. Journal of Fish Biology

2023

Evaluation of environmental performance of Chinese kelp cultivation on industrial scale gives new insights

Kristina Bergman, Ji Li, Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Yonghui Gao, Fredrik Gröndahl, 24th International Seaweed Symposium, Hobart, Australia

International stakeholder perspectives on implementing multiuse and integration of seaweed aquaculture with other sea uses

Elea Juell-Skielse, Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Sereno Diederichsen, Claire Hodson, Dawn Kotowicz, Ivana Lukic, Almeida Guissamulo, Josselin Guyot-Téphany, Jen McCann, Céline Rebours, Brice Trouillet, J.P. Walsh, Fredrik Gröndahl, 24th International Seaweed Symposium, Hobart, Australia

Seaweeds for a sustainable future - The Blue Food Centre, Sweden

Fredrik Gröndahl, 24th International Seaweed Symposium, Hobart, Australia

A critical review of life cycle climate impact in seaweed value-chains to support carbon accounting

Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Linus Hasselström, 24th International Seaweed Symposium, Hobart, Australia

Two-phase microalgae cultivation for RAS water remediation and high-value biomass production

Villanova V, Roques JAC, Forghani B, Shaikh KM, Undeland I and Spetea C (2023) Front. Plant Sci. 14:1186537.

Dietary replacement of fishmeal with marine proteins recovered from shrimp and herring process waters promising in Atlantic salmon aquaculture

Ida Hedén, Bita Forghani Targhi, Gunvor Baardsen, Bjørge Westereng, Tore Svendsen, Elisabeth Jönsson, Linda Hasselberg Frank, Ingrid Undeland, Kristina Sundell, Henrik Sundh, Aquaculture, Volume 574, 2023, 739735, ISSN 0044-8486

New wine in old bottles: Modification of the Na+/K+-ATPase enzyme activity assay and its application in salmonid aquaculture

Takvam M, Sundell K, Sundh H, Gharbi N, Kryvi H, Nilsen TO. Rev Aquac. 2024; 16(3): 1087-1098.

Candidatus Scalindua, a Biological Solution to Treat Saline Recirculating Aquaculture System Wastewater

Micolucci, F.; Roques, J.A.C.; Ziccardi, G.S.; Fujii, N.; Sundell, K.; Kindaichi, T. Processes 2023, 11, 690.

Marine yeast (Candida sake) cultured on herring brine side streams is a promising feed ingredient and omega-3 source for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Niklas Warwas, Jenny Veide Vilg, Markus Langeland, Jonathan A.C. Roques, James Hinchcliffe, Henrik Sundh, Ingrid Undeland, Kristina Sundell, Marine yeast (Candida sake) cultured on herring brine side streams is a promising feed ingredient and omega-3 source for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Aquaculture, Volume 571, 2023,

Sweden and seafood - today and tomorrow.

Report, ISBN: 978-91-8046-874-9, Ziegler, Friederike, Axelsson, Anna F, Sanders, Christophe, Hornborg, Sara

Fish processing side streams are promising ingredients in diets for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Effects on growth physiology, appetite, and intestinal health

Warwas, N., Langeland, M., Roques, J. A. C., Montjouridès, M., Smeets, J., Sundh, H., Jönsson, E., Sundell, K. J Fish Biol. 2025;106

"Novel Marine Ingredients for Aquaculture - Fish Nutrition, Physiology and Intestinal Health"

Doctoral thesis. ISBN 978-91-8069-513-8. Niklas Warwas.

Satellite project: "Solid-state fermentation of side streams from Saccharina latissima".

Rise Report 2023:152. Martina Bergentall, Unn Tjörnstrand, Karin Bjerre, Gunnar Cervin, Göran Nylund, Jenny Veide Vilg.

"Life Cycle Assessment of a large commercial kelp farm in Shandong, China"

Science of The Total Environment, vol 903, 10 December 2023. Kristina Bergman, Fredrik Gröndahl.

Satellite project: "Sustainability assessments of seafood in Sweden - key issues for more needs-based tools"

Rise Report 2023:102. Sara Hornborg, Anna Axelsson.

Nutritional and toxicological characteristics of Saccharina latissima, Ulva fenestrata and...

International Journal of Food Properties, vol 26-203. Maria Jacobsen, Marta Bianchi, João P. Trigo, Ingrid Undeland, Elinor Hallström & Susanne Bryngelsson.

Effects of whole seaweed consumption on humans...

Frontiers in Nutrition, vol 10-2023. João P. Trigo, Marie Palmnäs-Bédard, Mar Vall-Llosera Juanola, Ingrid Undeland

"The relationship between food neophobia and hedonic ratings of novel foods may be mediated by emotional arousal"

Food Quality and Preference, vol 109, July 2023, Elena Costa, Elizabeth S. Collier.

"Beyond raw: Investigating alternative preparation methods as a tool to increase acceptance of oysters in Sweden"

Future Foods, vol 7, June 2023. Elena Costa, Elizabeth S. Collier, Åsa Strand.

Perspectives on aquaculture's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals for improved human and planetary health

J. of the World Aquaculture Soc. Vol 54-2023. Troell, M, Costa-Pierce, B, Stead, S, Cottrell, R.S, Brugere, C, Farmery, A.K, Little, D.C, Strand, Å et.al.