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Per Åberg is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science.

Their work explores subfields including Oceanography, Aquatic Science, and Ecology, with core topics covering marine and coastal plant biology, seaweed-derived bioactive compounds, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Recent publications by Per Åberg include:

  • Adherence of kelp (Saccharina latissima) gametophytes on ropes with different binder treatments and flow regimes, 2022, Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Adherence of kelp (Saccharina latissima) gametophytes on ropes with different binder treatments and flow regimes, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Per Åberg are:

  • Wouter Visch
  • Gunilla B. Toth
  • Ann I. Larsson
  • Ann Larson

Per Åberg's research outputs have appeared primarily in journals such as the Journal of Applied Phycology and Research Square (Research Square).

Best Publications

  • An ecological perspective on the deployment and design of low-crested and other hard coastal defence structures

    L. Airoldi;M. Abbiati;M. W. Beck;S. J. Hawkins

  • Low-crested coastal defence structures as artificial habitats for marine life: Using ecological criteria in design

    P. S. Moschella;M. Abbiati;P. Åberg;L. Airoldi

  • Effects of UV-B radiation and simulated herbivory on phlorotannins in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum

    Henrik Pavia;Gunnar Cervin;Annelie Lindgren;Per Åberg

  • A continental scale evaluation of the role of limpet grazing on rocky shores

    Ross A. Coleman;Ross A. Coleman;Ross A. Coleman;Antony J. Underwood;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Per Åberg

  • A Demographic Study of Two Populations of the Seaweed Ascophyllum Nodosum

    Per Aberg

  • Shift in seagrass food web structure over decades is linked to overfishing

    Susanne Baden;Andreas Emanuelsson;Leif Pihl;Carl-Johan Svensson

  • Spatial and temporal variation in settlement and recruitment of the intertidal barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (L.) (Crustacea: Cirripedia) over a European scale

    S.R Jenkins;P Åberg;G Cervin;R.A Coleman

  • INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WAVE ACTION AND GRAZING CONTROL THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTERTIDAL MACROALGAE

    Per R. Jonsson;Lena Granhag;Paula S. Moschella;Per Åberg

  • Habitat and feeding preferences of crustacean mesoherbivores inhabiting the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol. and its epiphytic macroalgae

    Henrik Pavia;Herman Carr;Per Åberg

  • Size-Based Demography of the Seaweed Ascophyllum Nodosum in Stochastic Environments

    Per Aberg

  • OPTIMAL DEFENSE THEORY: ELASTICITY ANALYSIS AS A TOOL TO PREDICT INTRAPLANT VARIATION IN DEFENSES

    Henrik Pavia;Gunilla B. Toth;Per Åberg

  • The phylogeographic architecture of the fucoid seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum: an intertidal ‘marine tree’ and survivor of more than one glacial–interglacial cycle

    Jeanine L. Olsen;Frederick W. Zechman;Galice Hoarau;James A. Coyer

  • Seed rafting as a dispersal strategy for eelgrass (Zostera marina)

    B. Källström;A. Nyqvist;P. Åberg;M. Bodin

  • Trade‐offs between phlorotannin production and annual growth in natural populations of the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum

    Henrik Pavia;Gunilla Toth;Per Åberg

  • Temporal and multiple scale spatial variation in juvenile and adult abundance of the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum

    Per Åberg;Henrik Pavia

  • Population dynamics and stage structure in a haploid‐diploid red seaweed, Gracilaria gracilis

    Carolyn Engel;Per Åberg;Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Christophe Destombe

  • Effects of wave exposure and depth on biomass, density and fertility of the fucoid seaweed Sargassum polyceratium (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae)

    Aschwin H. Engelen;Per Åberg;Jeanine L. Olsen;Wytze T. Stam

  • Temporal and spatial variation in the density of mobile epifauna and grazing damage on the seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum

    R. M. Viejo;R. M. Viejo;P. Åberg

  • Small-scale disturbance in a stable canopy dominated community: implications for macroalgal recruitment and growth

    Gunnar Cervin;Per Åberg;Stuart R. Jenkins

  • Population resistance to climate change: modelling the effects of low recruitment in open populations

    Carl Johan Svensson;Stuart R. Jenkins;Stephen J. Hawkins;Per Åberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Pavia
Henrik Pavia University of Gothenburg
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Stuart R. Jenkins
Stuart R. Jenkins Bangor University
Marco Abbiati
Marco Abbiati University of Bologna
Laura Airoldi
Laura Airoldi University of Padua
Per R. Jonsson
Per R. Jonsson Stockholm University
Esperança Gacia
Esperança Gacia Spanish National Research Council
Fabio Bulleri
Fabio Bulleri University of Pisa
Richard G. Hartnoll
Richard G. Hartnoll University of Liverpool
Mats Lindegarth
Mats Lindegarth University of Gothenburg

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