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  1. Global ocean indicators: Marking pathways at the science-policy nexus

    Article • Marine Policy, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  2. Measuring and Reporting on Seagrass as an Essential Ocean Variable for Science and Management

    Article • BioScience, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  3. Taking advantage of open data in coastal science and conservation

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  4. Expert Perceptions on Seagrass Governance, Policy and Management in the Western Indian Ocean

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, September 2025, Wiley

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  5. Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Enhances Density and Diversity of Epifaunal Invertebrates Compared to Filamentous Mats in the Central Baltic Sea

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  6. Jellyfish and Ctenophores Around Gotland in the Baltic Sea—Local Data Contributing to Global Assessments

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  7. Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science (BIOS): Advancing Harmonized Observation Systems and Policy Coordination for Sustainable Ecosystem Management

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  8. Co-Creating a Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science: Fostering Collaboration for a Sustainable Future 

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  9.  Assessing the Impact of Coastal Darkening on Primary Production of Habitat Forming Macrophytes

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  10. Risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  11. Closing the parachute and opening the umbrella: Strategies for inclusivity and representation in producing impactful coastal ecosystem research

    Article • Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures, January 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  12. Capacity sharing to protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  13. Intertidal gleaning fisheries: Recognising local-scale contributions and management scenarios

    Article • Marine Policy, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  14. One hundred priority questions for advancing seagrass conservation in Europe

    Article • Plants People Planet, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Eduardo Infantes, Karine Gagnon, Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  15. Gender analysis in fisheries: The case of the shelled mollusc fisheries in Kenya

    Article • Marine Policy, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  16. Local Ecological Knowledge Reveals Change in Seagrass Social–Ecological Systems

    Article • Oceans, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  17. Social-ecological system analysis of an invertebrate gleaning fishery on the island of Unguja, Zanzibar

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

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  18. Dependence on seagrass fisheries governed by household income and adaptive capacity

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  19. Coastal aquaculture in Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Article • Aquaculture, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  20. Unintended consequences of sustainable development initiatives: risks and opportunities in seagrass social-ecological systems

    Article • Ecology and Society, January 2022, Resilience Alliance, Inc.

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  21. Seagrass Structural Traits Drive Fish Assemblages in Small-Scale Fisheries

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, April 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  22. Mollusc shell fisheries in coastal Kenya: Local ecological knowledge reveals overfishing

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  23. The global distribution of seagrass meadows

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, July 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  24. Temporal variability of a protected multispecific tropical seagrass meadow in response to environmental change

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  25. Population genetic structure and connectivity of the seagrass Thalassia hemprichii in the Western Indian Ocean is influenced by predominant ocean currents

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Mr Mathew Ogalo Silas

  26. Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, July 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Alejandro H. Buschmann, Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  27. Improving our knowledge of how seagrass meadows support global fisheries production using the Indo-Pacific Seagrass Network.

    Article • July 2019, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  28. Fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) on Connectivity and Seascape Management

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  29. Global challenges for seagrass conservation

    Article • AMBIO, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  30. A changing climate for seagrass conservation?

    Article • Current Biology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  31. Towards recognition of seagrasses, and their sustainable management

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  32. Seagrass meadows support global fisheries production

    Article • Conservation Letters, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Dr Richard K.F. Unsworth

  33. Habitat preference for seaweed farming – A case study from Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  34. Global significance of seagrass fishery activity

    Article • Fish and Fisheries, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  35. Seagrass ecosystem services – What's next?

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  36. Blue Carbon Storage in Tropical Seagrass

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

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Mr Martin Dahl, Mats Björk

  37. Correction: Seagrass Ecosystem Services and Their Variability across Genera and Geographical Regions

    Article • PLOS One, January 2017, PLOS

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  38. Seagrass Ecosystem Services and Their Variability across Genera and Geographical Regions

    Article • PLOS One, October 2016, PLOS

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  39. Teaching ecology at university—Inspiration for change

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  40. Single and joint effects of regional- and local-scale variables on tropical seagrass fish assemblages

    Article • Marine Biology, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  41. Seagrass meadows globally as a coupled social–ecological system: Implications for human wellbeing

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K.F. Unsworth, Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  42. Using multiple Landsat scenes in an ensemble classifier reduces classification error in a stable nearshore environment

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  43. Intertidal Zone Management in the Western Indian Ocean: Assessing Current Status and Future Possibilities Using Expert Opinions

    Article • AMBIO, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  44. Biodiversity loss in seagrass meadows due to local invertebrate fisheries and harbour activities

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  45. Chumbe Island Coral Park—governance analysis

    Article • Marine Policy, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  46. Remote sensing of seagrasses in a patchy multi-species environment

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund

  47. Changes in an East African social-ecological seagrass system: invertebrate harvesting ...

    Article • Aquatic Living Resources, October 2010, EDP Sciences

    Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund