IVL is an independent and non-profit research institute with a broad environmental profile. IVL combines applied research and development with a close collaboration between the business and public sectors and works actively across the entire area of sustainability. Main areas are sustainable environment, society and transition, with expertise in environmental sciences, as well as behavioural and social sciences and economics.
IVL has expertise in underwater acoustics and >15 years of experience in underwater noise research, including field measurements, data analysis, source characterization, propagation, modelling and mitigations. IVL researchers in marine ecology and ecotoxicology operate at Kristineberg Marine Research Station. They have long and wide experience assessing and experimentally investigating environmental impacts of various pollutants and environmental stressors on marine organisms, particularly invertebrates such as bivalves, zooplankton, crustaceans and annelids.