Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
We aim to generate novel insights that can help preserving and restoring marine and freshwater ecosystem services. We take a systems approach linking physical, chemical and biological processes across scales.
Chair holder
Central issues:
- the aquatic ecosystem
- the ecological function of marine and freshwater systems
- the physical-chemical quality of surface waters and sediments
- the impact of water quality on human use of surface water, including diversity
- modelling of ecosystem relations and the fate and effects of substances
News
Strategy AEW
Are the environmental risks of neonicotinoids climate-sensitive?
Flammable floodplains are weak spot of Amazon forest
Self-amplified effects of drought exacerbate forest loss in the Amazon
Remotely Sensed Slowing Down Indicates Tropical Forest Fragility
Research
The research is multidisciplinary (environmental engineering, environmental chemistry and aquatic ecology) and ranges from the laboratory scale (detailed process studies) to the scale of actual ecosystems (field studies). The multidisciplinary expertise of the team comes together in the development of integrated models for ecosystem and water quality management.
Education
The Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management group provides a major learning routes, which prepares the student for the MSc thesis Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality.
Latest publications
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Calibration and validation of toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic models for three neonicotinoids and some aquatic macroinvertebrates
Ecotoxicology (2018). - ISSN 0963-9292 - p. 1 - 16.
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Avoidance tests as a tool to detect sublethal effects of oil-impacted sediments
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2018). - ISSN 0730-7268
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The impact of warming and nutrients on algae production and microcystins in seston from the iconic lake lesser Prespa, Greece
Toxins 10 (2018)4. - ISSN 2072-6651