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
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26 types of microplastics and rubbers detected in Dutch rivers -
Being happy with less -
Effects microplastics and nanoplastics on biodiversity only visible after a year -
Bart Koelmans succeeds Marten Scheffer as chair holder -
Evidence on microplastics does not yet point to widespread risk, say Europe’s top scientists group
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.
Current MSc subjects
Latest publications
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Sediment toxicity of the fungicide fludioxonil to benthic macroinvertebrates -evaluation of the tiered effect assessment procedureEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety 195 (2020). - ISSN 0147-6513
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Effects of guanotrophication and warming on the abundance of green algae, cyanobacteria and microcystins in Lake Lesser Prespa, GreecePLoS ONE 15 (2020)3. - ISSN 1932-6203
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A systems approach to understand microplastic occurrence and variability in Dutch riverine surface watersWater Research 176 (2020). - ISSN 0043-1354