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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Changing boreal tree densities lead to higher wildfire risk and alter crucial forest functions
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Twenty years of microplastics pollution research – what have we learned?
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'Stickiness' of rarity and the universal dance of dominance
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A just world on a safe planet: First study quantifying safe and just Earth System Boundaries
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Sea turtles are returning, what are the effects on ecosystem functioning?
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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Insights from the judgement bias paradigm : social group and tank size do not affect mental state in female guppies
Journal of Fish Biology (2025), Volume: 106, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0022-1112 - p. 12-19. -
Microplastics versus natural mineral particles. How to create and test them while maintaining environmental relevance
Journal of Hazardous Materials (2025), Volume: 481 - ISSN 0304-3894 -
A brief history of microplastics effect testing: Guidance and prospect
Environmental Pollution (2025), Volume: 368 - ISSN 0269-7491