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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Boreal forests are heading for an open state
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2025), Volume: 122, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0027-8424 -
Using artificial intelligence tools for data quality evaluation in the context of microplastic human health risk assessments
Environment International (2025), Volume: 197 - ISSN 0160-4120 -
Assessing chronic effects of chemical pollution on biodiversity using mean species abundance relationships
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2025) - ISSN 0730-7268