Joel Segersten
Presentation
Limnologist (MSc) employed as Research engineer and PhD student in Ecology (part time) at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment/ Division of Ecology and Biodiversity.
Research
Primarily, I work with quantifying impacts of hydropower and other hydromorphological modifications on riverine ecosystems and assessing efficacy of restoration measures. This includes mapping of such impacts on a national scale as well as investigating relationships between specific hydromorphological stressors and structure and function of communities of aquatic organisms (e.g., fish, benthic macroinvertebrates, macrophytes). I have been working continuously with these types of issues in the capacity of research engineer since 2011, and since 2022 also as a PhD student, e.g. in projects:
2011-2015 REFORM (EU funded)
2015-2017 EKOLIV (Energiforsk)
2018-2021 EKOSPILL (Energiforsk)
2022-2025 EKOFALL (Energiforsk)
2023-2026 FÅK Återbesökt (Swedish EPA funded)
The latter three projects have been integrated into my current PhD project.
Environment analysis
I manage the field activities within the monitoring project Focus on Mälaren. This includes taking care of our main research vessel at the department: Ancylus II (“the Lake Mälaren boat”) and overseeing the self-inspection of the vessel. I am also engaged in the monitoring of macrophytes in trend lakes within the National Trend Lakes Program, etc.
Teaching
I teach field methods used in environmental monitoring in lakes and rivers in the master level course Environmental Assessment and in the “course in water sampling for practitioners” offered at the department.