Joel Segersten
Presentation
Limnologist (MSc) employed as Research engineer and PhD student in Ecology 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 with these types of issues for many years in the capacity of research engineer, 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 overseeing the self-inspection of the main research vessel at the department: Ancylus II. 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.