Ecology and Biodiversity Group
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Plants and animals in lakes and streams are impacted by multiple pressures including eutrophication, hydromorphological modification, forestry and climate change, which drive biodiversity loss, alter ecosystem processes, and affect delivery of the key ecosystem services provided by freshwaters.
In the Ecology and Biodiversity Group, we conduct research to better understand the mechanisms behind ecological transformation and outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystems. Our research is integrative and multiscalar, encompassing most freshwater organism groups, but focussing especially on primary producers (benthic algae, macrophytes, phytoplankton) and invertebrate consumers (zooplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates), as well as ecosystem functioning. We further develop assessment methods and tools to support improved management of freshwater ecosystems in a rapidly changing world.
Clusters in the group
Research in the division is broadly grouped into eight clusters.
Stream ecology: biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under global change
- Primary contact: Brendan McKie
- Other key researchers: Amélie Truchy, Danny Lau, Peter Carlson, Richard Johnson, Maria Kahlert, Mikael Östlund
- Current PhD students: Joel Segersten
Restoration ecology
- Primary contacts: Brendan McKie and Peter Carlson
- Other key researchers: Richard Johnson
- Current PhD students: Joel Segersten
Plankton ecology
- Primary contacts: Stina Drakare, Tobias Vrede
- Other key researchers: Danny Lau, Maria Kahlert
Ecology and taxonomy of benthic algae (focus diatoms)
- Primary contact: Maria Kahlert
Ecology of Arctic Freshwater Food Webs
- Primary contact: Danny Lau & Willem Goedkopp
- Other key researchers: Simon Belle, Maria Kahlert, Tobias Vrede
Long term change in European catchments
- Primary contact: Ulf Grandin, James Weldon
Paleolimnology
- Primary contact: Simon Belle
Ecology and bioassessment, including molecular methods
- Primary contacts: Maria Kahlert and Karl Lundin (molecular methods), Peter Carlson (ecological indicators and indices)
- Other researchers: Stina Drakare, Richard Johnson, Mikael Östlund