Department of Aquatic Siences and Assessment

Wastewater reveals increased usage of sweetners

Analysing wastewater can reveal the usage of artificial sweeteners. A newly published study shows their consumption patterns in several Swedish cities. Researchers recently published a study showing

Diss Ze Hui Kong

Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems Effects and drivers charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Ze Hui Kong defends his thesis "Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems Effects and drivers" on 19th of September

Contacts

Interested in knowing more about how SLU contributes to the Baltic Sea Science Center (BSSC)? Please get in touch with any of the persons listed below. Experts in "Kunskapsrådet" for BSSC at SLU The

Krycklan Symposium 2024

tejshree.tiwari@slu.se This year, the 21st Krycklan symposium will be focused on the new generation of researchers and research. Hence we hope to highlight ongoing PhD, Post-docs and early career

Geochemical laboratory

The laboratory works with chemical analyses of freshwater. We strive to make a good estimate of the actual concentrations of chemical substances in the environment and thereby gain knowledge of the

Microbiome monitoring for risk assessment in recirculating aquaculture systems

Harmful bacteria have a negative impact in aquaculture operations, resulting in increased fish mortality and reduced yield. This project aims to understand the factors leading to their proliferation

Dispersal barriers and functional convergence in aquatic microorganisms

For almost a century, microorganisms have been thought to have a worldwide distribution, leading to the famous hypothesis that "everything is everywhere, but the environment selects". But recent

CENTURION

The CENTURION-project focuses on two major threats, climate change and eutrophication, to ecological status of Swedish lakes. Aquatic ecosystems face tremendous changes due to a multitude of

From healthy food to junk food

The northern landscapes are warming twice as fast as the Earth’s average because of climate change. This impacts lake ecosystem functions. Researchers have noticed changes in lake food webs. In many

Long-term environmental change

Long-term and large-scale environmental change, such as climate change, eutrophication (nutrient enrichment), oligotrophication (nutrient depletion), brownification and acidification, affects

AlgTox

We can expect toxic algal blooms to become more frequent as the climate changes. A better understanding of which toxins algae produce and under what circumstances this occurs will therefore become

DAMFUN

The DAMFUN research project is mapping the impact of hydropower dams on the ecosystem. It focuses on the many ecological functions that exist and the links between watercourses and their riparian