Department of Aquatic Siences and Assessment
The Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment is a research center for applied environmental research with national responsibility for monitoring the environmental status of lakes and watercourses. Research is mainly focused on aquatic ecology and biodiversity, geochemistry and hydrology and aquatic ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry.
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
Living labs in forest soils
tejshree.tiwari@slu.se Join us for an insightful webinar focused on the critical role of living labs in addressing forest soil challenges and exploring innovative solutions for forest soils. The
Morning Coffee with Illumina
Morning Coffee with Illumina vattenmiljo-webb@slu.se Illumina would like to present their newest XLEAP SBS technology and give a refresher on its portfolio and applications. Presenters Edyta
Fish farming in the North - a food production with environmental potential
The project aims to investigate if and how rainbow trout and Arctic charr can be farmed sustainably in hydropower dams in northern Sweden from a biological, ecological, social and economical
Organic environmental chemistry (OMK) laboratory
Organic environmental chemistry (OMK) laboratory develops methods and performs analyses of mainly pesticides (plant protection products, both currently used and banned) in different matrices such as