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.
Now it's time to collect samples
Because mussels filter water when they feed, algae are part of their diet. This makes mussels very interesting for learning more about toxic algal blooms. That's why scientists are now taking samples
Ny studie avslöjar hur predationstryck och siktdjup påverkar ögonstorleken hos europeiska abborrar
In a new study, researchers reveal how risk of predation, water clarity and fish diet affect the eye size of the European perch (Perca fluviatilis). The study was conducted on over 600 fish from 14
Klimatförändringens effekter på Mälaren
vattenmiljo-webb@slu.se Syftet med dagen är att visa på de utmaningar som klimatförändringen för med sig för ekosystemet och dricksvattenförsörjningen. Vi har gemensam lunch och fika då tid finns
Wastewater reveals increased usage of sweeteners
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
Pilot study and survey on interdisciplinarity
SLU researchers Jasmine Zhang and James Kurén Weldon have funding from SLU Future Food to conduct a survey and pilot study on the institutional conditions for interdisciplinary research at SLU. How
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