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Kerstin Holmgren

Kerstin Holmgren
I am an associate professor (docent) in biology with specialisation in limnology, working at the Department of aquatic resources, located at the Institute of Freshwater Research in Drottningholm.

Presentation

After PhD studies on sex differentiation and growth patterns of the European eel, I did my post doc in a project on “Size-based tools for managing freshwater fish communities” during 1997-2001. Since 2001, I have been responsible for standard fish sampling in lakes, and to a lesser extent in streams, within national environmental monitoring programs.   

My research interest is on how lake fish communities and populations depend on and interact with their abiotic and biotic environment. I use field monitoring data to answer basic and applied questions about fish responses to natural and anthropogenic stressors and management actions, e.g. acidification and liming. Applications include to develop, inter-calibrate, and refine, fish-based methods for assessment of ecological status according to the European Water Framework Directive.

I often work on behalf of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, at the national level as well as in collaboration with researchers from other countries.

 

Undervisning

2015- : Examiner of independent projects at Master's and Bachelor's levels.

2016- : Teacher at the SLU Masters course "Ecology for Fish Management and Conservation, 15 credits".

2021-: Supervisor of student essays at the SLU course “Basic course - biology and environmental sciences".

2023-: Teacher at the SLU course PhD course “From source to sea: Methods for evaluating human impact in aquatic habitats with a focus on biota, and databases”.

Forskning

2024-: “Environmental design for rehabilitation of regulated lakes and reservoirs”, funded by the Swedish Centre for Sustainable Waterpower. Co-applicant and participant.

2023-: “FÅK revisited – a synthesis on fisheries management measures in regulated lakes and reservoirs”, funded by the Swedish Environmental protection agency. Co-applicant and participating.

2018-2019: “Freshwater landscapes management and restoration with climate change (FRESHREST)”, funded by the Swedish Environmental protection agency. Co-applicant and participating in planning and writing.

2011-2016: “Waterbody Assessment Tools for Ecological Reference Conditions and Status in Sweden (WATERS)”, funded by the Swedish Environmental protection agency. Leader of Work Package “4.5 Fish – Inland waters”. 

Handledning

2023-2024: Co-supervisor of Master student Cameron Camillo, Thesis project “How big is a perch in Sweden? A study of L90 size in Perca fluviatilis” at SLU.

2024-: Co-supervisor of PhD student Linda Röjning at SLU.

Publikationer i urval

Gren, I.-M., K. Holmgren & W. Goedkoop. 2023. Fishing motives and economic effects of climate change - An application on Arctic char in northern Sweden. Journal of Bioeconomics 25: 2023-223, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10818-023-09340-y.

Holmgren, K. & E. Petersson. 2023. Are perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) getting larger or smaller in Swedish lakes? Ecology of Freshwater Fish 32: 735-749, DOI: 10.1111/EFF.12719.

Näslund, J., M. Andersson, S. Bergek, E. Degerman, S. Donadi, J. Duberg, K. Holmgren, A. Kinnerbäck, B. Sers, T. Staveley, H. Strömberg & E. Myrstener. 2023. Considerations needed for analysing data from the Swedish Electrofishing RegiSter (SERS), with special reference to the RivFishTIME database of long-term riverine surveys. Fauna Norvegica 42: 47-51, DOI: 10.5324/fn.v42i0.5647.

Van Dorst, R.M., C. Argillier, S. Brucet, K. Holmgren, P. Volta, I. Winfield & T. Mehner. 2022. Can size distributions of European lake fish communities be predicted by trophic positions of their fish species? Ecology and Evolution 12: e9087, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9087.

Laske, S.M., P.-A. Amundsen, K. Kristoffersen, J. Erkinaro, G. Gudbergsson, B. Hayden, J. Heino, K. Holmgren, K.K. Kahilainen, J. Lento, P. Orell, J. Östergren, M. Power, R. Rafikov, A. Romakkaniemi, M. Svenning, H. Swanson, M. Whitman & C.E. Zimmerman. 2022. Circumpolar patterns of Arctic freshwater fish biodiversity: a baseline for monitoring. Freshwater Biology 67: 176-193, doi: 10.1111/fwb.13405.

Lau, D.C.P., K. Christoffersen, J. Erkinaro, B. Hayden, J. Heino, S. Hellsten, K. Holmgren, K.K. Kahilainen, M. Kahlert, S.M. Karjalainen, J. Karlsson, L. Forsström, J. Lento, M. Mjelde, J. Ruuhijärvi, S. Sandøy, A.K. Schartau, M.-A. Svenning, T. Vrede & W. Goedkoop. 2022. Multitrophic biodiversity patterns and environmental descriptors of Arctic and sub-Arctic lakes in northern Europe. Freshwater Biology 67: 30-48, doi: 10.1111/fwb.13477.

Donadi, S., E. Degerman, B.G. Mc Kie, D. Jones, K. Holmgren & L. Sandin. 2021. Interactive effects of land use, river regulation and climate on a key recreational fishing species in temperate and boreal streams. Freshwater Biology 66: 1901-1914, DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13799.

Fölster, J., Ø.A. Garmo, P. Carlson, R. Johnson, G. Velle, K. Austnes, S. Hallstan, K. Holmgren, A.K. Schartau, F. Moldan & J. Aroviita. 2021. Acidified or not? A comparison of Nordic systems for classification of physicochemical acidification status and suggestions towards a harmonized system. SLU, Vatten och miljö: Rapport 2021:1, 100 p.

Mehner, T., C. Argillier, T. Hesthagen, K. Holmgren, E. Jeppesen, F. Kelly, T. Krause, M. Olin, P. Volta, I.J. Winfield & S. Brucet. 2021. Model-based decomposition of environmental, spatial and species-interaction effects on the structure of common fishes in 772 European lakes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 1558-1571, doi: 10.1111/geb.13314.

Bartrons, M., T. Mehner, C. Argillier, M. Beklioglu, P. Blabolil, T. Hesthagen, K. Holmgren, E. Jeppesen, T. Krause, S. Podgornik, P. Volta, I.J. Winfield & S. Brucet. 2020. Energy-based top-down and bottom-up relationships between fish and phytoplankton across lakes at a continental scale. Limnology and Oceanography 65: 892-902, doi: 10.1002/lno.11434.

Brucet, S., I. Arranz, T. Mehner, C. Argillier, M. Beklioglu, L. Benejam, T. Boll, K. Holmgren, T.L. Lauridsen, J.C. Svenning, I.J. Winfield & E. Jeppesen. 2018. Size diversity and species diversity relationships in lake fish assemblages of Western Palaearctic lakes. Ecography 41: 1064-1076, doi: 10.1111/ecog.03255.

Holmgren, K., A. Kinnerbäck, J. Svensson, O.T. Sandlund, T. Hesthagen, R. Saksgård, Steinar Sandøy & S. Poikane. 2018. Intercalibration of the national classifications of ecological status for Northern lakes. Biological Quality Element: Fish fauna. JRC112702, EUR 29335 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. ISBN 978-92-79-92966-3, 28 p, doi: 10.2760/79933.

Trochine, C., S. Brucet, C. Argillier, I. Arranz, M. Beklioglu, L. Benejam, T. Ferreira, T. Hesthagen, K. Holmgren, E. Jeppesen, F. Kelly, T. Krause, M. Rask, P. Volta, I.J. Winfield & T. Mehner. 2018. Non-native fish occurrence and biomass in 1943 Western Palearctic lakes and reservoirs and their abiotic and biotic correlates. Ecosystems 21: 395-409, doi: 10.1007/s10021-017-0156-6.

Holmgren, K., E. Degerman, E. Petersson & B. Bergquist. 2016. Long term trends of fish after liming of Swedish streams and lakes. Atmospheric Environment 146: 245-251, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.08.033.

Sandström, A., P. Philipsson, A. Asp, T. Axenrot, A. Kinnerbäck, H. Ragnarsson-Stabo & K. Holmgren. 2016. Assessing the potential of remote sensing derived water quality data to explain variations in fish assemblages and to support status assessments in large lakes. Hydrobiologia 780: 71-84, doi: 10.1007/s10750-016-2784-9.

Holmgren, K. 2016. Monitoring and ecological status assessment of fish assemblages in inland waters. Deliverable 4.5-1. WATERS report no. 2016:6. Havsmiljöinstitutet, Sweden.

Mehner, T., C. Keeling, M. Emmrich, K. Holmgren, C. Argillier, P. Volta, I.J. Winfield & S. Brucet. 2016. Effects of fish predation on density and size spectra of prey fish communities in lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73: 506-518, doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0034.

Arranz, I., T. Mehner, L. Benejam, C. Argillier, K. Holmgren, E. Jeppesen, T.L. Lauridsen, P. Volta, I.J. Winfield & S. Brucet. 2016. Density-dependent effects as key drivers of intraspecific size structure of six abundant fish species in lakes across Europe. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73: 519-534, doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0508.

Holmgren, K. 2014. Challenges in assessing biological recovery from acidification in Swedish lakes. Ambio 43: 19-29. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0559-y.

Olin, M., K. Holmgren, M. Rask, M. Allen, L. Connor, A. Duguid, W. Duncan, A. Harrison, T. Hesthagen, F. Kelly, A. Kinnerbäck, R. Rosell & R. Saksgård. 2014. Water Framework Directive Technical Report: Northern Lake Fish fauna ecological assessment. EUR – Scientific and Technical Research series, Report EUR 26515 EN, 55 p. ISSN 1831-9424, ISBN 978-92-79-35474-8. Doi: 10.2788/76197.

Emmrich, M., S. Pedron, S. Brucet, I.J. Winfield, E. Jeppesen, P. Volta, C. Argillier, T.L. Lauridsen, K. Holmgren, T. Hesthagen & T. Mehner. 2014. Geographical patterns in the body-size structure of European lake fish communities along abiotic and biotic gradients. Journal of Biogeography 41: 2221-2233, doi:10.1111/jbi.12366.

Brucet, S., S. Pédron, T. L. Lauridsen, T. Mehner, C. Argillier, I. J. Winfield, P. Volta, M. Emmrich, T. Hesthagen, K. Holmgren, L. Benejam, F. Kelly, T. Krause, A. Palm, M. Rask & E. Jeppesen. 2013. Fish diversity in European lakes: geographic predictors dominate over anthropogenic pressures. Freshwater Biology 58:1779-1793. Doi:10.1111/fwb.12167.

Argillier, C., S. Caussé, M. Gevrey, S. Pédron, J. De Bortoli, S. Brucet, M. Emmrich, E. Jeppesen, T. Lauridsen, T. Mehner, M. Olin, M. Rask, P. Volta, I.J. Winfield, F. Kelly, T. Krause, A. Palm & K. Holmgren. 2013. Development of a fish-based index to assess the eutrophication status of European lakes. Hydrobiologia 174: 193-211. DOI 10.1007/s10750-012-1282-y.

Emmrich, M., I.J. Winfield, J. Guillard, A. Rustadbakken, C. Verges, P. Volta, E. Jeppesen, T.L. Lauridsen, S. Brucet, K. Holmgren, C. Argillier & T. Mehner. 2012. Strong correspondence between gillnet catch per unit effort and hydroacoustically derived fish biomass in stratified lakes. Freshwater Biology 57: 2436-2448. doi:10.1111/fwb.12022.

Jeppesen, E., T. Mehner, I.J. Winfield, K. Kangur, J. Sarvala, D. Gerdeaux, M. Rask, H.J. Malmquist, K. Holmgren, P. Volta, S. Romo, R. Eckmann, A. Sandström, S. Blanco, A. Kangur, H. Ragnarsson-Stabo, M. Tarvainen, A.-M. Ventelä, M. Søndergaard, T.L. Lauridsen & M. Meerhoff. 2012. Impacts of climate warming on the long-term dynamics of key fish species in 24 European lakes. Hydrobiologia 694: 1-39. DOI 10.1007/s10750-012-1182-1.

Tolonen, K.T., K.P. Brodersen, T.A. Kleisborg, K. Holmgren, M. Dahlberg, L. Hamerlik & H. Hämäläinen. 2012. Phantom midge-based models for inferring past fish abundance. Journal of Paleolimnology 47: 531-547. DOI 10.1007/s10933-012-9579-4.

Jeppesen, E., M. Meerhoff, K. Holmgren, I. Gonzalez-Bergonzoni, F. Teixeira-de Mello, S. Declerk, L. DeMeester, M. Søndergaard, T.L. Lauridsen, R. Bjerring, J.M. Conde-Porcuna, N. Mazzeo, C. Iglesias, M. Reizenstein, H. Malmquist, Z. Liu, D. Balayla & X. Lazzaro. 2010. Impacts of global warming on fish community structure and dynamics, and potential ecosystem effects. Hydrobiologia 646: 73-90. DOI 10.1007/s10750-010-0171-5. 

Holmgren, K., A. Kinnerbäck, M. Olin, T. Hesthagen, F. Kelly, M. Rask & R. Saksgård. 2010. Intercalibration of fish assessments of ecological status in Northern lakes – results from a pilot study. Fiskeriverket Informerar (Finfo) 2010: 1, 37 p.

Svanbäck, R., P. Eklöv, R. Fransson & K. Holmgren. 2008. Intraspecific competition drives multiple species trophic polymorphism in fish communities. Oikos 117: 114-124. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16267.x.

Länkar

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kerstin-Holmgren


Kontaktinformation

Forskare FLK vid Institutionen för akvatiska resurser; Enheten för miljöanalys
Telefon: +46104784229
Postadress:
Stångholmsvägen 2
17893 Drottningholm
Besöksadress: Stångholmsvägen 2, Drottningholm