Department of Aquatic Siences and Assessment

Professorial inauguration – lectures(2)

Professorial inauguration – lectures helena.pennlov@slu.se On Friday 19 April professors from Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala will be inaugurated at SLU Ultuna. Illustrations: Fredrik Saarkoppel,

SLU Urban Futures – In search for new Hub Coordinator

Are you agile and communicative and want to shape urban futures? Do you thrive in collaboration across disciplines and enjoy working beyond the academic context? Then you could be our new hub

Diss Alberto Zannella

Linking land-use management and aquatic carbon Effects of forestry and peatland rewetting charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Alberto Zannella defends his thesis "Linking land-use management and aquatic

Fernando Puente Sánchez

fernando.puente.sanchez@slu.se Microbial ecologist and bioinformatician interested in the drivers of microbial ecology and evolution across space, time and environmental gradients. My area of

New evidence on how microplastics hit wildlife

Invertebrates living in waters where microplastics are present have altered growth. This is according to new research from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in one of the few studies on

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

The effects of climate change on lake Mälaren

vattenmiljo-webb@slu.se Please see the Swedish version of this page for more information about the programme and how to sign-up. Mälarens vattenvårdsförbund Stockholm and online Elin Ångman,

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

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

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

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

Lars Sonesten

lars.sonesten@slu.se I am a limnologist and ecotoxicologist working mainly with water chemistry and biology in inland waters. I am also working with the inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances