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| Title | Effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems.
(Thesis/Internship) |
| Group | Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Paul van den Brink (paul.vandenbrink@wur.nl) |
| Examiner(s) | Paul van den Brink |
| Contact info | General information thesis AEW Edwin Peeters (edwin.peeters@wur.nl) |
| Begin date | 2023/03/15 |
| End date | 2024/03/15 |
| Description | Worldwide, freshwater ecosystems face a variety of threats due to human activities such as pollution by pesticides and down-the-drain chemicals, salinization, eutrophication, over-exploitation and reduction of natural habitats by water abstraction. Pressure on these ecosystems is expected to be even further aggravated by climate change with a likely increase in drought events. Therefore, it is important to understand the combined effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems. We propose to investigated the individual and combined effects of multiple stressors like drought, pesticides, nutrients and salinisation on aquatic ecosystem structure and functioning using microcosms and mesocosms (see also www.sinderhoeve.org). |
| Used skills | Lab experiment, fieldwork/observations, data analysis/statistics, modelling |
| Requirements | Preferably AEW30806 Chemical Stress Ecology |