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Project properties |
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| Title | Sediment ecotoxicology |
| Group | Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | variable |
| Supervisor(s) | Ivo Roessink (Wageningen Environmental Research)
Edwin Peeters |
| Examiner(s) | Edwin Peeters |
| Contact info | Edwin Peeters (0317-483899 , Edwin.Peeters@wur.nl) |
| Begin date | 2018/02/01 |
| End date | 2020/12/31 |
| Description | Although it is long recognized that water quality is important for a healthy aquatic ecosystem, lately it is realized that the quality of the sediment can be equally important. Sediments act a s a sink were contaminants can reside for much longer than they were present in the water column. Ergo contaminants can have effects for much longer here as well. Especially for pesticides this compartment has long been overlooked. In this research it will be investigated how different sediment-bound chemicals might affect sediment-dwelling biota. This will be compared to the know toxicity of these contaminants in water only and in addition whether this impact changes through time due to sorption processes. The experiments will be carried out in the laboratory at Wageningen Environmental Research in Wageningen, The Netherlands. |
| Used skills | laboratory skills |
| Requirements | students who are curious, independent and have a large doses of perseverance |