Department of Aquatic Ecology

The department of Aquatic Ecology studies life in inland waters. A complicated network that changes with climate, nutrients, toxic substances and invasive species.

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Van Donk Group	Ellen van Donk focuses on how ecological mechanisms and abiotic factors govern the dynamics and structure of food webs in aquatic ecosystems. Van Donk...
Bakker Group	The Bakker Group focuses on the role of herbivores in structuring the composition, diversity and productivity of plant communities. Whereas this is well known...
Declerck Group	Research in the Declerck Group mainly encompasses the study of (1) how biodiversity patterns in natural aquatic systems are shaped by local and regional (meta)...
Mooij Group	The main theme in the Mooij Group is the modeling of aquatic ecosystems as a whole and processes therein. The central question is how the combination of...
Van de Waal Group	The Van de Waal Group studies the impact of global change on the eco-physiology and population dynamics of phytoplankton, with special emphasis on toxic...
Gsell Junior Group	The Gsell junior group focuses on the role of fungal parasites of phytoplankton on the structure and composition of pelagic plankton communities.
Van Leeuwen Junior Group	The Van Leeuwen Junior Group studies movement and interactions of plants and animals in freshwater ecosystems. We aim to understand how, why and when species...
AKWA	Stimulated by the growing interest for research valorization in the Netherlands, AKWA wants to put her valuable scientific knowledge into practice. Therefore,...
METS	METS seeks to explore the potential of microalgae biodiversity for ecological and sustainable water and wastewater treatment therefore providing full recovery...