Afdeling Aquatische Ecologie
Het leven in het water vormt een ingewikkeld netwerk. Onderzoekers bij de afdeling Aquatische Ecologie bestuderen hoe dit verandert door klimaat, voedingsstoffen, verontreinigingen en biodiversiteit.
Het leven in een plas of meer vormt een ingewikkeld netwerk. Zo’n netwerk is vaak opgebouwd uit organismen, die zowel eten als gegeten worden. Daarom noemen we het ook een ‘voedselweb’. Het voedselweb bepaalt voor een groot deel de stabiliteit van een ecosysteem. Verschuivingen kunnen een helder meer met ondergedoken waterplanten laten veranderen in een troebel meer met vooral algen.
De NIOO-afdeling Aquatische Ecologie bestudeert de sturingsmechanismen van de dynamiek en structuur van voedselwebben in meren. Er wordt onderzoek gedaan aan bijvoorbeeld giftige blauwwieren, chemische communicatie tussen aquatische organismen, parasitaire schimmelinfecties en virusinfecties. Ook wordt bestudeerd hoe milieuveranderingen, zoals klimaatverandering en overbemesting, voedselwebben in meren beïnvloeden.
Er zijn momenteel vijf senior onderzoekers (Ellen van Donk- Hoofd van de Afdeling, Wolf Mooij, Liesbeth Bakker, Steven Declerck en Dedmer van der Waal) die een onderzoekslijn binnen Aquatische Ecologie hebben. Elk van deze vijf onderzoekslijnen hebben een eigen groep-pagina (in het Engels). Naast deze senioronderzoekers bestaat de afdeling uit assistenten, postdocs, promovendi en master-studenten, die met elkaar samenwerken om het functioneren van aquatische ecosytemen te onderzoeken.
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Assistenten & Analisten:
| AKWA | Over AKWA Gestimuleerd door de groeiende interesse in kennisvalorisatie in Nederland, wil AKWA graag dat haar waardevolle kennis ten goede komt aan de... |
| Bakker Group | Bakker Group The Bakker Group focuses on the role of herbivores in structuring the composition, diversity and productivity of plant communities. Whereas this... |
| Declerck Group | Declerck Group The focus of the Declerck Group is largely on the study of how biodiversity patterns in natural aquatic systems are shaped by local and regional... |
| Mooij Group | 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... |
| Van de Waal Group | 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... |
| 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 Donk Group | 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... |
2017 |
AQUACOSM | AQUACOSM is a network connecting aquatic mesocosms in twelve European countries: from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, across salinity boundaries and multiple... |
2017 |
Climate Change and Biodiversity: Science and Policy in the European Union | Funded by the Fullbright-Shuman EU program postdoc scholar Terry-René Brown studies climated-related shifts in the incidence of cyanobacterial blooms in Dutch... |
2017 |
Feeding the ducks: Effects on ecological water quality | Feeding waterfowl and fish is a common practice in urban water systems. However, this also adds nutrients and attracts more birds to the water, leading to... |
2017 |
Linking ESFs | In Linking ESFs we build Bayesian belief networks of causal relationships between a range of ecological drivers and aquatic ecosystem response. We work... |
2017 |
MANTEL | MANTEL is a multi-country European project focused on the observation and analysis of extreme climatic events. The aim of the MANTEL project is to assess how... |
2017 |
System diagnosis of Lake de Kurenpolder | The ecosystem services (recreation) of this deep lake have been compromised by cyanobacterial blooms. Using a combination of fieldwork, modelling and... |
2017 |
System diagnosis of lake Put bij de Omloop | The ecosystem services (recreation) of this deep lake have been compromised by cyanobacterial blooms. Using a combination of fieldwork, modelling and... |
2017 |
What prevents macrophytes (re-) growth in brackish waters in Goeree-Overflakkee? | Ditches and lakes on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee located in the southwestern parts of the Netherlands currently have little to no macrophyte growth... |
2016 |
Entangled enemies: Parasites caught in the food web | Fungal parasites of phytoplankton (chytrids) may play an important role in structuring the pelagic plankton network, but empirical data on this group of... |
2016 |
ESF4 Habitat structure | Together with consultancies Tauw and Witteveen + Bos, AKWA develops a quick scan for water managers, to gain a first understanding of the potential impact of... |
2015 |
European Multilake Survey | Increased nutrient pollution and global warming may further promote harmful algal and cyanobacterial blooms, adding urgency for scientists and lake managers to... |
2015 |
System diagnosis of Lake Wylenbergmeer | The ecosystem services (recreation) of this shallow lake have been compromised by cyanobacterial blooms. Using a combination of fieldwork and experimentation... |
2015 |
Water quality of urban ponds in the province of Noord-Brabant | Using a multivariate statistical modelling approach based on Legendre et al, 2010, AKWA analyzed time-series data of 25 urban point to detect relationships... |
2014 |
Combined effect of elevated pCO2 and nitrogen limitation on the marine coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. | Marine calcifying micro algae have been shown to be strongly affected by ocean acidification (OA), yet little is known about the combined effects of OA and... |
2014 |
Could a higher N loading shift the dominance of cyanobacteria to green algae? | Cyanobacteria blooms are associated with high epilimnetic total nitrogen to total P ratios in lake ecosystems. At low N availability N fixing cyanobacteria... |
2014 |
Ecosystem services of man-made lakes (DESAPIT) | Man-made lakes are lake ecosystems created by sand mining activities. With an extensive sampling campaign we want to assess the ecosystems service these... |
2014 |
Impact of climate warming on trophic interactions in aquatic food webs (Hotwebs) | Whereas temperature rise may enhance the growth rates of plants and thus initially stimulates plant abundance, increased plant consumption may offset this... |
2014 |
Macrophyte colonization: constraints and windows of opportunity | With improved water quality through reductions in nutrient loading, water transparency increases and submerged vegetation can develop. However, recently, the... |
2014 |
Meta-Ecosystems: incorporating material fluxes in metacommunity ecology (Meta-ecosystem) | An important development in ecology consists of recent attempts to integrate two traditions: spatial ecosystem ecology and metacommunity ecology. Metacommunity... |
2014 |
Mitigating the impact of flooding along rivers: grazing for biodiversity and safety (Rivier) | With ongoing climate change, rivers are predicted to discharge large quantities of water in a short time (flood pulses) more often. Flood plains should... |
2014 |
Mitigation of toxic dinoflagellates in the Dutch Delta | In recent years, the incidence of blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii has been increasing in the Dutch Delta. These blooms pose a health... |
2014 |
Niche conservatism in water fleas and its implications for the new field of community phylogenetics (PhyloDaphnia) | For multiple species of European waterfleas of the genus Daphnia, we test the hypothesis that phylogenetic relatedness is negatively associated with functional... |
2014 |
Rehabilitation of Lake Boyuk Shor, Azerbeijan | Boyuk Shor is the second largest lake of Azerbeijan. It is an endorheic brackish lake. Its water quality is heavily compromised by the discharge of oil waste... |
2014 |
The cryptic species complex of Brachionus calyciflorus: discovery of new cryptic species, and assessment of phylogenetic relationships and degree of niche conservatism (Cryptic Rotifers) | Although one of the most widely studied rotifer taxa, almost nothing is known about the B. calyciflorus species complex. Through a thorough analysis of... |
2014 |
The impact of climate change on toxic cyanobacterial communities | Elevated pCO2 may have consequences for the toxicity of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. In this project, we investigated the impact of rising CO2 levels on the... |
2014 |
The role of pathogens in structuring phytoplankton communities (PHYTOPATHO) | Phytoplankton communities exhibit a remarkable diversity with dynamic seasonal changes in species and genotype composition. Much research has focused on the... |
2013 |
Bottom-up and top-down control of terrestrialisation and biodiversity in fens (Verlanding) | Wetlands harbor high biodiversity and provide important ecosystem services, including nutrient retention and carbon sequestration. However, many wetlands are... |
2013 |
Carbon retention in freshwater lakes (CARBRET) | Rising CO2 levels cause ocean acidification with negative consequences for marine organisms. Freshwater lakes cover only 0.8% of the ocean surface, but take up... |
2013 |
Dynamics of Fish Aggregation Device (FADs) Utilization on Tuna Fisheries | Fish aggregation devices (FADs) have been used by fishers in Indonesian waters since the 1980s. FADs increase the efficiency of fishing activities and may lead... |
2013 |
Impact of Ocean Acidification on the phytoplankton community in North Sea coastal waters | How will OA affect the interaction between HAB genotypes and different phytoplankton species, and how will this ultimately affect the occurrence and toxicity... |
2013 |
NETLAKE | NETLAKE (Networking Lake Observatories in Europe) is an EU COST Action (ES 1201) that aims to build a network of sites and individuals to support the... |
2013 |
NETLAKE Citizen Science | NETLAKE Citizen Science is part of Networking Lake Observatories in Europe (NETLAKE) EU COST Action (ES 1201). The NETLAKE Citizen Science water quality survey... |
2013 |
Spring Blitz | The Spring Blitz is a coordinated effort from researchers around the world to link changes in water stability during the onset of stratification to plankton... |
2013 |
Steering for structure | Heterogeneity in habitat structure is hypothesized to have a great impact on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of ditch systems. The construction of... |
2013 |
System diagnosis of lakes Lammetjeswiel and Slingeland | The ecosystem services (recreation) of these lakes have been compromised by cyanobacterial blooms. Using a combination of fieldwork and experimentation AKWA... |
2013 |
The interaction of fishers with FADs: decision making and effort allocation in relation to juvenile tuna aggregation and schooling behavior around FADs. | The objectives of this study will be to identify factors that influence the fisher’s decision making in deploying FADs and how this affects the fisheries... |
2012 |
Development of effective strategies for the conservation and development of landscape wide aquatic biodiversity in agricultural areas (Divscape) | Through a field study and the analysis of existing databases, the aim of the project is to contribute to a better knowledge on the mechanisms that determine... |
2012 |
Eco-engineering: testing conditions for marsh development (MarkerMeerMoeras) | Freshwater marshes contain high biodiversity and provide crucial ecosystem services, including shoreline protection and nutrient retention. Therefore, marsh... |
2012 |
Ecosystem functions of invasive aquatic plants (Invasives) | Submerged macrophytes have positive effects on aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Exotic macrophytes are undesired and removed. The aim of this... |
2012 |
Genomic approach to study induced defenses in cyanobacteria (Cyanogen) | In this project an expression library of the toxic cyanobacterium is assembled. Microcystis is exposed to both abiotic (N, P, light, temperature) and biotic (... |
2012 |
Good tidings for red tides: Responses of toxic and calcareous dinoflagellates to Global Change | This project aims to assess the responses of toxic, nontoxic, as well as calcifying dinoflagellate species to rising CO2 under different nitrogen... |
2012 |
Identifying critical nutrient loadings for Lake Taihu, China, with a dynamic model for integrated water system research (PCchina) | Over the past decades, Lake Taihu, a large shallow lake in China, has been heavily loaded with nutrients. This has resulted in a loss of most of the submerged... |
2012 |
Improving the ecosystem model for linear waters PCDitch (StowaPCDitch) | PCDitch is a dynamical food web model for linear waters. The model is derived from PCLake, the model for shallow lakes. The model shows alternative stable... |
2012 |
Nuisance plant growth: causes, consequences and opportunities (Macromanage) | Massive growth of macrophytes can occur when sediments are eutrophic. This poses a problem for recreation and biodiversity. The aim of this project is to study... |
2012 |
Rapid evolution in rotifers under conditions of stoichiometric imbalance (Evostoich) | We investigate if and how rotifer populations can genetically adapt to conditions of stoichiometric imbalance and to what extent such adaptations may have... |
2012 |
Spatial and environmental determinants of Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics: anthropogenic environments as a model (SPEEDY) | This multidisciplinary project aims at unraveling the relative importance of micro-evolutionary and community responses to an urbanization gradient at... |
2011 |
Double Trouble: Consequences of Ocean Acidification – Past, Present and Future – The dinoflagellates component | This project component aims to culture various species of dinoflagellates to investigate their biosynthesis, focusing on growth rates and carbon fixation... |
2011 |
Improving the ecosystem model for shallow lakes PCLake (StowaPCLake) | PCLake is a dynamical food web model for shallow lakes. It has been developed to study the impact of eutrophication. The model shows alternative stable states... |
2011 |
Phosphporous removal and recycling from black water (Algobioloop) | In this project a new sanitation system for the new NIOO building is developed. Black water from the toilets is digested in a UASB, the effluent of which is... |
2009 |
Dynamics of smelt. Autonimous Negative Trends in IJsselmeer and Markermeer (Ant-3) | Several fish eating and diving bird species show long term negative trends in Lake IJsselmeer and Markermeer. These birds are protected by EU regulations. The... |
2009 |
Early Warning against Scums (Ewacs) | In this project empirical data for the EWACS model are collected in NIOO’s Limnotrons under various mixing regimes. EWACS (Early Warning Against Cyano Scums)... |
2009 |
Filter feeders Under Stress in changing lake ecosystems and its impact on higher Trophic levels in lakes Marker and IJsselmeer, The Netherlands (Ant-1) | In this project the food web of lakes Ijssel- and Markermeer are subject of study. Changes in the food web have led to a dramatic decline of many of the bird... |
2009 |
Restoration of lake Terra Nova by Iron Addition (Terra) | In this project restoration of the lake Terra Nova through the addition of large amounts of iron (to bind phosphorous) is being studied. Consequences of iron... |
2009 |
System analysis. Autonimous Negative Trends in Lakes IJsselmeer and Markermeer: (Ant-2) | Several fish eating and diving bird species show long term negative trends in Lake IJsselmeer and Markermeer. These birds are protected by EU regulations. The... |
2008 |
Impact of eutrophication status and fisheries on major pathways in Lake Victoria food webs: a combined experimental and field study approach (Sedec-1) | Three decades after its introduction in Lake Victoria, nile perch suddenly became abundant in lake Victoria, and eradicated the highly biodiverse community of... |
2006 |
Effects of fish culture management on the composition and diversity of aquatic biota in ponds (Pondcons). | This project combines a socio-economic with an ecological analysis with the aim to reconcile fish farming with nature conservation. The project has a strong... |
1996 |
Viability of food specialist in a fluctuating heterogeneous environment: the Everglade Snail kite (Everkite) | The snail kite, an endangered raptor inhabiting the marshes of southern and central Florida. It is fully adapted to seasonal water level variations and... |
Recent publications (2015 - )
- Spears, B. M., Futter, M. N., Jeppesen, E., Huser, B. J., Ives, S. C., Davidson, T. A.,... Thackeray, S. J. (2017). Ecological resilience in lakes and the conjunction fallacy.. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0333-1
- Van Agtmaal, M., Straathof, A. L., Termorshuizen, A. J., Teurlincx, S., Hundscheid, M. P. J., Ruyters, S.,... De Boer, W. (2017). Exploring the reservoir of potential fungal plant pathogens in agricultural soil. Applied Soil Ecology, in press. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.09.032
- Fernandes, T. V., Suárez-Muñoz, M., Trebuch, L. M., Verbraak, P. J., & Van de Waal, D. B. (2017). Toward an Ecologically Optimized N:P Recovery from Wastewater by Microalgae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1742. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01742
- Waajen, G., Pauwels, M., & Lürling, M. (2017). Effects of combined flocculant – Lanthanum modified bentonite treatment on aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna. Water Research, 122, 183 - 193. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2017.05.075
- van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Lovas-Kiss, A., Ovegård, M., & Green, A. J. (2017). Great cormorants reveal overlooked secondary dispersal of plants and invertebrates by piscivorous waterbirds. Biology Letters, 13(10), [0406]. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0406
- Petruzella, A., Grutters, B. M. C., Tomaz, S. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Potential for biotic resistance from herbivores to tropical and subtropical plant invasions in aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 343-353. doi:10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.08
- Grutters, B. M. C., Aben, R. C., Kosten, S., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Impact of native and non-native aquatic plants on methane emission and phytoplankton growth. Aquatic Invasions, 12(3), 371-383. doi:10.3391/ai.2017.12.3.10
- Nandini, S., Sarma, S. S. S., & Gulati, R. D. (2017). A Seasonal Study Reveals the Occurrence of Exotic Rotifers, the River Antigua, Veracruz, Close to the Gulf of Mexico. River Research and Applications, 33(6), 970-982. doi:10.1002/rra.3140
- Whigham, D. F., Walker, C. M., Maurer, J., King, R. S., Hauser, W., Baird, S.,... Neale, P. (2017). Watershed influences on the structure and function of riparian wetlands associated with headwater streams - Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Science of the Total Environment, 599, 124-134. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.290
- Nandini, S., Miracle, M. R., Vicente, E., Sarma, S. S. S., & Gulati, R. D. (2017). Microcystis extracts and single cells have differential impacts on the demography of cladocerans: a case study on Moina cf. micrura isolated from the Mediterranean coastal shallow lake (L'Albufera, Spain). Hydrobiologia, 798(1), 127-139. doi:10.1007/s10750-016-2665-2
- Lürling, M., Noyma, N. P., Magalhães, L. D., Miranda, M., Mucci, M., Oosterhout, F. V.,... Marinho, M. M. (2017). Critical assessment of chitosan as coagulant to remove cyanobacteria. Harmful Algae, 66, 1 - 12. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2017.04.011
- Cornelissen, I. J. M., Vijverberg, J., van den Beld, A. M., Helmsing, N. R., Verreth, J. A. J., & Nagelkerke, L. A. J. (2017). Heterogeneity in food-web interactions of fish in the Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria: a quantitative stable isotope study. Hydrobiologia, Online. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3297-x
- Noyma, N. P., de Magalhães, L., Miranda, M., Mucci, M., van Oosterhout, F., Huszar, V. L. M.,... Lürling, M. (2017). Coagulant plus ballast technique provides a rapid mitigation of cyanobacterial nuisance. PLoS One, 12(6), [e0178976]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178976
- Janssen, A. B. G. (2017). A blooming business (PhD Thesis) Wageningen: Wageningen University
- Hillebrand, H., Blasius, B., Borer, E. T., Chase, J. M., Downing, J., Eriksson, B. K.,... Ryabov, A. B. (2017). Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: consequences for conservation and monitoring. Journal of Applied Ecology, n/a-n/a. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12959
- Miranda, M., Noyma, N., Pacheco, F. S., de Magalhaes, L., Pinto, E., Santos, S.,... Marinho, M. M. (2017). The efficiency of combined coagulant and ballast to remove harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a tropical shallow system. Harmful Algae, 65, 27-39. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2017.04.007
- Mucci, M., Noyma, N. P., de Magalhaes, L., Miranda, M., van Oosterhout, F., Guedes, I. A.,... Lürling, M. (2017). Chitosan as coagulant on cyanobacteria in lake restoration management may cause rapid cell lysis. Water Research, 118, 121-130. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.020
- Cheng, K., Van de Waal, D. B., Niu, X. Y., & Zhao, Y. J. (2017). Combined Effects of Elevated pCO2 and Warming Facilitate Cyanophage Infections. Frontiers in Microbiology.
- Frenken, T., Alacid, E., Berger, S. A., Bourne, E. C., Gerphagnon, M., Grossart, H-P.,... Agha, R. (2017). Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology. Research gaps and needs. Environmental Microbiology, in press. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13827
- Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Poelen, M. D. M., Van Kempen, M. M. L., Bakker, E. S., & Smolders, A. J. P. (2017). Finding the harvesting frequency to maximize nutrient removal in a constructed wetland dominated by submerged aquatic plants. Ecological Engineering, 106, Part A, 423-430. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.012
- Grutters, B. M. C. (2017). Beyond barriers: ecosystem functions of alien aquatic plants (PhD Thesis) Utrecht University
- Vijverberg, J., Heidweiller, J., Sevenster, J. G., & Kortmulder, K. (2017). Food and micro-habitat partitioning among cyprinids in Sri Lankan hill-stream pools. 22(2), 71-84. doi:10.4038/sljas.v22i2.7532
- Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Classifying nuisance submerged vegetation depending on ecosystem services. Limnology, online, 1-14. doi:10.1007/s10201-017-0525-z
- Grutters, B. M. C., Saccomanno, B., Gross, E. M., Van de Waal, D. B., van Donk, E., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Growth strategy, phylogeny and stoichiometry determine the allelopathic potential of native and non-native plants. Oikos, Online. doi:10.1111/oik.03956
- Frenken, T., Wierenga, J., Gsell, A. S., van Donk, E., Rohrlack, T., & Van de Waal, D. B. (2017). Changes in N:P Supply Ratios affect the Ecological Stoichiometry of a Toxic Cyanobacterium and its Fungal Parasite. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, [1015]. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01015
- Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Alirangues, M. M., Reichman, E., van Donk, E., Lamers, L. P. M., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Mass development of monospecific submerged macrophyte vegetation after the restoration of shallow lakes: roles of light, sediment nutrient levels, and propagule density. Aquatic Botany, 141(July), 29-38. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.04.004
- Meunier, C. L., Broersma, M., El-Sabaawi, R., Halvorson, H., Herstoff, E. M., Van de Waal, D. B.,... Litchman, E. (2017). From elements to function: unifying ecological stoichiometry and trait-based ecology. Frontiers in Environmental Science, in press. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2017.00018
- Janssen, A. B. G., de Jager, V. C. L., Janse, J. H., Kong, X., Liu, S., Ye, W. M., & Mooij, W. M. (2017). Spatial identification of critical nutrient loads of large shallow lakes: Implications for Lake Taihu (China). Water Research, 119, 276-287. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.045
- Kong, X., He, W., Qin, N., Liu, W., Yang, B., Yang, C.,... Koelmans, A. A. (2017). Integrated ecological and chemical food web accumulation modeling explains PAH temporal trends during regime shifts in a shallow lake. Water Research, in press. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.042
- Weliange, W. S., Amarasinghe, U., Vijverberg, J., Leichtfried, M., & Füreder, L. (2017). A comparative analysis on the effects of river discharge on trophic interactions in two tropical streams. International Review of Hydrobiology, 102(1-2), 3-14. doi:10.1002/iroh.201601866
- Zhang, X., Mei, X., & Gulati, R. D. (2017). Effects of omnivorous tilapia on water turbidity and primary production dynamics in shallow lakes: implications for ecosystem management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 27(1), 245-254. doi:10.1007/s11160-016-9458-6
- Lürling, M., van Oosterhout, F., & Faassen, E. (2017). Eutrophication and Warming Boost Cyanobacterial Biomass and Microcystins. Toxins, 9. doi:10.3390/toxins9020064
- Green, A. J., Alcorlo, P., Peeters, E. T. H. M., Morris, E. P., Espinar, J. L., Bravo-Utrera, M. A.,... Scheffer, M. (2017). Creating a safe operating space for wetlands in a changing climate. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15(2), 99-107. doi:10.1002/fee.1459
- Velthuis, M., van Deelen, E., van Donk, E., Zhang, P., & Bakker, E. S. (2017). Impact of temperature and nutrients on carbon:nutrient tissue stoichiometry of submerged aquatic plants: an experiment and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, [655]. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00655
- Teurlincx, S., Velthuis, M., Seroka, D., Govaert, L., van Donk, E., Van de Waal, D. B., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2017). Species sorting and stoichiometric plasticity control community C:P ratio of first-order aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters, 20(6), 751-760. doi:10.1111/ele.12773
- Sitters, J., Bakker, E. S., Veldhuis, M., Veen, G. F., Venterink, H. O., & Vanni, M. J. (2017). The stoichiometry of nutrient release by terrestrial herbivores and its ecosystem consequences. Frontiers of Earth Science, in press. doi:10.3389/feart.2017.00032
- Gilioli, G., Schrader, G., Carlsson, N., van Donk, E., van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Martín, P. R.,... Vos, S. (2017). Environmental risk assessment for invasive alien species: A case study of apple snails affecting ecosystem services in Europe. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 65, 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2017.03.008
- Wang, C., He, R., Wu, Y., Lürling, M., Cai, H., Jiang, H-L., & Liu, X. (2017). Bioavailable phosphorus (P) reduction is less than mobile P immobilization in lake sediment for eutrophication control by inactivating agents. Water Research, 109, 196-206. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.045
- Lemmens, P., Declerck, S. A. J., Tuytens, K., Vanderstukken, M., & De Meester, L. (2017). Bottom-up effects on biomass versus top-down effects on identity: a multiple lake fish community manipulation experiment. Ecosystems. doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0144-x
- Eberlein, T., Wohlrab, S., Rost, B., John, U., Bach, L. T., Riebesell, U., & Van de Waal, D. B. (2017). Effects of ocean acidification on primary production in a coastal North Sea phytoplankton community. PLoS One, 12(3), [e0172594]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172594
- Gulati, R. D., & Zadereev, E. S. (2017). Conclusion: Ecology of Meromictic Lakes. In R. D. Gulati, E. S. Zadereev, & A. G. Degermendzhi (Eds.), Ecology of Meromictic Lakes (pp. 379-398). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49143-1_13
- Zadereev, E. S., Gulati, R. D., & Camacho, A. (2017). Biological and Ecological Features, Trophic Structure and Energy Flow in Meromictic Lakes. In R. D. Gulati, E. S. Zadereev, & A. G. Degermendzhi (Eds.), Ecology of Meromictic Lakes (pp. 61-86). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49143-1_4
- Zadereev, E. S., Boehrer, B., & Gulati, R. D. (2017). Introduction: Meromictic Lakes, Their Terminology and Geographic Distribution. In R. D. Gulati, E. S. Zadereev, & A. G. Degermendzhi (Eds.), Ecology of Meromictic Lakes (pp. 1-11). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49143-1_1
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- Dejen, E., Anteneh, W., & Vijverberg, J. (2017). The decline of the Lake Tana (Ethiopia) fisheries: Causes and possible solutions. Land Degradation and Development, 28(6), 1842-1851. doi:10.1002/ldr.2730
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| Emerging trends in Ecological Meta-analysis with the increased availability of datasets | NIOO is one of the largest institutes within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). With four departments – Animal, Aquatic, Microbial, and Terrestrial Ecology – NIOO leads top-quality interdisciplinary research. NIOO is situated opposite the Wageningen UR campus. See more at...Read more |
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| Emerging trends in Ecological Meta-analysis with the increased availability of datasets | Project background Meta-analysis (MA) is a powerful statistical tool for summarising findings of different studies on the same topic. So far, MA have been largely conducted using sets of published articles (primary articles) that (in an adequate way) address the topic of interest. However, changes...Read more |
| The effects of eutrophication and mowing on aquatic plants | Aquatic plants are of paramount importance to especially shallow aquatic ecosystems. They provide food and habitat for all kinds of organisms, thereby increasing biodiversity. They also help stabilize the ecosystem through many (a)biotic processes. However, under some conditions these same plants...Read more |
| Biotic resistance to plant invasion in tropical and temperate wetlands | Overview Biological invasions are recognized as one of the main causes of biodiversity loss. Exotic species alter ecosystem structure and function and cause annual losses of billions of dollars worldwide. Freshwater ecosystems, in particular, harbor a large amount of invasive species, especially...Read more |
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| Recovery of nutrients from wastewater by microalgae | Introduction Welcome to the world where waste no longer exists. In this new world waste is converted into resources that can be reused. This is the world where we have learned from Nature how to live in a cyclic natural balance – just like all other species – the waste of one is the resource of the...Read more |
| Scientific use of GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) data | For a project on the scientific use of GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) data, we offer an internship for a master student at the NIOO in 2016. GBIF and NLBIF (the Dutch branch) provide free online access to biodiversity data. Although many scientists already use GBIF data, there is...Read more |
| Disease at ease? Climate change impacts on phytoplankton parasites | The dynamics of phytoplankton communities differ greatly in both time and space. These dynamics strongly depend on factors that affect growth and mortality of individual species or genotypes. Important mortality factors include species specific grazing, or infection by parasites that can even...Read more |
| Effects of climate change on freshwater primary producers and the carbon cycle | The carbon cycle plays a crucial role in current climate issues. Due to human activities, CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are higher than ever before, and are expected to rise even further in the coming century. Elevated CO2 levels enhance the greenhouse effect resulting in higher global...Read more |
| Het maaien van woekerende waterplanten | Achtergrond Waterplanten (macrofyten) zijn essentieel voor het goed functioneren van een aquatisch ecosysteem. Ze houden het water helder door directe concurrentie om voedsel met de algen aan te gaan. Ook bieden ze beschutting aan jonge en volwassen dieren, zoals vissen en (macro)invertebraten. Ze...Read more |
| Combined effects of nutrient limitation and ocean acidification | Marine phytoplankton is responsible for about half of the global net primary production, and thereby sustains input into the marine food web and facilitates CO 2 drawdown from the atmosphere. Primary production in open oceans areas is fuelled by sporadic upwelling of nutrients, but due to the...Read more |
| The impact of ocean acidification on carbon acquisition by marine phytoplankton | Phytoplankton stand at the base of the aquatic food web. They convert inorganic carbon with light energy into organic compounds. Phytoplankton fix CO 2 by the enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (RubisCO). Evolved in an ancient environment containing high concentrations of CO 2...Read more |
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| Climate change and phytoplankton: from cells to ecology | Phytoplankton stand at the base of the aquatic food web. They convert inorganic carbon with light energy into organic compounds. Phytoplankton fix CO 2 by the enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (RubisCO). Evolved in an ancient environment containing high concentrations of CO 2...Read more |
| Well-hidden but still there: patterns of cryptic speciation in Dutch rotifer populations | General context Before the advent of molecular genetic techniques, zooplankton taxa were believed to be not exceedingly rich in species. Many species were also assumed to have a wide biogeographic distribution pattern. Recently, however, it has become more and more obvious that cryptic species (i.e...Read more |
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| Pathogen determination in black water | Introduction Pathogens can be categorised as bacteria, viruses, protozoa and helminths (Awuah, 2006). The most common pathogen found in wastewater is Salmonella. However, there are many other pathogens harmful to human health, such as E. coli, Pseudomonas, Shigella, Vibrio, Mycobacterium,...Read more |
