Limnology Follow @LimnoUppsala
Our research and education engages in limnology, the study of inland waters.
Read more about us, our field station Erken, and our Newsletter.
News! On January 15, we will host a conference on organic matter reactivity with eight speakers from seven countries. Read more.
Calendar
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Evolutionary genomics in Corvids: – From single nucleotides to structural variants
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Docent lecture: "How can life history theory contribute to our understanding of our own species and what can we learn about life history evolution by studying humans?"
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Frontier seminar in Ecology and Evolution
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Frontier seminar in Ecology and Evolution
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Frontier seminar in Ecology and Evolution
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Frontier seminar in Ecology and Evolution
Widespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world
News from Twitter
- Join us to the docent lecture Dissolved organic matter in inland waters and its impacts on drinking water quality by Dolly Kothawala Where: Friessalen When: March 1st, 14.00 2019-02-15
- Minskande snötäcke ökar utsläppen av metan från frusna sjöar https://www.uu.se/nyheter-press/nyheter/artikel/?id=12018&area=2,5,10,16,32,34&typ=artikel&lang=sv …pic.twitter.com/obzfaLRlWH 2019-01-24
- Congratulations to @LimnoUppsala scientists (@sarilog @mikromara) and SLU's @shpeura, who published a recent paper on the effects of decreased snow cover on microbial life and processes in boreal lakes! Read Uppsala's press release here: https://www.uu.se/nyheter-press/nyheter/artikel/?id=12018&area=2,5,10,16,32,34&typ=artikel&lang=sv … 2019-01-24
- Unifying Concepts Pertaining to Organic Matter Reactivity Across Soil, Freshwater and Marine Systems. January 15th, 2019. Ekmansalen, Evolutionary Biology Centre. More: https://kothawala.weebly.com/vr-conference-grant.html …pic.twitter.com/6RmEOqxltv 2019-01-14
Research groups
Limnology is the study of inland water ecosystems, including interactions of communities and populations, organisms ranging from microorganisms to predatory fish and the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients. Our research includes fundamental scientific questions, as well as applied topics of concern for the protection and management of the environment. The department includes three major research groups, which have a considerable amount of synergy and cooperation between them:
(1) Aquatic communites and populations
(2) Biogeochemistry
(3) Microbial Ecology
Erken Laboratory
Norr Malma field station with the Erken Laboratory makes part of the Department of Limnology. It has since its foundation in the 1940s served both as a research station and as a study and course centre. During the early years, activities were mostly restricted to the summer season. Today, courses and other activities take place all year round. The Erken laboratory has developed an extensive environmental monitoring program for Lake Erken, and it is one of the sites in GLEON, the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network. Researchers at Erken Laboratory participate in several large EU projects such as on the effects of climate change on lake ecosystems and automatic monitoring of phytoplankton development.