Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change FACULTY OF SCIENCE Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Wouter Los tel: +31.20.525.6498 los@science.uva.nl http://www.science.uva.nl/ibed
Aquatic ecosystems research programme Aquatic biodiversity and ecosystems dynamics Global change impacts on aquatic systems Atmosphere / water /sediment / soil interactions
Research interests and expertise Plankton competition rates and other biological processes Fate of organic compounds in water / sediment / soils Mechanistic studies on the atmosphere - land - water / pelagic - benthic / sediment - water interfaces Upscaling to ecosystem level ; integration of models Modelling of the spatio-temporal water cycle Risk assessment and forecasting / management implications E-science (distributed databases and computing, GIS modelling)