PhD student in limnology
A PhD student position in Limnology, with focus on greenhouse gas dynamics in littoral zones of inland waters, is available at the Department of Ecology and Genetics, Limnology.
The Department of Ecology and Genetics is an international environment with staff and students from all over the world. Our research spans from evolutionary ecology and genetics to studies of ecosystems. For more information, see www.ieg.uu.se.
The Limnology Program at the Department of Ecology and Genetics (www.ieg.uu.se/limnology) is, together with its field station at the lake Erken (www.ieg.uu.se/erkenlaboratoriet), an internationally renowned environment for research, education and outreach on the ecology of inland waters.
Project description: Inland waters have a strong effect on climate because they emit greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, and store carbon in their sediments. Inland waters are fringed with belts of aquatic plants in littoral areas, but despite their high productivity and carbon turnover, littoral areas are not considered in current conceptualizations of the inland water carbon cycle. This PhD project aims to investigate the greenhouse gas dynamics in inland water littorals to better quantify their contribution to inland water and continental carbon cycling.
Read more about the position and how to apply here