Happening soon

Water researchers at SLU publish several hundred research articles on water every year. Some examples of recently published articles are:

Mass flow of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a Swedish municipal wastewater network and wastewater treatment plant
by Gobelius et al. in Chemosphere

Effect-based evaluation of water quality in a system of indirect reuse of wastewater for drinking water production
by Frieberg et al. in Water Research

Capping fiberbank sediments to reduce persistent organic pollutants (POPs) fluxes: A large-scale laboratory column experiment
by Dahlberg et al. in Environmental Pollution

Distributed dynamic modelling of suspended sediment mobilization and transport from small agricultural catchments
by Sandström et al. in Frontiers in Environmental Science

Variation in fatty acid content among benthic invertebrates in a seasonally driven system
by Hedberg et al. in Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Top-down effects of filter-feeding fish and bivalves moderate bottom-up effects of nutrients on phytoplankton in subtropical shallow lakes: An outdoor mesocosm study
by Zhang et al. in Ecology and Evolution

The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt
by Haase et al. in Nature

Nitrogen and phosphorus losses in Nordic and Baltic agricultural monitoring catchments – Spatial and temporal variations in relation to natural conditions and mitigation programmes
by Kyllmar et al. in Catena

The effect of seed bacterization with Bacillus paralicheniformis 2R5 on bacterial and fungal communities in the canola rhizosphere
by Swiatczaket et al. in Microbiological Research

Comparison of triploid and diploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fine-scale movement, migration and catchability in lowland lakes of western Washington
by Pease et al. in Movement Ecology

Preventing and controlling nonnative species invasions to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss
by Britton et al. in Environmental Reviews

Open science
by Bertram et al. in Current Biology

Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments
by Hébert et al. in Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Applying continuous-cover forestry on drained boreal peatlands; water regulation, biodiversity, climate benefits and remaining uncertainties
by Laudon and Maher Hasselquist in Tree, Forests and People

Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management
by Ries-Santos et al. in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Microplastics could be marginally more hazardous than natural suspended solids – A meta-analysis
by Ogonowski et al. in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Are perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) getting larger or smaller in Swedish lakes?
by Homgren and Petersson in Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Development, scrutiny, and modulation of transient reporter gene assays of the xenobiotic metabolism pathway in zebrafish hepatocytes
by Lungu-Mitea et al. in Cell Biology and Toxicology

Environmental assessment of on-site source-separated wastewater treatment and reuse systems for resource recovery in a sustainable sanitation view
by de Simone Souza et al. in Science of The Total Environment

Improving spatial resolution in soil and drainage data to combine natural and anthropogenic water functions at catchment scale in agricultural landscapes
by Malmquist and Barron in Agricultural Water Management

In-situ application of colloidal activated carbon for PFAS-contaminated soil and groundwater: A Swedish case study
by Niarchos et al. in Remediation

Community associations of birds with amphibians and fish in wetlands created for biodiversity
by Kacergyte et al. in Biological Conservation

Interactions between Fisheries and Tourism in the Nordic Countries
by Waldo et al. in Nordic Council of Ministers TemaNord Report

On the SLU Water Forum webpage you find a calendar for upcoming events. If you would like to add something here, please contact water@slu.se.

During summer and autumn 2023 several PhD theses on water have been defended at SLU, for example:

Phytoremediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) - contaminated soil and groundwater
by Winnie Nassazzi, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

Innovative treatment technologies for PFAS-contaminated water Utilizing foam partitioning and exploring electrochemical oxidation
by Sanne Smith, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

Drainage intensity in paddy rice fields Nitrogen flows, salinity, rice yield and greenhouse gas emissions
by Olive Tuyishime, Department of Soil and Environment

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Swedish Freshwater Environments: Sources, Occurrence, and Impacts (licentiat)
by Daniel Malnes, Department of Soil and Environment

Towards improved drinking water safety: The use of in vitro bioassays to optimize treatment processes and assess chemical hazards
by Maria Yu, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

Causes and consequences of the round goby invasion in the Baltic Sea and beyond
by Isa Wallin Kihlberg, Department of Aquatic Resources

Estimating qualities and quantities of faecal sludge to determine resource recovery potential: A case study in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
by Chea Eliyan, Department of Energy and Technology