News from SLU Water Forum. We bring together water-related education, research and environmental monitoring and assessment at SLU. | |
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We are now approaching
the end of 2022 and can look back on a year when we slowly began to return to
business as usual as before the pandemic. A lot of fun and good things have
happened in the water area at SLU during this summer and fall. Among other
things, researchers from SLU participated during this year's World Water Week
and in the celebration of Baltic Sea Day at Skansen. In addition, SLU's water
research was granted no less than 117 million SEK in research grants from this
year’s calls from Formas and the Swedish Research Council. Three out of a total
of 11 granted applications within Forma's national research program for seas
and water's call on Securing future water supply through sustainable
management came from SLU researchers (all at the Department of Aquatic
Sciences and Assessment). Congratulations to everyone who received funding!
After a well-deserved
Christmas and New Year's holiday, we are looking forward to an exciting spring
which, among other things, includes a new call for seed-money within the SLU
Water Forum, the third internal water seminar at SLU, two targeted water calls
from Formas, and the World Water Day on 22 March.
Have a nice
end to 2022,
Jens
Olsson, coordinator SLU Water Forum
P.S. We
welcome suggestions on how we can keep SLU Water Forum up to date, interesting
and relevant, and how we can contribute to strengthening cooperation on water
at SLU. Do not hesitate in providing suggestions to water@slu.se. |
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SLU's water research did well in the competition for research funds from Formas and the Swedish Research Council (VR). A total of 20 water related projects at SLU received funding from the research financiers' calls for proposals in 2022. For several of the applications granted funding, the applicants were early-career scientists.
Photo: Jens Olsson | | | | | | | Strengthened research and teaching about water |
In 2022, the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment has received four new docents. This means a strengthening of the research and teaching that takes place at SLU in the freshwater area.
| | | | | | The right measure for nutrient leakage in the right place | In order to reduce nutrient leakage from agriculture,
researchers at SLU have developed a tool that shows how measures are best suited
for different places and situations. The information is collected on a web
page, a so-called Storymap, where you can zoom in on an area of interest.
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How can agricultural ditches be developed to reduce eutrophication in lakes and seas? So-called two-stage ditches have been shown in a new project to be roughly a third more efficient than ordinary ditches when it comes to nitrogen removal. Phosphorus is also captured by two-stage ditches, but sedimentation of phosphorus particles can be temporary in ditches that is frequently flooded.
Photo: Lukas Hallberg | | | | | |
The ”spawning-time” portal is a web-based system with information on where and when different fish species occur and are most sensitive to impacts. This knowledge is of importance for those who plan and carry out work that affects aquatic environments, for example dredging and construction.
Photo: Ulf Bergström | | | | | |
To recover the collapsed stock of cod, in 2009 Sweden and Denmark established protected areas and an area with a fishing ban in the Kattegat. Since then, species such as nephrops, lemon sole and turbot have increased in the no-take area, but no improvement is seen for cod. Effects of the protected areas have been investigated by researchers at SLU.
Photo: Mattias Sköld | | | | | |
Researchers at SLU have collected information on wetland restorations from all over Sweden over the past decades. The results show that the restorations have generally benefited many bird species, especially those connected to the opened lake surfaces and the cleared and grazed grasslands.
Photo: Ineta Kačergytė
| | | | | | | Crayfish party without crayfish plague? |
Fewer and fewer Swedes remember large crayfish feasts with the native species of crayfish on the table. What really happened to the crayfish and what can we do to preserve it? | | | | |
For almost 20 years, Havets hus in Lysekil has raised and released juveniles of lesser spotted dogfish in the Gullmarsfjord. This summer it was time again. What was new for this year was that researchers from SLU provided the sharks with transmitters that will contribute knowledge to the conservation work for the species.
Photo: Martin Stjernstedt | | | | | | The third SLU internal water seminar | On March 20-21 (lunch to lunch) we are planning for
the third internal water seminar at SLU. As for 2022, we are focusing the
seminar on presentations from younger and early-career scholars. Are you
interested to learn more about water research at SLU? Here you find a calendar post with
seminar information and registration. Are you interested in presenting your
research at the seminar? Please contact water@slu.se.
| | | New calls from Formas national research program on sas and water |
Opens 16 January
2023 and have a total budget of 120 mSEK. Are you in need for networking and partners
for your application? Please contact water@slu.se and we will try to help you!
Opens 31 January
2023 and focus on innovation projects to develop new solutions for a
sustainable use of water resources.
On February 7 SLU Water Forum and Grants Office arrange a workshop to boost collaboration on water research, with a focus on the two calls from Formas. | | | 22 March is the World Water Day, this year with the theme Accelerating
Change. In connection to this, SLU Water Forum, as usual,
plan to highlight our work and expertise on water with a specific focus on this
year's theme. If you have ideas for how we can best do it, or if you want to
contribute information or organize an event during World Water Day, please get
in touch with water@slu.se.
| | | | | | | | | Upcoming PhD-dissertations on water | | |
Viktor
Thunell, Department
of Aquatic Resources. Title: Fish life histories in a warming climate - a
mechanistic basis of change and a community context. 17 February 2023.
Mathilde
Brunel, Department
of Molecular Sciences. Title: Metabolites in fish and humans as a response
on different foods, metabolomics approach. 17 February 2023.
Stefan
Skoglund, Department
of Aquatic Resources. Preliminary title: Scales of density-dependence in a
river environment: implications for population monitoring and assessment. 12
May 2023.
Carlotta
Meriggi, Department
of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment. Preliminary title: Early detection of
harmful invasive aquatic microorganisms. June 2023. | | | | | If you want to know more about the activities within SLU Water Forum, check out the activity reports.
If you want to suggest something for an upcoming newsletter, contact SLU Water Forum via water@slu.se. Feel free to visit SLU Water Forum's website for regular news updates, or follow us on Twitter, @SLUwater.
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