details
- Name
- University of Copenhagen, Freshwater Biological Laboratory
- Address
- Helsingørsgade 51
- Zipcode
- DK-3400
- City
- Hillerød
- Country
- Denmark
- Centre Website
- http://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/fbl/
organisation profile
The Freshwater Biological Laboratory (FBL) is a department of the Zoological Institute under the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen.
The Freshwater Biological Laboratory has a history of research that dates back to 1897, when Professor C. Wesenberg-Lund, who was a respected zoologist, established a small field laboratory at the banks of a lake in North Zealand.
The research is organized in five groups, including one or two senior scientists working together with post-docs, PhD students and masters students. These groups have internal and especially external connections to many colleagues. The five research themes are briefly presented below.
Ecology and population dynamics of benthic invertebrates in lakes and streams
Studies of distribution, feeding, growth and physiological adaptation of invertebrates to biotic and abiotic conditions under temperate and tropical conditions. Prehistorical developments are being evaluated through palaeontological studies.Stream ecology
Recent and historical changes in distribution of macrophytes in streams as well as the role of macrophytes for water movement, transport of particles, retention of nutrients, shelter and food for invertebrates.Ecophysiology of sea grasses and higher plants in aquatic systems
Comparative studies of resource utilization (nitrogen, phosphorous, irradiance and inorganic carbon) among plants with different life forms and growth strategies as well as distribution patterns and dispersal potentials in natural populations.Microbial processes in lakes and coastal areas
Characterization of the quantitative and qualitative role of microbial consortia in temperate and arctic aquatic food webs with focus on the degradation processes mediated through aerobic bacteria and the structuring role of zooplankton, This includes focused studies of the ecological consequences of toxic cyanobacteria, changes in the composition and pools of DOC under varying climatic conditions and the role of macrophytes for water quality and plankton dynamics.Water-sediment interactions
Nutrient fluxes over the water-sediment inter-phase with special emphasis on mathematically modelling of pools and fluxes.
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 739
- Collating centre
- Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde
- Latest update
- 25 September 2012 2:53:42 PM