Unravelling the Impacts of Micropollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Studies at the Interface of Large-Scale Ecology

Abstract

Human-induced environmental changes are causing major shifts in ecosystems around the globe. To support environmental management, scientific research has to infer both general trends and context dependency in these shifts at global and local scales. Combining replicated real-world experiments, which take advantage of implemented mitigation measures or other forms of human impact, with research-led experimental manipulations can provide powerful scientific tools for inferring causal drivers of ecological change and the generality of their effects. Additionally, combining these two approaches can facilitate communication with stakeholders involved in implementing management strategies. We demonstrate such an integrative approach using the case study EcoImpact, which aims at empirically unravelling the impacts of wastewater-born micropollutants on aquatic ecosystems.

Published in

Advances in Ecological Research
2016, Volume: 55, pages: 183-223 ISBN: 978-0-08-100935-2

UKÄ Subject classification

Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources
Ecology


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.07.002

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/90129