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Fundamental and applied limnology

Description

Fundamental and applied limnology: Dynamics and functioning of epicontinental aquatic ecosystems. Community structure and functional diversity. Assessment of environmental and conservation status. Microbial ecology in lentic ecosystems: Study of the composition and functionality of the microbial community by molecular techniques. Metagenomics. Metabarcoding and e-DNA Biogeochemistry and carbon balances in Mediterranean wetlands, fluxes of carbonate greenhouse gases. Effects of environmental properties and conservation status on the climate change mitigation capacity of lentic ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. Geographic information systems (GIS). Remote-sensing. Polar limnology.

Keywords

limnology, lentic ecosystems, hydrochemistry, plankton, benthos, microbial ecology and environmental microbiology, biogeochemistry, climate change, carbon, greenhouse gases, climate mitigation, molecular ecology, metagenomics, metabarcoding, e-DNA, bioinformatics, water quality, ecological indicators, environmental and conservation status, ecosystem management and restoration, bioremediation, ecotoxicology, ecosystem services, Water Framework Directive, Habitats Directive, remote-sensing, GIS, Copernicus