Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Emily shares her AMEO experience at the WasserCluster Lunz (WCL) and the Universität für Weiterbildung Krems (UWK) in Austria.
Continue readingTag Archives: algae
How algae and fungi team up to nourish aquatic invertebrates
In this blog post, Alexander Feckler and his colleagues explore the role of autochthonous primary production for the quality of microbially-colonized leaf material as food in heterotrophic food web in headwater streams. Despite reduced autochthonous primary production in shaded headwater streams, this study indicated a potential for enhanced secondary production and energy transfer to higher trophic levels within the aquatic ecosystem due to so-called “algal priming”.
Continue reading4 PhD positions in Environmental Science of Natural Toxins at Eawag
The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) is offering four PhD positions for research in cyanobacteria and natural toxins ranging from analytical chemistry to microbial ecology.
Continue readingThings are not always as they seem – hidden herbicide effects in periphyton
In this post, Alexander Feckler talks about their recently published paper “Blinded by the light: increased chlorophyll fluorescence of herbicide-exposed periphyton masks unfavorable structural responses during exposure and recovery”.