Human population growth, high demands for resources, globalisation, and shifting climatic conditions are causing ecosystems to change more rapidly now than ever in the Anthropocene. Freshwater ecosystems, especially those in northern- and arctic regions are particularly affected, as many freshwater species have confined habitat ranges and often limited dispersal abilities. Climate-dependent abiotic factors such as water temperature and dissolved oxygen can change greatly and rapidly, and freshwater ecosystems are often subjected to high levels of other anthropogenic stressors such as pollution.
The workshop, sponsored by Nord University’s R&D Division, will bring together experts in ecology, ecotoxicology, physiology and evolution of freshwater ecosystems to evaluate and synthetize current knowledge in the respective fields and to establish hypotheses that could be tested to better understand human-induced environmental impacts on high-latitude freshwater bodies.
The meeting will be hybrid. Please send an email to joost.raeymaekers@nord.no if you wish to attend.
Welcome!
- Discussion session I: key questions and research methods
- Discussion session II: stakeholders and funding opportunities
Program
