NIOO-KNAWFeb 14, 2025
New publication: Addressing grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems: how can #mesocosms be used to advance solutions? #biodiversity #climatechange #sustainability #restoration #aquaticecology #connectivity
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11020
Warren Currie 🦠🦐Dec 7, 2024
Weekend #Plankton #Factoid 🦠🦐
It's not possible to control the ocean, but running experiments in a lab often isn't relevant to the real world. A middle ground is the use of #Mesocosms, essentially giant test tubes where conditions can be controlled. These can be small, or 8 m long like the Geomar KOSMOS mesocosms. Here, scientists changed the acid buffering of ocean water to see if it affected #zooplankton growth, carbon flux, or nutritional state. #ClimateChange #Science
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-plankton-marine-food-webs-alkalinity.html
Plankton study investigates how marine food webs respond to increasing alkalinity

The ocean naturally absorbs a quarter to a third of man-made CO2 emissions, but this process also leads to the acidification of seawater. By increasing the alkalinity of seawater through the addition of certain minerals (e.g., carbonates and silicates), the ocean can chemically bind more CO2 without further acidification.

Phys.org
NIOO-KNAWSep 4, 2023
New NIOO publication: Combined effects of aboveground herbivores and belowground microorganisms on dynamics of #soil #nematode communities in grassland #mesocosms. #plantcommunity #soilfoodwebs #aphids
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105097
CellBioNewsMar 16, 2023

Research team uses 6-foot 'test tubes' to study red tide.

#algae #mesocosms #HAB #redtides

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-team-foot-tubes-red-tide.html

Research team uses 6-foot 'test tubes' to study red tide

A potential treatment for Florida's devastating red tides has taken another step toward widespread deployment after successful testing in Sarasota Bay.

Phys.org
Zsófia HorváthDec 19, 2022

I am a community ecologist at #CentreforEcologicalResearch #CER in #Hungary, interested in #metacommunities #spatialecology #landscapeecology #connectivity #biodiversity #salinity #dispersal

Guest researcher at #KULeuven
Formerly #WasserClusterLunz #WCL

My lab combines #experimental work (mostly #mesocosms) and #empirical studies. Recently also into #eDNA and #citizenscience

I am part of the #aquacosm community and doing lots of research on #ponds

#epcn #sil #aslo
#aquacosmplus #mypond

Maria StockenreiterNov 15, 2022
Interested in working in pretty lakes and answering your research question by using #mesocosms ? Apply for transnational access via https://www.aquacosm.eu/transnational-access…. For example at LMU Munich at Seeon Limnological Station