Research Theme : Water & Ecosystems Quality Aquatic Ecosystems Hydrology & Water Resources Water Governance
Research Theme : Water & Ecosystems Quality
Aquatic Ecosystems
Hydrology & Water Resources
Water Governance
Scope and objectives
Economic
Environmental
Social
Current research:
Ranging from studies on pollutant transport, nutrient cycles,
ecosystems services, and governance
Aquatic Ecosystems Pollutant transport;
eco- hydrology
Wetland ecology
Policy and livelihoods
MSc, PhD, post-doc research; Moz I & M Monitoring NICHE Rwanda; Mara Basin; DANCERS (Danube); UNEP Wetlandsforum/TEEB; Special issue on papyrus.
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS Understanding socio-ecological processes
E-flows; Integrated Agric and wetland mgmt
•ECOLIVE •Lake Victoria Fisheries Governance •IWRM certification
•Nitrogen cycling •Hv Metals retention •Pressures-impacts
Understanding natural processes
Wetland models
Capacity building &
and Outreach
Papers Ph Ds Policy docs
• Quantifying indicators of ecosystem functions and services in relation to changing conditions (hydrology, eutrophication, land use, climate) based on ecosystem models (assimilation, cycling, transformation, losses)
• Use these indicators to estimate trade-offs in ecosystem functions and services
Namatala wetland, Uganda
Nyando papyrus wetland, Kenya
Land use/Land Cover Wetlands
Forest Urban/Industrial
Agriculture
Hydrologic losses Leaching
Human activities
CH4, CO2
Export OM, N
Heterotrophic Respiration
N2O, N2
Denitrification
Assimilation Aquatic Ecosystems • Food Webs • Water Residence Time
Organic Matter DOM, POM
Nitrogen NO3, NH4, DON, PN
Mineralization, Transformation
Main research questions focus on: 1. How land use & human activity influence OM and N inputs to aquatic ecosystems 2. How aquatic ecosystems (including wetlands) process/retain carbon and nitrogen 3. Interactions between C and N cycling (mainly through interactions between OM quality
and denitrification) 4. Tradeoffs in ecosystem services in wetlands (e.g. food production vs. nutrient
retention)
Linking Research to Education Chair, plus Coordinator of Environmental Sciences M.Sc
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+ A number of Joint MSc programmes including Limnology and Wetland Management with Universities of Egerton (Kenya) and BOKU (Austria).
Wetlands: Wise Use, Smart Plans 8-12 July 2013, Umubano Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda
International Forum
Outreach
Outlook and Initiatives
Special Issue on Papyrus wetlands
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