Interactions in aquatic food webs (IRTA)

Leader : Alexandre Bec

Our research aims to assess how local and global constraints affect the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. We mainly focus on the microbe-metazoan interface where the high variability in energy and matter transfer efficiency impact ecosystem structure and productivity.

Research themes: 

• Local and global drivers of aquatic microbial communities (with a focus on cyanobacteria)
• Functional importance of detrital food webs
• Fluctuating thermal and nutritional constraints on aquatic consumers
• Integration of nutritional and metabolic ecology
• Resiliance of aquatic ecosystems