Available independent projects
Page reviewed:
03/07/2025
Here we present independent projects available at our department. We have grouped the projects into five categories ecology, hydrology, environmental chemistry, hydrology and modeling and freshwater chemistry. However, many projects fit into several categories.
At our department, we examine independent projects in biology and environmental science, but can also supervise degree works in other subject areas such as chemistry.
If you have questions regarding independent projects, you can contact our course leader for BSc and MSc projects in Biology and Environmental Science, Malin Olofsson.
Climate changes
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Exploring climate-induced shifts in aquatic communities in Swedish lakes (master)
This MSc-Project aims at unravelling the effects of climate warming on chironomid communities of Swedish lakes using data from the Swedish Monitoring Program. -
Climate-induced phenotypic plasticity of aquatic invertebrates (master)
This Masters Project uses a laboratory experiment, paleolimnological approach, and monitoring data to identify specific mechanisms driving species acclimation to warming. -
Climate-induced shifts in food webs of Arctic/alpine lakes (Master)
This project aims at understanding climate-driven biodiversity and food web changes in Swedish alpine and Arctic regions.
Environmental chemistry
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Sensitivity testing of Aquatic Fungi to Fungicides (Master)
In this project, we will develop bioassays to evaluate the impact of fungicides on aquatic fungi. The study will focus on single-species, single-fungicide exposure, assessing key endpoints such as respiration, growth rate, decomposition, and reproduction. -
Evaluation of the removal efficiency of perfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water (Master)
The student performing this master thesis work will evaluate different water treatment techniques in pilot-scale with respect to removal efficiency of PFASs.
Modelling
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Greenhouse gas evasion from ephemeral streams: A missing link in the Swedish carbon balance (Bachelor/Master)
This project will use a unique set of stream chemistry observations from ephemeral headwater streams to model their importance for the carbon balance of landscapes.
Freshwater chemistry
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Agricultural ditches as important emission sources for greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (Master)
This project aims to find out how large the contribution of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere is from agricultural ditches and how the emissions vary in time and space. -
Mercury in a Swedish landscape over 30 years (Bachelor/Master)
The project will explore a time-series of mercury in streamwater at different points in a landscape to identify whether concentrations are changing and why. -
The chemical character of organic carbon in Swedish surface waters – is it changing and why? (Bachelor/Master)
This project will use a decades of long-term surface water monitoring data from hundreds of sites across Sweden to determine whether the chemical properties of dissolved organic carbon have been changing and the eventual causes of those changes.