Department Surface Waters - Research and Management

PhyLOZooPhy – Coupling Physics on Lake Onego with Zooplankton and Phytoplankton

Winter limnology studies have remained limited in the past but the interest is now rapidly growing in a context of climate change. This research program aims at investigating life under ice and relevant physical and biological processes. In particular, we are interested in understanding under-ice convection and its implication for ecosystem development.

The research program is a collaborative study between laboratories in Switzerland and the Northern Water Problems Institute (NWPI), Karelian Research Center in Russia. This project involves field work in Lake Onego during the winter.


Publication

Bouffard, D., Zdorovennov, R.E., Zdorovennova, G.E., Pasche N., Wüest A., and A. Y. Terzhevik. Ice-covered Lake Onega: effects of radiation on convection and internal waves. Hydrobiologia (2016) 780: 21. doi:10.1007/s10750-016-2915-3