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Ongoing projects
FORMAS strategic funding

Ecosystem dynamics in the Baltic Sea in a changing climate perspective (ECOCHANGE)
Partners: Umeå University and Linnaeus University, Kalmar
PI LnU: Edna Granéli,
Marine Ecology Dept, Lnu
Partners LnU:
Per Larsson, Catherine Legrand, Jarone Pinhassi, Lasse Riemann, Paulo Salomon and Patrik Stenroth, Marine Ecology Dept, Lnu
PhD students: to be announced
Funding: FORMAS Strategic Grant
EC-funded

Microarrays for the detection of toxic algae (MIDTAL)
PI: Edna Granéli, Paulo Salomon
, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
PhD student: to be announced
Funding: EC-FP7-

Interactions between marine algae and bacteria (ALGBACT)
PI: Catherine Legrand
Funding: EC-FP7-220732

Wetlands, Algae and Biogas- a Southern Baltic sea Eutrophication Counteract Project
PI: Catherine Legrand
Funding: EC-FP7-INTERREG4

Role of genotypic and phenotypic (allelopathy) diversity of harmful algal blooms (HABs): case of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense
PI: Catherine Legrand
Funding: EC-FP7-Hydralab III-NTNU-20


other

The contribution of phagotrophy for marine phytoplankton growth.
PI: Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
PhD student: 
Funding:
VR

“Real-Time” Algal Surveillance- a tool for sustainable development in coastal areas.
PI: Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
Funding:
HiK and Borgholms kommun/Ölands näringsliv

Phytoplankton defense mechanisms against grazing: role of zooplankton kairomones
PI: Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre
, HiK
PhD student:  Veronica Lundgren
Funding:
VR/HiK

Climatic induced changes and expansion of tropic toxic benthic dinoflagellates
PI: Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre
, HiK
PhD student: Nayani Vidyarathna
Funding: SIDA-SAREC

The influence of acidification, temperature and nutrients on Baltic Sea plankton communities
PI: Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre
, HiK
PhD student:  Claudia Romero
Funding: SKB/HiK

Effect of cyanobacteria on young fish fitness in the Baltic Sea
PI: Catherine Legrand, Marine Sciences Centre
, HiK
PhD student: Karl Johan Persson
Funding: FORMAS

Allelopathy among phytoplankton: a structuring force of microbial communities
PI: Catherine Legrand, Marine Sciences Centre
, HiK
PhD student: Astrid Weissbach
Funding: HiK

Finished projects
EC-funded

Thresholds of Environmental Sustainability (THRESHOLDS).
EC-FP6- 003933.
PI: Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
Co-workers: Willem Stolte, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
Graduate student: Elin Kilefors

Biological control of harmful algalblooms in European coastal waters: role of eutrophication (BIOHAB)
EVK3-CT-1999-00015

PI: Edna Granéli
Co-workers: Catherine Legrand

Harmful Algal Blooms Expert Systems (HABES)
PI: Willem Stolte

Transfer and Fate of Harmful Algal Bloom toxins in European marine waters (FATE)
PI: Edna Granéli
Co-workers: Catherine Legrand and Sven Jansson
Graduate students: Giovana Salomon and Paulo Salomon
Coordination at HiK
EVK3-2001-00050

Socio-ECOnomical impact of HARMful algal blooms in european marine waters (ECOHARM)
PI:Edna Granéli
Co-workers: Willem Stolte
Coordination at HiK

DOMTOX MAST (MAS3-CT97-0149) Finished 2001
The influence of dissolved organicmaterial of terrestrial origin on the growth and toxicity of potentiallytoxic phytoplankton species.

NUTOX MAST (MAS3-CT97-0103) 
Effect of nutrient ratios on toxic phytoplankton and their toxin production.(Coordinator) Finished 2001

other

Mathematical modelling and analysis of model properties for
host-parasite systems.
PI: Willem Stolte, Marine Sciences Centre
, HiK
Funding: FORMAS/HiK

Effect of the invasive jellyfish Mnemiopsis leydii on planktonic food webs in the Baltic Sea
PI: Prof. Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
PhD student:  Björn Karpenstam
Funding: HiK

Importance of organic nitrogen and mixotrophy on harmful algae in the Baltic Sea.
PI: Prof. Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
PhD student: 
Funding:
FORMAS

Phagotrophic Versus Autotrophic Growth in Marine Phytoplankton.
PI: Prof. Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
PhD student:
Funding: VR

Use of qPCR for detection of HABs in the Baltic Sea
PI: Prof. Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre
, HiK
PhD student:  Holly Bowers
Funding: Alabama University/HiK

Mixotrophic dinoflagellates ecology.
Project leader: Edna Granéli
PhD student: Wanderson Carvalho
Funding: VR/HiK

Population genetics of the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena in the Baltic Sea
Principal investigator: Sven Janson
Funding: EU/HiK

The Relation Between Elemental Composition And Rate Of Division Of Phytoplankton Cells In Situ.
PI: Prof. Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Centre, HiK
Funding:
NFR/VR

Toxicity in winter freshwater dinoflagellates: effects on
phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish larvae
Principal investigator: Catherine Legrand
Funding: HiK

Removal of harmful algal blooms with clay particles
Principal investigator: Edna Granéli
Graduate student: Johannes Hagström
Funding: HiK

Growth rate and chemical composition of marine phytoplankton
Principal investigator: Edna Granéli
Graduate student: Lars-Åke Gisselson
Funding: HiK

Production of allelochemical substances by toxic marine algae
Principal investigator:Edna Granéli
Graduate student: Giovanna Salomon
Funding: FORMAS/EU/Brasilian Research Concil CNPq

The role of pathogens in terminating harmful algal blooms
Principal investigator: Edna Granéli
Graduate student: Paulo Salomon
Funding: EU/Brasilian Research Concil CNPq

Toxin production by the diatom Pseudoniszchia multiseriata from Brazilian waters
Principal investigator: Edna Granéli
Graduate student: Maria O. Moreira
Funding: EU/Brasilian Research Concil CNPq

Reproduction ecology and genetics of Fucus vesiculosus in the Baltic Sea.
Project leader: Edna Granéli
PhD student: Rita Berger
Funding: HiK
 


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