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Ecology

Ecology has to do with interactions in nature. It is the study of how organisms (such as animals, plants and microorganisms) live and work within their habitats, and of how they depend on each other and their surrounding environments. Environmental factors may range from weather, climate, and soil to topography and ocean currents.

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Václava Hazuková, cellting water samples from an Arctic lake.
Peering through the ice to uncover the secrets of Arctic lakes

Václava Hazuková, KBC-Kempe postdoc, researches carbon storage in Arctic lakes.

Gerard Rocher RosInstitutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap
From land to sea with a focus on the climate

Gerard Rocher-Ros wants to understand the flow of carbon and nutrients to find solutions to climate change.

Infrastructures

Integrated Science Lab (Icelab)
We take a modelling approach for causal understanding and connect researchers from different backgrounds.
The Mesocosm facility
Conduct large scale water and sediment experiments under highly controlled conditions.

Latest news

Forskaren och Head of Unit på SMC, Annika Johansson, berättar om forskningen vid infrastrukturen för besökarna.
Ukrainian researchers visited Umeå in search of collaboration and inspiration

With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, most of laboratory research came to a halt.

Three researchers walking over a frozen fjord in the documentary "Fjords Frontiers: Digging into the future of climate change".
New documentary on the challenges of climate research

The scientists take viewers on a journey below Rosfjordsvatnet's icecovered surface.

David Wardle
On the list of the world's most cited

David Wardle's research on ecosystems is highly influential in the field.

Research projects

Large-scale regulation of food web processes in the Gulf of Bothnia ecosystem
Research area: Ecology, Marine science
Duration 15 December 2024 until 15 December 2027
Type of project Research project
Stress Response Modeling at IceLab

A multidisciplinary complexity center formed to unveil universal principles and adaptive mechanisms in living systems under stress.

Duration 1 January 2024
Type of project Research project
Gasping for Breath: Exploring the consequences of coastal deoxygenation on microbial processes and ecosystem services
Research area: Ecology, Marine science
Duration 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2027
Type of project Research project
Genetic variation in blister rust resistance in Scots pine
Research area: Ecology
Duration 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2025
Type of project Research project

Research groups

EcoChange Umeå
EcoChange is a strategic research programme that is hosted by Umeå University.
Eric Capo lab
We study the microbial diversity of aquatic ecosystems.
Freshwater ecology
Research area at the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology
Henrik Sjödin Lab
Researches on public health, global health and infectious epidemiology.
Joacim Rocklöv Lab
The group researches what drives the growth and spread of infectious diseases globally.
Research area: Ecology, Infection biology
Johan Wikner Lab
Research area at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Research area: Marin ecology
Research area: Ecology, Marine science
Marine ecology
Research area at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology
Mathematical ecology
Research area at the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology
Restoration ecology
Research area at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
Research area: Ecology
Terrestrial ecology
Research area at the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science
Research area: Ecology