Inland waters and the carbon cycle in a changing world
Aquatic ecosystems receive, transform and store carbon while exchanging carbon dioxide and methane with the atmosphere. They are therefore important components of the global carbon cycle. Natural differences among aquatic systems and environmental changes associated with climate and land use influence carbon cycling and greenhouse gas emissions.
I combine field studies and experiments to investigate the mechanisms controlling these emissions, their responses to environmental change, and the drivers of their large variability across natural and human-modified aquatic environments. By linking process-level understanding with observations across space and time, I aim to better constrain the contribution of inland waters to regional and global greenhouse gas budgets.
