Research facilities

Below are short descriptions of the facilities and sites where most of the research was done

Basement at department in Uppsala

In the basement of the department we have 56 of these smaller glass aquaria (about 45 l), 8 larger (100 l), and 8 larger rain water collectors (300 l). In addition, we have hundreds of small plastic tanks (3 l) which can be aerated. We are very grateful to Dr Niclas Kolm for donating much of this equipment. 

We use this system to rear and study fish in replicated designs. Water can be heated or cooled so we can study temperature effects on behaviour and development.

Field station at Forsmark on the Swedish east coast

The Biotest enclosure by Forsmark power plant (more here) provides a unique large scale system to study effects of long-term warming on an aquatic ecosystem. The enclosure inhabits many of the same species that are found in the surrounding Baltic and comparisons can be made between organisms from the enclosure and those outside to examine how warming conditions affect development, physiology, behaviour, evolution and ecology. This work is in collaboration with the Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish Agricultural University in Uppsala.

Public aquarium Aquaria Vattenmuseum in central Stockholm

With the support from Aquaria Vattenmuseum, we are running experiments behind the scenes in their facility using warm water organisms. This collaborative work is done in small scale and to the extent possible considering the the facility is not a research station. So far we have worked with fiddler crabs and corals.

Älvkarleby fisheries research station nearby the city of Gävle 

This work is in collaboration with the Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish Agricultural University in Uppsala and more information can be found here. The facility has unique systems with the capacity to rear fish under standard hatchery condition in replicate, stream like lab conditions (picture above), an artificially constructed outdoor stream with downstream trap, an enclosed part of River Dalälven with downstream trap, and a trap system to recapture adults on their return migration from the Baltic sea.