Understanding complexity in Monet`s water-lilies: from Malevich`s Black Square to Mondriaan`s Victory Boogie Woogie
Event details
| Date | 23.04.2013 |
| Hour | 15:15 › 16:15 |
| Speaker | Dr Bas W. Ibelings, Microbial Ecology, Université de Genève, Faculté des Sciences, Institut F.-A. Forel |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
In the talk I will address microbial biodiversity, with an emphasis on phytoplankton. I will start off by discussing the experimental evolution of diversity. What are the selection mechanisms that drive diversification from a homogenous beginning and how is this diversity maintained in ecological interactions? Specifically I will look at the role of environmental heterogeneity in providing the opportunity for biodiversity. Then I move on to deep Alpine lakes and discuss how phytoplankton communities come together. What are the drivers of community assembly? And also here, what is the role of a structured environment? I will address these questions at different time scales, from the decadal to the (sub)daily scale. Finally I want to present new developments in the automated, high frequency monitoring of lakes.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- IIE
Contact
- Professor Alfred Johny, Wüest, UPWUEEST