Water Management

En vik i sjöriket Skåne (No english title) 

The project is a joint venture between Kristianstad University and a local network. Arkelstorpsviken is a lagoon in the northern part of Lake Oppmannasjön. The lagoon forms an approximately 80-hectare open water surface that connects with the lake through a narrow channel. Accommodation in the area has lately shown that the lagoon is growing and becoming shallower because of accumulated smelly sediment. The aim of the project is to investigate where the nutrients come from, upstream of the bay or from the sediments in the bay itself. In addition, the idea is to analyze the contents of the sediments. 

Researcher: Henric Djerf
Contact: henric.djerf@hkr.se

Does Constructed wetlands really reduce the brownification effect - An initial evaluation in the forest area of Skåne 

Project funded by Skåne Environmental Protection Fund, which aims to investigate the effect of wetlands on the color of a watercourse. Can we reduce the current increase in color in our streams using wetlands? The project is also interesting as we use a more advanced sampling method than usual, where we follow the residence time in the wetland using the tracer Rhodamine. Rhodamine is an organic dye that we can follow using a fluorometer. By determining the residence time, we can program our automatic samplers for optimal wetland sampling. 

Researcher: Henric Djerf
Contact:  henric.djerf@hkr.se

Contamination of water resources in southern Sweden by iron and aluminium 

The project is a collaboration between Kristianstad University and Linnaeus University. The project investigates geochemical processes that give rise to metal leakage from acidic soils. More information is available on the LNU website:
https://lnu.se/en/research/searchresearch/forskningsprojekt/project-contamination-of-water-resources-in-southern-sweden-by-iron-and-aluminium/ 

Researcher: Henric Djerf
Contact:  henric.djerf@hkr.se

Hydropsyche - a possible bioindicator of pharmaceuticals?  

The net-spinning behavior of Hydropsyche larvae (Trichoptera) are investigated in the field, where larvae are exposed to sewage water and in the laboratory where animals are exposed to specific pharmaceuticals. Structural changes of the hydropsychid nets are quantified to evaluate if the nets can be used as a bioindicator for this type of pollutants.  

Researcher: Lena Vought
Contact: lena.vought@hkr.se