Projects
Monitoring river sediment fluxes in the Lake Tana Basin through remote sensing to complete a lake catchment sediment budget KU Leuven
The study aims to establish a correlation between sediment fluxes in the Lake Tana Basin and river turbidity data derived from satellite images. Through this correlation, a deeper comprehension of sediment fluxes and the factors controlling sediment delivery at large spatial scales will be achieved.
Reactive Membranes to Map Colloid and Solute Fluxes in Undisturbed Soils KU Leuven
Microbial fluxes of greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) in karst ecosystems: comprehensive assessment and biogeochemical modelling (MIFLUKE) University of Antwerp
Piecing together water and carbon fluxes in grapevine under drought stress. Ghent University
The coupled fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and water between leaves and atmosphere are
strongly regulated by the opening and closure an especial group of cells (i.e. stomata), and by
water supplied through the xylem. The first plant response under water scarcity is stomatal closing
which avoids the loss of water through transpiration, limiting photosynthesis in the process. This
trade-off has immediate implications for ...
Sediment fluxes in the Boven-Zeeschelde (EVINBO) Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Through repeated sampling in certain areas of the Zeeschelde, the aim is to monitor sediment granulometry in fixed zones and seasonally (September & March).
Because ...
Analysis of past and projected future land use change and its impact on sediment fluxes in the Rwizi catchment KU Leuven
The project aims strengthening academic research capacity at the universities of Mbarara and Gulu (Uganda) by means of the training of two researchers and several postdoctoral researchers in the field of integrated watershed management. Secondly the project will develop fundamental research on the, hitherto largely overlooked, coupling between demographic developments on the one hand, and the degradation of soil and water resources on the ...
Modelling hydrological and dissolved carbon fluxes from forests under current and future rainfall regimes KU Leuven
The project will consist in modelling future alterations in the forest carbon balance, by implementing the results in coupled climate, hydrological and forest ecosystem biogeochemical models. More specifically, it will assess the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) export from deciduous and coniferous forest, and hereby close ecosystem carbon balances in two Belgian ICOS-sites. Future climate conditions involve increased temporal variability, with ...