The impact of human activity on ponds and their macroinvertebrates and macrophytes communities in the context of pond ecosystem states and associated ecosystem services. KU Leuven
My thesis is part of the Ponderful project, which is a project led at the European level that aims at understanding the functioning of pond ecosystems. Ponds are biodiversity hotspots and provide many ecosystem services (such as carbon and methane capture, water retention, water filtration and flood mitigation). Restoring and creating pondscapes can thus be used as nature based solution to reduce and mitigate the effects of climate change on ...