Kaïn van Calcar
PhD student
In my project “Sparkling Seas” I investigate how bioluminescent plankton are distributed in space and time and how environmental stressors shape their bioluminescence, population dynamics, interactions and toxin production, to better understand their roles in coastal ecosystem functioning under global change. Mandy Veldhuis and Marjolijn Christianen are my (co) Promotores
Motivation:
I aim to understand how global change drivers affect the functioning, biodiversity, and resilience of aquatic ecosystems, with a special focus on plankton communities.
Biography
Keywords:
Plankton dynamics, global change ecology, harmful algal blooms, bioluminescence
Methods:
Field sampling, plankton culturing, multistressor factorial designs, microscopy, community dynamics analysis
Research Locations:
North Sea, European coast