Zofia Ecaterina Taranu, PhD
Research Scientist, Environment and Climate change Canada (ECCC) Aquatic Ecology, Paleolimnology, Global Change, cyanobacterial dominance Research interests
The objective of my research program is to understand how human-mediated local stressors (e.g., eutrophication) interact with regional drivers (e.g., climate) to alter freshwater communities and ecosystem stability. I am especially interested in whether these interactions have become more pronounced in recent times or in certain locations, and identifying the processes that cause discrepancies across studies. I use a combination of meta-analyses, landscape paleolimnology and numerical ecology to identify data gaps, generalities and long-term drivers of shifts in water quality, community composition and ecosystem functions. |