Name
AU Lake Mesocosm Warming Experiment (LMWE)
Legal name of organisation
Aarhus University (AU)
Country
Denmark
Continent
Europe
Organisation address
Aarhus University (AU)
Nordre Ringgade 1
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Primary contact information (PI)
Years of Mesocosm Experiments
2003-present
Description of Facility
outdoor – pelagic/benthic – freshwater
24 cylindrical outdoor mesocosms, each 2.8 m3 in volume
Controlled Parameters
Nutrients, temperature
Research Topics
A unique long-term flow-through mesocosm facility with 11 years so far the world’s longest running mesocosm experiment addressing climate-change effects on lakes under contrasting nutrient levels and water clarity, population- and seasonal dynamics of underwater plants, plankton, production, respiration, stable isotopes, bacteria, fluxes of nutrients
Facility location(s)
56.244846,9.529916
Primary interests
Specialist areas
Equipment
Permanently installed probes in all mesocosms for oxygen and pH measurements, AU freshwater lab in Silkeborg (15 km)
Lodging
Source of Information
Photos of experiments/installations
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