VR postdoc grant

Finalized
A reaction-transport model for Carbon processing in stream networks across land productivity gradients.
Published

June 20, 2022

Staff: Gerard Rocher-Ros.

Collaborators:
Susana Bernal (CEAB-CSIC, Spain), Hjalmar Laudon (SLU, Sweden), Enrico Bertuzzo (U. Ca Foscari, Italy)

Funding: Swedish Reserach Council (Vetenskapsrådet)

In this project we are developing a whole-stream network transport-reaction model for carbon, that captures the inputs, transport and processing of carbon within the stream networks. The project has currently two parts, first one is to use the model to explore how multiple physical, chemical and biological processes affect the temporal patterns and coupling of O2 and CO2 in rivers. The second part consists in applying the model in space, in two fully forested catchments but with very dramatic differences in climate and in sources of organic carbon (Regàs in Spain is dominated by litter fall, Krycklan in Sweden is dominated by dissolved organic Carbon).

This project is funded by a mobility grant from the Swedish Research Council, where I had the opportunity to do a research stay in the Blanes Centre of Advanced Research (CSIC, Spain).

Scientific outputs:

  • “Synthesis article” published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters: Emerging patterns of CO2 : O2 dynamics in rivers and their link to ecosystem carbon processing (2025).

Timeline 2022 – 2025