Maria Myrstener

PhD student focusing on ecology and biogeochemistry of stream ecosystems.

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Doctoral student at Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

KB H3, Linnaeus väg 6, Umeå, A3.34.15 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

My research integrates ecology, physical geography and chemistry and to my delight - at some point a clever mind made up the subject of biogeochemistry. The focus of my PhD is nutrient dynamics and primary productivity of running waters in the Arctic. I study interactions of resource limitation and physical constraints for primary productivity along environmental gradients in the arctic. I am also interested in studying biogeochemical interactions between terrestrial and aquatic environments and how current climatic changes drives these interactions in different directions. All of this comes down to figuring out how our nature works today to be able to predict the future.

Research areas
Biogeochemistry
Arctic CIRC

2020

Stream metabolism controls diel patterns and evasion of CO₂ in Arctic streams

Global Change Biology, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 26, (3) : 1400-1413

Rocher-Ros, Gerard; Sponseller, Ryan A.; Bergström, Ann-Kristin; et al.

2018

Persistent nitrogen limitation of stream biofilm communities along climate gradients in the Arctic

Global Change Biology, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 24, (8) : 3680-3691

Myrstener, Maria; Rocher-Ros, Gerard; Burrows, Ryan M.; et al.

2016

The effects of temperature and resource availability on denitrification and relative N₂O production in boreal lake sediments

Journal of Environmental Sciences(China), Elsevier 2016, Vol. 47 : 82-90