PhD- course at Svartberget

28 Swedish and international Ph.D. students spent an autumn week within the Krycklan catchment at Svartberget learning about Watershed Ecology and Biogeochemistry.

This hands-on course addressed many aspects from small scale soil and in stream processes to management of ecosystems at landscape scales. Addressing combined and interlinked questions regarding watershed ecology and biogeochemistry allowed the students to develop their research skills, knowledge about field measurements, scientific presentations and communication.

The coursed ended with the 14th Krycklan symposium where latest research from the catchment and were presented.