Stress Ecology

    We study the response of organisms to natural and anthropogenic stresses, focusing on evolutionary aspects, responses to combined stresses, and physiological-ecological mechanisms.
  • Ecological and physiological endpoints in ecotoxicological research (damselflies, Daphnia)
  • Evolutionary ecotoxicology
  • Genetic bottlenecks following contaminant exposure
  • Physiological ecology and life histories in response to time stress
  • Physiological ecology of salinity stress
  • Exposure to combined stressors (predation, parasitism, abiotic stresses)
Staff: Luc Brendonck, Luc De Meester, Frans Ollevier, Robby Stoks
Postdocs: Ellen Decaestecker, Marjan De Block, Kevin Pauwels