Jackson Lab Aquatic Ecology

We are interested in how anthropogenic stressors alter aquatic environments. How do stressors, such as heatwaves, species invasions, and habitat loss interact to affect individuals, communities and entire ecosystems?

Nature is under increasing threat from anthropogenic activity – human population growth and economic development impose increasing pressure on the planet’s ecosystems. The planet is warming, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and, at the same time, habitats are being destroyed and polluted.

These stressors rarely occur in isolation, so the traditional focus on single stressors will inevitably miss key information on their interactive, and often counterintuitive, impacts. We aim to derive generalities in how aquatic ecosystems respond to multiple stressors by focusing on both multiple levels of organisation (from genes to ecosystems) and multiple scales (from laboratory experiments to field studies).

If you are interested in joining the lab, please get in touch. Prospective PhD students interested in aquatic ecology and global change biology are encouraged to apply through Oxford’s Doctoral Training Programme here. Please contact Michelle to discuss projects (michelle.jackson@biology.ox.ac.uk). Postdoc, Technician, and Research Assistant posts will be advertised on the People section of this website. We also can support fellowship applications (NERC, Marie-Curie etc) to join the lab.