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Water quality - disinfecting water with chlorine
Interested in how tap water impacts our stomachs?
This project investigates the compounds created when water is disinfected with chlorine and how this impact upon the gut microbiome.
Study freshwater ecology
Professor Justin Brookes leads a research group that conducts research in two main areas: water quality for human consumptions and water for the environment.
Change to land-use and modified hydrology has changed nutrient loading and biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems, including estuaries, lakes, rivers and wetlands. We study how plant and animal physiology; populations and community assemblages respond to changes in flow and biogeochemistry.
We are particularly interested in productivity and the transfer of material from one trophic level to another.
We conduct a lot of research in partnership with the water industry. This is particularly focussed on cyanobacteria and water quality in drinking water reservoirs.
Supervisor
- Professor Justin Brookes
- Co supervisors: Dr Virginie Gaget | Dr Deb Furst
- Research area: Freshwater ecology
- Recommended honours enrolment: Honours in Ecology and Environmental Science
Competition: Young Scientist of the Year
Could you be the University of Adelaide Young Scientist of the Year?
Australian high school students are invited to submit a short video about one of Australia’s big science challenges.