Resurrecting population responses to past environmental change
We resurrect rotifers from resting eggs preserved in lake sediment to study how they adapted to past pollution.
We resurrect rotifers from resting eggs preserved in lake sediment to study how populations adapted to past pollution.
Lake Orta
Our study system is Lake Orta in northern Italy.
Resurrecting resting eggs
In lab experiments, we resurrect rotifer resting eggs from sediments to study how the rotifers respond to pollution.
Population level
We study the responses at both the population level…
Individual level
… and the individual level.
Water fleas
The same responses can be studied in water fleas.
In collaboration with:
Diego Fontaneto (Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy)