Stuck in the mud: addressing the fine sediment conundrum with multiscale and interdisciplinary approaches to support global freshwater biodiversity

£5.89M GBP

Funder	UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship
Recipient Organization	Loughborough University
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Apr 30, 2025
End Date	Apr 29, 2028
Duration	1,095 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Fellow
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`MR/Y020200/1`

Grant Description

Environmental change is happening on a global scale.

Freshwater ecosystems represent some of the most endangered habitats in the world, with declines in diversity (83% in the period 1970-2014) far exceeding that of terrestrial counterparts.

One of the primary causes of reduced riverine ecosystem health is a loss of habitat associated with excessive fine sediment deposition (typically referred to as particles