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Sturgeon training can increase their fitness for the wild. Already a two-week "learning lead" made the search for food more efficient, says a recent study of Sven Würtz and Jörn Gessner.

Dörthe Tetzlaff und colleagues from the University of Aberdeen developed and testet model on the spread and fate of faecal bacteria in rivers and their surrounding landscapes.

In its statement, the Senate of the Leibniz Association attests a positive development of IGB and recommends that the Federal Government and the Länder continue funding the institute.

Robert Arlinghaus and international colleagues present a five-point plan to integrate recreational fishers into fisheries and nature conservation policy.

March 14th is International Day of Action for rivers and against dams.

Researchers from IGB have examined how effectively Natura 2000 protects listed habitat types in Germany. They also compared Natura 2000 with a hypothetical, ideal network. 

Aggressiveness among animals may increase the longer individuals live together in stable groups. This is the finding of a recent study carried out by researchers from IGB. The study, published in the journal Animal Behaviour used the Amazon molly to isolate the effects of familiarity on behaviour.

Invasive species often go undetected for a long time, or their damaging impacts are not immediately clear says a new study under participation of IGB.