FishDistribution

Fish species distribution modelling and landscape genomics

Short profile

Duration

31.03.2024
31.08.2026
Department(s)
(Dept. 2) Community and Ecosystem Ecology
(Dept. 4) Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Programme area(s)
Biodiversity in a Changing World
Predictive Ecology in the Anthropocene
Topic
Research group(s)
Global Freshwater Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation
Food Web Ecology and Fish Communities
Genetics and Evolution of Fish (and other Vertebrates)
Contact persons
Thomas Mehner
Amien Isaac Amoutchi
Mojgan Zare Sharahki

The project combines various individual projects that investigate fish distributions in rivers and lakes and develop predictions for future distributions. In some cases, population genomic studies are also used to map species adaptations to climate change.

Project team at IGB

Amien Isaac Amoutchi

Postdoc
Research group
Food Web Ecology and Fish Communities

Mojgan Zare Sharahki

Postdoc
Research group
Food Web Ecology and Fish Communities

Thomas Mehner

Research Group Leader
Research group
Food Web Ecology and Fish Communities

Sami Domisch

Research Group Leader
Research group
Global Freshwater Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation

Sonja Jähnig

Head of Department
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography

Heiner Kuhl

Scientific Staff
Research group
Molecular Fish Physiology
Genetics and Evolution of Fish (and other Vertebrates)

Matthias Stöck

Research Group Leader
Research group
Genetics and Evolution of Fish (and other Vertebrates)
Supported by

G. Foster Fellowship Humboldt Foundation (A. Amoutchi)
IGB post-doc fellowship (M. Zare)