Projects

In this project, we will develop a prototype for an argumentation machine that supports users in and during the argumentation process in a scientific context. The goal is to enable for example fresh PhD students to develop and refine their own research hypotheses in the research field of invasion biology by referring them to the relevant scientific terminology and respective publications.

The new German-Chinese cooperation project deals with ice-covered lakes of the Tibetan and Mongolian plateaus and their reaction to climate change. The aim is to set up an international research network that will close the gap in knowledge about ice-covered lakes as important but hitherto little-studied components of the hydrological and climatic system.

Synergistisc effects of periphyton shading and herbivory on macrophytes

The aim of this proposal is to analyze the impact of storms on phytoplankton communities through joint analysis of meteorological, limnological and phytoplankton data from 21 lakes located in the US, Canada (the majority), Europe, Israel and Japan.

Climate change affects not only air temperature and precipitation, but also our streams and rivers: water temperature is rising, river flow characteristics are changing, oxygen concentration is sinking, while nutrient concentrations increase. This is not without consequence for the plants and animals living in freshwaters.

Freshwater Megafauna Futures: Diversity, Functions, Threats, and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation
Logo: aquaphylax/ q·design

This project’s overall objective is to better forecast the future of invasions and their impacts worldwide.

Our aim is the investigation of regional, i.e. landscape-scale, mechanisms of carbon dissimilation in ‘fluvial metaecosystems’.