Projects

Comparing phenotypic plasticity in bacterial prey traits and ecological consequences by using specialist vs. generalist strains and organic aggregates as model systems.

A new EU regulation to address invasive species entered into force at the beginning of 2015. IGB is involved in a project run by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in which a method is being further developed to identify invasive species that are of particular concern in Germany in the context of this EU regulation.

Skyglow, the diffuse illumination of the night sky by artificial light, has never before been experienced during evolutionary history. Together with another feature of global change – the brownification of lakes caused by humic substances – skyglow disrupts the current light conditions in lake ecosystems. We will elucidate the ecological consequences of these phenomena and the mechanisms underlying them.

BAUM aims at the assessment, discussion, and acceptance of municipal climate adaptation measures to retain water and nutrients in two rural regions in the Federal State of Brandenburg.

The goal f the project is a close co-operation between scientists of the IGB and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on the field of lake protection and lake management.

Is a mismatch between periphyton and macrophyte development in spring crucial for submerged macrophyte recolonization in eutrophic shallow lakes?

Human influence on antibiotics in a riverine system in India.

Investigating the impact of mixing patterns in North Italian Lake Iseo.