Projects

IGB (project lead Thomas Mehner) is part of a consortium that is running a new Horizon 2020 project ‘PONDERFUL’, led by the University of Vic (Spain). The project’s overarching aim is to develop improved methods for maximising the use of ponds and pondscapes in climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity conservation and the delivery of ecosystem services.

We here address one of the arguably most fundamental questions associated with exploration behaviour in biological systems: how do behavioural-experiential trajectories dynamically unfold in newly born organisms? That is, when being confronted with an unknown environment, what are the exact sequences of exploration behaviours and associated experiences that real-world organisms go through, from day 1 of their life?

Was leisten Auen für die Wasserqualität in der Donau und wie können unterschiedliche Nutzungsinteressen über Ländergrenzen hinweg berücksichtigt werden?

Network of Leading Ecosystem Scale Experimental AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries and Oceans in Europe and beyond

Freshwater Megafauna Futures: Diversity, Functions, Threats, and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation
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Intelligent optical approaches for effective analysis of freshwater microorganisms

Collaborative Project: Coastal Upwelling System in a Changing Ocean – WP3: Role of zooplankton for the trophic transfer efficiency in the upwelling system of the Humboldt Current off Peru

In this project, the effect of climate change on the physical processes of lakes will be investigated. Several lakes with a diverse set of boundary conditions (e. g. differing mean depth or different wind exposure) will be instrumented with logger chains. They will measure temperature and oxygen in high resolution and make it possible to resolve changes in physical conditions in response to varying climatic forcing.  In addition to direct measurements, numerical models can be used to reproduce water temperatures in lakes.