Projects

Aquatic fungal biodiversity

Food web dynamics and energy transport from phyto- to zooplankton under the influence of parasitic fungi.

The “GeoFRESH” online platform will allow high-resolution geospatial queries of the global hydrographic network, and enables users to download analysis-ready environmental data.

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.

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.

Global freshwater biodiversity, biogeography & conservation

Through case studies we find out how exfiltration patterns of nutrients work and identify the relevant hydrobiological and biogeochemical mechanisms at the interface aquifer-lake.

Immission and effect iron from mining regions – Dispersion mechanisms and biogeochemical signatures