AQUALINK International Leibniz Graduate School

Aquatic boundaries and linkages in a changing environment

General information	Research topics
Participants	Contributed institutions
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General information

Aqualink is an interdisciplinary doctoral training and research programme focusing on aquatic boundaries and linkages in a changing environment. Over a 3-year period, doctoral candidates will receive training towards accomplishing an original doctoral thesis and international publications on the aforementioned topics. Two Leibniz institutes (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, IGB, and the Leibniz Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research, ZALF) and three international partners (University of Aberdeen, Eawag, University of Southern Denmark) will provide enabling and complementary research environments, mobility schemes and support structures and assistance, all aimed at developing the doctoral candidates' skill set.

Research topics

Aqualink is structured in following complementary 8 PhD projects:

Boundaries between aquatic and terrestrial systems (T1)

1. Hydraulically and temperature controlled exchange between surface water and groundwater

2. Regime dynamics of aquatic-terrestrial boundaries and their changes

3. Climate change and the ecohydrology of connections between landscapes and riverscapes

Internal boundaries in aquatic systems Boundaries (T2)

4. Influences of water level fluctuations on sediment water interactions

5. Gas exchange across aquatic boundaries

6. Effects of groundwater seepage on benthic primary producers and their nutrient retention in lakes

Revitalisation and management (T3)

7. Influence of river restoration on groundwater recharge
8. Lake Management under changing water levels

Participants

PhD students:
Cécile Périllon	Groundwater seepage influences the development of benthic primary producers and their effect on nutrient retention in oligotrophic lakes
Franziska Pöschke	Groundwater discharge to Lake Stechlin: Hydrology and biogeochemistry
Christian Lehr	Regime dynamics of aquatic-terrestrial boundaries and their changes
Maximillian Lau	Influences of water-level fluctuations on sediment‑water‑interactions
Nina Ullrich	Gas exchange across aquatic boundaries
Anna-Marie Klamt	Sediment biogeochemistry and lake management under changing water levels
Anne Marie Kurth	Effect of river restoration on groundwater recharge
Maria Blumstock	Connectivity and storage in upland catchments
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Senior scientists:
Peter Casper	IGB Neuglobsow
Jörg Gelbrecht	IGB Berlin
Mark O. Gessner	IGB Neuglobsow
Sabine Hilt	IGB Berlin
Michael Hupfer	IGB Berlin
Henning S. Jensen	University of Southern Denmark
Peter Kasprzak	IGB Neuglobsow
Jörg Lewandowski	IGB Berlin
Gunnar Lischeid	Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Gunnar Nützmann	IGB Berlin
Kasper Reitzel	University of Southern Denmark
Mario Schirmer	Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Chris Soulsby	University of Aberdeen
Doerthe Tetzlaff	University of Aberdeen
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Contributed institutions

	Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
	Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
	University of Southern Denmark
	Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
	University of Aberdeen