Aquatic Ecogeography

Research group of Sonja Jähnig
Natürliche Flusslandschaft

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Research Focus

The Research group of Aquatic Ecogeography lab investigates how global change impacts freshwater (particularly river) ecosystems. We combine hydrology, community ecology, conservation biology, ecological & habitat modelling, and biogeography approaches. We study groups of organisms from 5mm benthic macro-invertebrates, to fishes, to 30kg+ freshwater megafauna and the scope of our analyses range from river reaches, catchments, to continental networks, to global scale impacts.

 

Our research has three main components:

1. Integrated modeling approaches in river ecosystems, particularly interested in global change effects

2. Diversity patterns and conservation status of freshwater species at large scales, and potential interactions with human activities

3. Community ecology and trait-based research spanning multiple biological and spatial scales

 

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Team

Sonja Jähnig

Head of Department
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography

Yaochun Wang

Doctoral Candidate
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography

Bianca Dörgeloh

Doctoral Candidate
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography
Functional Ecology and Management of Rivers and Lake Shores

Abdul Waheed

Doctoral Candidate
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography

Xing Chen

Doctoral Candidate
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography

Fengzhi He

Guest Scientist
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography

Jens Kiesel

Guest Scientist
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography

Li Hei Wa

Student (BA/MA)
Research group
Aquatic Ecogeography
Alumni

Doctoral researchers / Postdocs / Guests

MSc/BSc thesis/Interns

  • Daria Gundermann
  • Rafael Rössl
  • Laurynas Stasiukynas
  • Vassil Altanov
  • Lisa Heinrich
  • Eleni Chatziliadou
  • Chente Ortiz
  • Angelika Losey-Kurthen
  • Martin Koering
  • Roland Wanke
  • Martin Brosinski
  • Mathias Goerres

Student assistants

Selected publications
July 2024

People need freshwater biodiversity

Abigail J. Lynch; Steven J. Cooke; Angela H. Arthington; Claudio Baigun; Lisa Bossenbroek; Chris Dickens; Ian Harrison; Ismael Kimirei; Simone D. Langhans; Karen J. Murchie; Julian D. Olden; Steve J. Ormerod; Margaret Owuor; Rajeev Raghavan; Michael J. Samways; Rafaela Schinegger; Subodh Sharma; Ram-Devi Tachamo-Shah; David Tickner; Denis Tweddle; Nathan Young; Sonja C. Jähnig
WIREs Water. - 10(2023)3, Art. e1633
February 2022

A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research

Alain Maasri; Sonja C. Jähnig; Mihai C. Adamescu; Rita Adrian; Claudio Baigun; Donald J. Baird; Angelica Batista-Morales; Núria Bonada; Lee E. Brown; Qinghua Cai; Joao V. Campos-Silva; Viola Clausnitzer; Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath; Steven J. Cooke; Thibault Datry; Gonzalo Delacámara; Luc De Meester; Klaus-Douwe B. Dijkstra; Van Tu Do; Sami Domisch; David Dudgeon; Tibor Erös; Hendrik Freitag; Joerg Freyhof; Jana Friedrich; Martin Friedrichs-Manthey; Juergen Geist; Mark O. Gessner; Peter Goethals; Matthew Gollock; Christopher Gordon; Hans-Peter Grossart; Georges Gulemvuga; Pablo E. Gutiérrez-Fonseca; Peter Haase; Daniel Hering; Hans Jürgen Hahn; Charles P. Hawkins; Fengzhi He; Jani Heino; Virgilio Hermoso; Zeb Hogan; Franz Hölker; Jonathan M. Jeschke; Meilan Jiang; Richard K. Johnson; Gregor Kalinkat; Bakhtiyor K. Karimov; Aventino Kasangaki; Ismael A. Kimirei; Bert Kohlmann; Mathias Kuemmerlen; Jan J. Kuiper; Benjamin Kupilas; Simone D. Langhans; Richard Lansdown; Florian Leese; Francis S. Magbanua; Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki; Michael T. Monaghan; Levan Mumladze; Javier Muzon; Pierre A. Mvogo Ndongo; Jens C. Nejstgaard; Oxana Nikitina; Clifford Ochs; Oghenekaro Nelson Odume; Jeffrey J. Opperman; Harmony Patricio; Steffen U. Pauls; Rajeev Raghavan; Alonso Ramírez; Bindiya Rashni; Vere Ross-Gillespie; Michael J. Samways; Ralf B. Schäfer; Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber; Ole Seehausen; Deep Narayan Shah; Subodh Sharma; Janne Soininen; Nike Sommerwerk; Jason D. Stockwell; Frank Suhling; Ram Devi Tachamo Shah; Rebecca E. Tharme; James H. Thorp; David Tickner; Klement Tockner; Jonathan D. Tonkin; Mireia Valle; Jean Vitule; Martin Volk; Ding Wang; Christian Wolter; Susanne Worischka
Ecology letters. - 25(2022)2, 255-263
Biodiversity