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26 January 2017

Synthetic chemicals: ignored agents of global change

Despite a steady rise in the manufacture and release of synthetic chemicals, research on the ecological effects of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals is severely lacking.

11 January 2017

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Winter break for IGB's monitoring station

The station Georg Mothes is protected by ice on the landing state of IGB. During the winter break measurements are only possible to a limited extent.

17 March 2016

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Biological Field Stations: Keeping a Pulse on our Planet

Forscher des IGB und der renommierte Ökologe Gene E. Likens haben eine weltweite Bestandsaufnahme durchgeführt.

10 August 2015

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"As a light physicist I have until now mostly worked in darkened and sterile laboratories"

After returning from his postdoctoral residency at the University of Brisbane in Australia, Andreas Jechow visited by chance the Lake Stechlin Information Center in 2012. There he saw a scale model of the LakeLab and was immediately fascinated by the research platform and the concept behind it. Now, three years later he is part of the LakeLab team and studies the light regimes in the mesocosms.

17 December 2014

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Deforestation threatens species richness in streams

A loss of forested areas can lead to a decrease in species richness in adjacent streams. This has been shown by a team from the Leibniz-Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in cooperation with additional partners.