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9 February 2017

Biopesticides: more toxic than expected

Researchers investigated that the biocide Dipel ES is toxic to water fleas even in very small doses, but remains non-toxic in high concentrations.

26 January 2017

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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.

19 December 2016

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Seeking freshwater pandas

In order to raise awareness for endangered freshwater species researchers have identified more than 60 potential ‘freshwater pandas’.

28 November 2016

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IGB scientists chosen as ASLO Fellows 2016

The IGB scientists Thomas Mehner and Hans-Peter Grossart are honored by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).

1 November 2016

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Science Year 2016*17: Seas and Oceans

Madeleine Ammar is the freshly appointed coordinator of the dissemination project focusing on "Migratory Fish".

25 October 2016

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Disruptive light: when night becomes day for fish

Annika Brüning wrote her doctoral thesis on "Spotlight on fish: the biological impacts of artificial light at night" at the Leibniz Institute of Fresh Water Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB).

8 September 2016

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Why moths are attracted to light

Light at night changes animals’ behaviour. A new study shows that moths are attracted to street lamps within a radius of approximately 23 metres.

31 August 2016

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At night all researchers are grey

Throughout the LakeLab experiment 2016 samples are regularly taken during day and night. For example, the team of IGB scientist Gabriel Singer gets out once a week shortly before dawn. They focus on aquatic bacteria which are responsible for the decomposition of organic material.

24 September 2015

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Schwörbel-Benndorf Young Talent Award for IGB scientists

Sereina Rutschmann and Jens Kiesel won the Schwörbel-Benndorf Young Talent Award of the DGL.

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.