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Lake Stechlin is known as one of the largest and deepest oligotrophic lakes in northern Germany. However, the condition of the lake has deteriorated increasingly rapidly over the past twenty years – as shown by long-term research conducted by IGB.

Or how it is, to become a Dr. during Corona. Congratulations to three successful IGB doctoral students who had to defend their doctoral thesis in difficult times. We asked them how defending under those special circumstances felt.

The decomposition of plant litter is the second most important ecosystem process in the biosphere. Mark Gessner and colleagues have released a new edition of their comprehensive methods book on litter decomposition in fresh waters.

Landscapes are heterogeneous and often contain patches of habitats – lakes are great examples for such island-like habitats. However, they form invisible networks: metacommunities.

Risk-taking individuals are expected to grow better but also die faster than the less explorative individuals, according to the hypothesis that Félicie Dhellemmes and Jens Krause have tested.

Using the example of the drought-sensitive Demnitzer Mühlenfließ in Brandenburg Dörthe Tetzlaff and her team quantified visible and invisible water flows during and shortly after the drought of 2018.

Heiner Kuhl has described the genome of four mandarin fish species and thus also identified genes for cannibalistic eating behaviour.

How does evolution impact ecological patterns? It helps smooth out the rough edges, says a team of international researchers including Luc De Meester.