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As part of her doctoral thesis, Birgit Müller investigated how trace organic compounds are transformed with other organic substances in flowing waters and at the boundary between water and sediment.

In the Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS'21 Hans-Peter Grossart will investigate the antibiotic resistances and species compositions of microorganisms in the freshwater ecosystems of Berlin.

IGB researchers reveal deficiencies in the scoping document for the Strategic Environmental Assessment on the Border River Oder.

Many prey animals react collectively to predators. They transmit information about potential predators in no time at all to trigger and coordinate escape behaviours. Jens Krause and IGB guest scientist Ralf Kuvers, together with colleagues, found out that parasite infections can disrupt this transmission in a swarm.

Cooperations welcome to investigate and optimally use long-term data on changes of lakes and their organisms. The metagenome data as well as limnological and biological data come from four different types of lakes.

IGB gave feedback on three interlinked European biodiversity initiatives and supports binding EU restoration targets.

From 5 to 12 April 2021 is the International Dark Sky Week. We want to draw attention to the issue of light pollution. Researchers from IGB are studying the effects of artificial light on insects.

A large international field experiment with Monika Degebrodt and Mark Gessner demonstrates the importance of riparian plant diversity for leaf litter decomposition in stream ecosystems.