International graduate school on aquatic boundaries and linkages in a changing environment

Effects of terrestrial organic carbon inputs on food webs and resilience of shallow lakes

DFG Research training group

Synergistisc effects of periphyton shading and herbivory on macrophytes

CLIMSHIFT aims for a mechanistic under-standing of stressor interactions acting on shallow aquatic systems, which are especially vulnerable to climate warming and agricultural run-off.

Mass development of aquatic macrophytes – causes and consequences of macrophyte removal for ecosystem structure, function, and services

We aim to unravel how C:nutrient ratios, polyphenol content and bacteria interact on macrophyte decomposition.

IGB (project lead Thomas Mehner) is part of a consortium that is running a new Horizon 2020 project ‘PONDERFUL’, led by the University of Vic (Spain). The project’s overarching aim is to develop improved methods for maximising the use of ponds and pondscapes in climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity conservation and the delivery of ecosystem services.

Neurotoxic cyanobacteria in association with aquatic plants pose a real health threat, which could even further increase in the future.