Projects

The killing of even single specimen might be of species conservation legal relevance, so fish mortality at hydropower plants. This project aimed to establish the Mortality Hazard Index as standardized assessment system for the legally relevant mortality risk of species also for the group of fishes and lampreys.   

A new EU regulation to address invasive species entered into force at the beginning of 2015. IGB is involved in a project run by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in which a method is being further developed to identify invasive species that are of particular concern in Germany in the context of this EU regulation.

Skyglow, the diffuse illumination of the night sky by artificial light, has never before been experienced during evolutionary history. Together with another feature of global change – the brownification of lakes caused by humic substances – skyglow disrupts the current light conditions in lake ecosystems. We will elucidate the ecological consequences of these phenomena and the mechanisms underlying them.

Comparing phenotypic plasticity in bacterial prey traits and ecological consequences by using specialist vs. generalist strains and organic aggregates as model systems.

Is a mismatch between periphyton and macrophyte development in spring crucial for submerged macrophyte recolonization in eutrophic shallow lakes?

The goal f the project is a close co-operation between scientists of the IGB and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on the field of lake protection and lake management.

Establishment of an information platform to bring knowledge and experience in restoration and recreation ecology on urban waters together.

Traveling from rivers to the sea and back is a major task in a sturgeon’s life and now he even takes children and young adults on his journey. By means of joint actions children explore their aquatic environment and learn important facts related to the use and protection of water bodies as well as to the linkage of ecosystems.