- Programme area:Biodiversity in a Changing World
Microbial remineralization processes during postspring-bloom with excess phosphate available in the northern Baltic Sea
Seasonal dynamics of free-living (FL) and particle-attached (PA) bacterial communities in a plateau reservoir
Analytical methods for quantifying PS and PVC Nanoplastic attachment to activated sludge Bacteria and their impact on community structure
Metabarcoding reveals potentially mixotrophic flagellates and picophytoplankton as key groups of phytoplankton in the Elbe estuary
Dispersal evolution alters evolutionmediated priority effects in a metacommunity
Reducing the fatal attraction of nocturnal insects using tailored and shielded road lights
In a transdisciplinary study, a research team led by IGB has developed insect-friendly street lighting and tested it in the Dark Sky Reserve Westhavelland as well as in three German municipalities. Tailored and shielded street lamps make the light source almost invisible outside the illuminated area and significantly reduces the lethal attraction for flying insects in different environments.
A candidate sex determination locus in amphibians which evolved by structural variation between X- and Y-chromosomes
The authors have identified a gene locus responsible for sex determination in the European green toad. This reveals only the second known genetic mechanism for sex differentiation in amphibians.
Complete genome sequencing of Hortaea werneckii M-3 for identifying polyester polyurethane degrading enzymes
Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers
Inland navigation and land use interact to impact European freshwater biodiversity
Using a comprehensive set of long-term data, the authors show that shipping has contributed to a significant loss of biodiversity of fish and macroinvertebrates in European rivers in recent decades – and that the animal communities are becoming increasingly homogeneous and river-typical species are being lost. Invasive species, on the other hand, are significantly increasing.