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Institut für Hydrobiologie

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Topics at a Glance

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Professur Limnologie

The Chair of Limnology represents the research area of aquatic ecology within the department of hydrosciences. Main topics are biodiversity in aquatic systems, ecology and evolution of organisms, effects of anthropogenic stressors, and causal interrelationships between organisms and ecosystem functions.

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Teaching

In the bachelor and master courses of Hydrobiology, you will learn more about the ecology of aquatic ecosystems, the biodiversity and evolution of aquatic organisms, the interrelationships between the chemical, physical and biological structure and ecosystem functions, about anthropogenic stressors and the integrated management of lakes, reservoirs, streams and rivers.

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Research Areas

Our recent research projects are dealing with protection of endangered mussel species, ecotoxicology and biomonitoring, near-natural hydraulic engineering, genetic diversity of fish species, eutrophication and climate change, gene transfer of antobiotic resistances in the environment, dynamics of predator-prey systems or the effects of nano-materials on ecological communities.

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The Institute of Hydrobiology

The institute is the home of the Professorship Limnology (Aquatic Ecology). Teaching and Research  is organized in tight co-operation with two joint professorships of the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ).

  • The work group consists of the head of the institute (Prof. Dr. T.U. Berendonk), 3 faculty financed scientists, 2.5 positions for technicians and about 15 project-financed  employees (PhD students, postdocs, guest scientists, technicians, students jobs).
  • Our work group operates in an international environment with numerous national and international collaborations. Our research languages are Englisch and German.
     
  • The  Master of Sciences in Hydrobiology has its home in our institute, and we are participating in the bachelor and master courses of the Department of Hydrosciences (B.Sc. Hydrosciences, M.Sc. Hydrology, M.Sc. Water Management, M.Sc. Waste and Contaminated Sites Management)  and the Department of Biology (Ba. Sc. and M.Sc in Biology) as well as in the international masters program Hydroscience and Engineering.