Scope and Aims

Research areas

EU Projects FEMMES (including vacancies) and COBO:

Topics of current research

1. Extremely acidic mining lakes (pH <3): ecophysiology, behaviour, life history strategies, production and trophic interactions of plankton organisms and functioning of food webs including general topics inspired by them
2. Aquatic food webs: Model systems for predator-prey interactions, mixotrophy and the impact of food quality and climate change
3. Biodiversity: Relationships to functional diversity, temporal variability and genetic richness – time series analysis, experiments in microcosms and comparisons with terrestrial plants

We welcome students and scientists who want to participate in our research!