Project Details
Projekt
Temporal and spatial effects of stressors, biotic interaction and dispersal on riverine benthic in-vertebrate community variability (A17)
Subject Area
Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management
Term
since 2021
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426547801
A17 will analyse time series of benthic invertebrate assemblages in the Emscher/Boye and Kinzig catchments to identify short-term changes (≤ 1 year, triggered by extreme events) and long-term trends (up to 20 years), and will link these to environmental variables using statistical models. Eco-logical profiles for all benthic invertebrate species that have been found in both catchments will be developed and compared to environmental profiles of the sites to identify the niches that have already been occupied in the process of recovery or following fluctuations in environmental varia-bles and along land use gradients.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Applicant Institution
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Project Heads
Professor Dr. Peter Martin Haase; Professor Dr. Daniel Hering
