Mechanistic modelling of metacommunity dynamics under multiple stressors in stream networks of real and generic catchments (A20)

• 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

A20 will use metacommunity modelling to understand and predict the role of the ecological processes of the Asymmetric response concept, namely dispersal, stochasticity and selection by local environmental and biotic factors, in response to multiple stressors and recovery. This will be done for the catchments of RESIST (Boye and Kinzig), generic river networks to understand general dynamics and finally for a large Central European river catchment in cooperation with A24.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1439: Multilevel response to stressor increase and release in stream ecosystems (RESIST)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Ralf B. Schäfer