A5047059153- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
Berlin Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research
2018-2023
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
2016-2023
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
2021
Limnological Institute
2021
University of Toronto
2019
Universitat de València
2011-2015
University of Gothenburg
2011
Abstract Microplastics in soils have become an important threat for terrestrial systems as they may potentially alter the geochemical/biophysical soil environment and can interact with drought. As microplastics affect water content, this could exacerbate well‐known negative effects of drought on ecosystem functionality. Thus, functions including litter decomposition, aggregation or those related nutrient cycling be altered. Despite potential interaction, we know relatively little about how...
Abstract Many inland waters exhibit complete or partial desiccation, have vanished due to global change, exposing sediments the atmosphere. Yet, data on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from these are too scarce upscale for estimates understand their fundamental drivers. Here, we present results of a survey covering 196 dry across diverse ecosystem types and climate zones. We show that CO share drivers constitute substantial fraction cycled by waters. were consistent zones, with local...
Despite a long-standing debate about the utility of species-centered conservation approaches (Roberge & Angelstam 2004), surrogate species remain popular because they provide useful—or even necessary—shortcuts for successful programs (Caro 2010). Flagship species, prime example surrogate, are primarily intended to promote public awareness and raise funds (Veríssimo et al. 2011). In contrast, protection umbrella is expected benefit wide range co-occurring 2004; Caro Accordingly, main criteria...
Global change has complex eco-evolutionary consequences for organisms and ecosystems, but related concepts (e.g., novel ecosystems) do not cover their full range. Here we propose an umbrella concept of "ecological novelty" comprising (1) a site-specific (2) organism-centered, perspective. Under this umbrella, complementary options studying communicating effects global on organisms, landscapes can be included in toolbox. This allows researchers to address ecological novelty from different...
Abstract Biodiversity in urban ecosystems has the potential to increase ecosystem functions and support a suite of services valued by society, including provided soils. Specifically, sequestration carbon soils often been advocated as solution mitigate steady CO 2 concentration atmosphere key driver climate change. However, are also characterized an high level ecological novelty due profound human‐mediated changes, such presence numbers non‐native species, impervious surfaces or other...
The pleistocenic landscape in North Europe, Asia and America is spotted with thousands of natural ponds called kettle holes. They are biological biogeochemical hotspots. Due to small size, perimeter shallow depth processes holes closely linked the dynamics emissions terrestrial environment. On other hand, their intriguing high spatial temporal variability makes a sound understanding terrestrial-aquatic link very difficult. It presumed that intensive agricultural land use during last decades...
We present a technical analysis of all the recent modelling work that has been conducted to support adaptive management process in Lake Erie; most biologically productive system Great Lakes. With wealth models developed, Erie represents unique case study where an impressive variety data-driven and process-based have developed elucidate major watershed aquatic processes underlying local water quality problems. In Maumee River watershed, primary contributor total phosphorus loading (~30%) into...
Urbanization is driving the transformation of natural and rural ecosystems worldwide by affecting both abiotic environment biota. This raises question whether urban are able to provide services in a comparable way their non-urban counterparts. In grasslands, effects urbanization-driven ecological novelty role plant diversity modulating ecosystem functioning have received little attention. this study, we assessed influence biodiversity, biotic on based situ measurements non-manipulated...
Abstract Local biodiversity patterns are expected to strongly reflect variation in topography, land use, dispersal boundaries, nutrient supplies, contaminant spread, management practices, and other anthropogenic influences. Contrary this expectation, studies focusing on specific taxa revealed a homogenization effect areas subjected long‐term intensive industrial agriculture. We investigated whether use affects levels community composition (α‐ β‐diversity) 67 kettle holes (KH) representing...
In Lake Erie, a wide variety of statistical and process-based models have significantly advanced our understanding the major causal linkages/ecosystem processes underlying local water quality problems. this study, aim is to identify knowledge gaps, monitoring assessment objectives, management recommendations that should be critically reviewed through iterative monitoring-modelling-assessment cycles adaptive management. watershed, presence multiple SWAT applications provides assurance array...
Abstract Understanding the influence of environmental and spatial factors on structure aquatic communities remains a major challenge in community ecology. This study aims to identify main drivers rotifer abundance diversity ponds embedded an intensive agricultural landscape Northeast Germany. We studied 42 glacial origin (kettle holes) covering wide range parameters. The predominant structuring metacommunity shifted from abiotic filtering spring unstudied autumn, while remained less...
Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they important cultural events that reflect barriers to women academia. Here, we explored women’s participation ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of Iberian Society Ecology (SIBECOL). The conference had 722 attendees, 576 contributions, 27 scientific sessions. attendees presenters was balanced (48/52% women/men), yet only 29% contributions a...
Plastic contamination of ecosystems has increased dramatically over the last decades, raising concerns about negative impacts plastic particles on aquatic and terrestrial systems. In recent years, focus most research shifted from large fragments (macroplastic) to micro- (<5 mm) more recently nano-plastic (<1000 nm) as evidence come light their ubiquity in water, soils, living systems, effects ecosystem human health. this study, we investigate nanoplastic uptake roots seedlings (1-2 years...
Urbanization leads to drastic modifications of the terrestrial and aquatic environment. However, urban ponds may provide valuable habitats for different taxa, including insects amphibians. We aim understand how a set biotic abiotic factors influence insect diversity in 18 German metropolis Berlin, one greenest whilst most densely populated European cities. Greenspace is important stages some amphibians, providing crucial resources. Thus, greenspace was assumed have positive effects on...
Zooplankton grazing on natural algae and bacteria under hypertrophic conditionsThe characteristics of the zooplankton community in shallow lagoon Albufera de Valencia (Spain) were compared two periods annual cycle: (1) at onset spring, after a period increased water flow through that reduces phytoplankton density cyanobacterial prevalence, (2) mid-spring, spring bloom conditions dominance.Clearance, ingestion assimilation rates measured by labelling seston with 14 C-bicarbonate 3...
Abstract Research in limnology is nurtured by the work of many fascinating and passionate women, who have contributed enormously to our understanding inland waters. Female limnologists promoted established bases knowledge about waters fostered need protecting values those ecosystems. However, on numerous occasions, their contribution advancement has not been duly recognized. Here, we review presence women through history discipline: from pioneers origins present day' developments. We aim at...
Global change has been predominantly studied from the prism of ‘how much' rather than fast' occurs. Associated to this, there a focus on environmental drivers crossing critical value and causing so‐called regime shifts. This presupposes that rate at which conditions is slow enough allow ecological entity remain close stable attractor (e.g. an equilibrium). However, occurring unprecedented rates. Equivalently classical shifts, theory shows threshold in rates can exist, cause rate‐induced...
Changes in land use and agricultural intensification threaten biodiversity ecosystem functioning of small water bodies. We studied 67 kettle holes (KH) an landscape northeastern Germany using landscape-scale metatranscriptomics to understand the responses active bacterial, archaeal eukaryotic communities land-use type. These KH are proxies millions standing bodies glacial origin spread across northern hemisphere. Like other landscapes Europe, study area has been used for intensive...
Abstract Agriculture is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and significantly impacts freshwater through many stressors acting locally on the landscape scale. The individual effects these numerous are often difficult to disentangle quantify, as they might have nonlinear biodiversity. Within agroecosystems, ponds hotspots providing habitat for species resting or feeding places terrestrial organisms. Ponds strongly influenced by their surroundings, understanding determinants in agricultural...