Teams

Team Management

LimnoSolve members have experience in the acquisition, management and implementation of national and international projects in various fields of freshwater ecology, reflected in the different teams. Their experience includes working with stakeholders from different sectors such as politics and administration, science, public bodies and associations, and conservation.

Team Fish

Team Fish consists of fish ecologists with experience in national and international research projects. Team Fish members have been involved in the development of guidelines, management plans and conservation strategies as well as in their implementation. The main focus is on the monitoring of fish populations. All members spent many hours in the field and are familiar with conventional and more specific methods used in fisheries research to assess fish population parameters and dynamics or fish movement and behavior, including fish passes (up- and downstream migration) and river systems. In addition to in-situ activities, Team Fish members are experienced in ex-situ activities related to conservation aquaculture.

Team Benthic Invertebrates

The Benthic Invertebrate Team includes biologists, ecologists and taxonomists who are experienced in a variety of fields from the design of assessment systems (including their implementation), biomonitoring of all kinds of aquatic habitats (focus on streams, rivers and the adjacent floodplains), to freshwater biodiversity and conservation topics (including data mobilisation and management). The team members are familiar with evaluating the effects of anthropogenic activities such as river controlstructures, pulse- release and retention caused by hydropower, siltation, pollution, climatic changes and non-indigenous species etc., but are also „creepy-crawler-lovers“ investigating their biology and special ecological requirements.

Team Algae

Phytoplankton and phytobenthos are key communities on which the team’s experts focus. The Algae Team provides biological, ecological, taxonomic and biodiversity expertise in their implementation, from ecological assessment to biodiversity monitoring in different aquatic habitats (lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and adjacent floodplains). The team focuses on practical solutions to mitigate anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems caused by dam construction, hydropower pulse release and retention, agricultural activities, high nutrient inputs, climate change, siltation and the protection of endangered species. The experts are also working to find the best solutions for eliminating water blooms of various origins caused by different groups of algae.

Team Hydromorphology

Hydromorphology forms the basis for healthy aquatic ecosystems. Team Hydromorphology consists of environmental engineers and aquatic ecologists combining expert knowledge in the disciplines of hydrology and geomorphology. Together, we consider the physical characteristics of water bodies and flow patterns across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The quality and quantity of habitats for aquatic organisms at all life stages is key to achieving ‘Good Ecological Status’ in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC. There is no ecology without functioning hydromorphology. Team Hydromorphology provides field data including river channel geometry, flow velocity, water depth, and sediment characteristics for restoration and monitoring projects.

Team Biogeochemistry

Biogeochemistry in aquatic environments covers substance transport and transformation driven by biological, geological and chemical processes. In aquatic environments, the transport and supply following water pathways is crucial. Based on that, microbial processes, anthropogenic supply, interactions between particles (e.g. adsorption, sedimentation) are governing the fluxes. Substances commonly observed are nutrients like N and P, C-compounds, pesticides, heavy metals, (fine) sediments. To study biogeochemical processes can help to identify sources (e.g. settlements, sewage plants, agriculture, forests, bogs), sinks (greenhouse gas emissions, sedimentation, uptake) and hotspots of transformation (slow water flow, productive ecosystems, ecosystem services)

Team Riverscapes

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