River Ecology & Conservation | Gelnhausen
Research projects
Ongoing and completed research projects of the Division River Ecology and Conservation.
Recent Research Projects
LTER site: Rhine-Main-Observatory
since 2001 ongoing
Involved in:
LIFEPLAN (ERC-Projekt)
supported by: EU
Duration: 2020 – 2025
National Reference Centre for Genetic Analysis of Wolf and Lynx
since 2010 ongoing
Applicants: German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), DBBW, LUPUS – Institute for Wolf Monitoring and Research in Germany, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
supported by: EU
Duration: 12/2022 – 11/2026
PSM-Biodiv – Event-based recording and evaluation of diffuse pesticide inputs for biodiversity loss in Hessian watercourses
Supported by: Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG)
Duration: 2022 – 2025
Project partner: Dr. Matthias Oetken (Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology), Dr. Jens Mayer (Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology)
SPRING: Strengthening pollinator recovery through indicators and monitoring
supported by: EU
05/2021 – 11/2023
EffektMon – Use of effect-based monitoring methods to assess the effects of pollutants on the ecological status of streams and rivers
Supported by: German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA)
Duration: 2021 – 2024
Project partner: Dr. Matthias Oetken, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Peter Ebke, Mesocosm GmbH – Institut für Gewässerschutz
Insektenmonitoring in Hessen
supported by: Hessisches Landesamt für Naturschutz, Umwelt und Geologie
07/2020 – 06/2023
eLTER Advanced Community Project (eLTER PLUS)
supported by: EU
02/2020 – 01/2025
eLTER Preparatory Phase Project (eLTER PPP)
supported by: EU
02/2020 – 01/2025
Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1439
Multilevel response to stressor increase and release in stream ecosystems (RESIST)
supported by: DFG
2020 – 2024
Quantification of effects of multiple agricultural stressors on stream invertebrates and ecosystem functions via genomic methods
supported by: DFG
10/2019 – 09/2022
Projectnumber: HA3431/9-1
Projectpartner: Prof. Dr. Florian Leese (University Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Dr. Peter Haase (University Duisburg-Essen & Senckenberg, Frankfurt), Dr. Christoph Mayer (Zoological Research Museum Alexander König, Bonn), Prof. Dr. Ralf B. Schäfer (University Koblenz-Landau)
Spurensuche Gartenschläfer
supported by: German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation with funds of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the Bundesprogramm Biologische Vielfalt
2018 – 2024
Applicants: Working group wildlife biology of Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz (BUND)
Feldhamsterland
supported by: German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation with funds of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the Bundesprogramm Biologische Vielfalt
2018 – 2023
Applicants: Dr. Ulrich Weinhold, Institut für Faunistik & LUBW (Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Wuerttemberg), Julien Eidenschenk & Charlotte Kourky, ONCFS (Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage), Elsass, Maurice La Haye & Gerard Müskens, Radboug University Nimwegen & Alterra Wageningen, Johanna Ziomek, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Agata Banaszek, University of Białystok (Poland), Dr. Carina Siutz (University of Vienna, Austria)
DECIDE – Entwicklung und Evaluierung eines ökotoxikologischen, wasserrahmenrichtlinienkonformen Bewertungssystems für Fließgewässer
supported by: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
2021 – 2024
Project management: Dr. Matthias Oetken, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Projektpartner: PD Dr. Andrea Sundermann, Senckenberg, Prof. Dr. Peter Ebke, Mesocosm GmbH – Institut für Gewässerschutz
Utilizing environmental genomics to study multiple agricultural stressor impacts on stream invertebrates and ecosystem functions
supported by: DFG
10/2019 – 09/2022
Project number: HA3431/9-1
Applicants: Prof. Dr. Florian Leese (FL, University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Dr. Peter Haase (PH, University of Duisburg-Essen & Senckenberg, Frankfurt), Dr. Christoph Mayer (CM, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn), Prof. Dr. Ralf B. Schäfer (RBS, University of Koblenz-Landau, UKL)
Long-term monitoring of stream benthic invertebrate communities in the Bavarian Forest National Park
supported by: Bavarian Forest National Park
05/2019 – 04/2026
Biodiversity of River Nidda
supported by: Gerty-Strohm Stiftung
06/2020 – 05/2023