PhD thesis successfully defended
Nadine Ebm obtained her doctorate on 8 September 2025 with a successful defence at the University of Vienna.
Title of her thesis: Trophic pathways of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in stream food webs.
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Notable New Paper
As a result of a project funded by the European Federation of Freshwater Scientists (EFFS), a new publication by Lena Fehlinger et al. recently appeared in the renowned journal 'Limnology and Oceanography' – research that began primarily at WasserCluster Lunz:
Nutrients on the move: Investigating large scale fatty acid exports from European ponds via emerging insects.
https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70180
Excellent presentation
Pratiksha Acharya, PhD candidate at WCL, was awarded the 'Colin S. Reynolds Prize for the Best Oral Presentation' at the 14th Symposium for Freshwater Sciences (SEFS14, 20-25 July 2025, in Bolu, Turkey). Title of her talk: "Comparative analysis of bacterial assemblages in shredder-derived particles and the gut reveals taxa-specific differences."
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News and Events
Seminar Series
Pavel Horký | Czech University of Life Sciences
Consequences of the presence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment from the perspective of behavioral ecotoxicology
September 16, 2025, 2pm CET
WCL BIB and online via Zoom
List of all seminars, videos, photos,...
Longterm ecological research
WasserCluster Lunz is member of GLEON and study Lake Lunz as a permanent study site.
Moreover Lunz is a mastersite in the LTER platform Eisenwurzen. (person to contact: Libor Závorka)
About WasserCluster Lunz
WasserCluster Lunz is a non-profit research center equally supported by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU Vienna), the University for Continuing Education Krems, and the University of Vienna. The research centre is financed by the Provincial Government of Lower Austria and the Municipality of Vienna. | Imagefilm 3'30 min
Research
WasserCluster Lunz pursues basic and applied research on aquatic ecosystems from microscopic to catchment scales. Our scientists conduct studies in international teams to investigate scientific problems of aquatic ecosystems; including effects of global change, significance and magnitude of aquatic-terrestrial interlinkages and aquatic ecosystem management and rehabilitation.
Education
WasserCluster Lunz offers university and postgraduate training at an international level, provides internships and accomplishes research-education cooperation at local and national scales.
Visiting Scientists
WasserCluster Lunz welcomes enquiries from scientists who are interested in a sabbatical leave in our research centre. Interested persons are invited to contact us:
Open Day
The WasserCluster Lunz organizes an open day for interested visitors every two years. The next one is expected to take place in 2026.
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