How important was Biological Station Lunz in the history of limnology? Two historians from the University of Vienna were at WasserCluster Lunz in August in the course of preliminary studies for a FWF project and combed through the historic library in the Biological Station Lunz (BSL). First results are presented in October.
A new study of Tom Battin and his team, which is published in PNAS journal, offers potential insights into the response of microbial community organization and persistence to human pressures that increasingly change the hydrological regime and biodiversity dynamics in fluvial networks.
On Friday, 13th June, the WasserCluster Lunz arranged an open day. Kids could experience science in special workshops, and many visitors joined the guided tours through the WasserCluster and the Biological Station.
Fish stock in Lake Lunz is changing as more and more pike live in the lake. WCL-group leader Martin Kainz researches this phenomenon with an international team. The austrian TV made a short report.
Gwendal Paget, master student in the working group BioFrames, defended successfully his msc thesis with the title "The importance of flow and flood pulses for the trophic development of altered floodplain systems" at BOKU Vienna on June 6th.
WCL team leader Tom Battin was on 4th June guest in the ORF programme science.talk. With moderator Barbara Stöckl he talked about the worth of water, ecological protection of water and his career as a scientist.
More than 300 researchers from more than 30 countries met in Vienna to discuss their latest research on microbial biofilms. The „Biofilms 6“ Conference was hosted by Tom J. Battin, limnologist at the university of Vienna and group leader at WCL, and also served to launch the new journal "npj Biofilms and Microbiomes" of the „Nature“ Publishing Group. The organizer acknowledges support from Land NÖ and MA 31.
With support of the Austrian Army the boat hut of WasserCluster Lunz was renovated. The old, brittle piles were removed an new ones were placed – up to seven meters deep. For this reason the whole hut was lifted and brought ashore. Together with the team of the WasserCluster Lunz the sappers of Melk were on duty.