Streams and rivers form conspicuous networks and life therein figures among the most diverse on Earth. The common wisdom has been that biodiversity in these fluvial networks accumulates downstream similar to water and sediments. Combing sequencing with ecology, Katharina Besemer, Gabriel Singer and Tom J. Battin have now shown together with colleagues from Switzerland and the United Kingdom that this does not hold for microorganisms, which show their highest diversity in headwaters.
The "European Researchers' Night" took place in St. Pölten on 27th September 2013. During this pabn-European Event, various Research institutes, among them WasserCluster Lunz, presented their work in 300 European cities. By means of models of our different experimental stations, we explained current Research results in an informative and entertaining way. In total, 1500 People attended the event.
An international Workshop with Topic "Historical Ecology of Rivereine Fish in Europe" is taking place at WasserCluster Lunz from September 23rd to 26th.
A dedicated Group of international experts will meet to discuss recent issues in historical ecology of riverine fish and prepare a series of articles for a scientific Journal.
Andrea Funk successfully defended her PhD Thesis "Community structure, diversity and indication potential of aquatic molluscs in floodplains" at Vienna University.
We are glad that this summer we had a lot of young people again at WasserCluster Lunz who did their practical in research. These young people produced a Video which shows their work at WasserCluster Lunz. ...
Reduction of indigenous Arctic Charr populations in Lake Lunz - Research funded by the provincial government of Lower Austria allows the team of Dr. Martin Kainz to investigate effects of introduced pike on the food web structure of Lake Lunz.
Iris Baart defended successfully her PhD thesis with the title „Historical and potential development of macrophytes in the Lobau due to hydrological and morphological conditions” at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna on March 15th. Major parts of her PhD thesis have been published in 2 articles (Baart et al. 2010 and Baart et al. 2012).
The 3rd international meeting "Fresh Blood for Freshwater 2013" took place at the WasserCluster Lunz from 27th February to 1st March. More than 95 young limnologists from 11 European countries attended the conference to share ideas, establish contacts, and present ongoing or finalized research. Key-lectures informed about perspectives in fundamental and applied limnology and European research programs and funding possibilities. In addition, workshops were offered which encompassed public outreach activities, life balance with a work in science, successful proposal writing, and modern data presentation and illustration. The meeting was organized by WasserCluster Lunz and SIL Austria.