Universität Konstanz
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion
Fachbereich Biologie
Limnologisches Institut
Address
Mainaustraße 252
78464 Konstanz
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
78464 Konstanz
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
Effects of stochastic resistance and resistance-breaking on host-parasite coevolution
(Applicant
Lievens, Eva
)
Littoral and pelagic Methane sources: a thorough cross-examination of methane production, oxidation and transport in lakes (LiMeth)
(Applicant
Martinez-Cruz, Ph.D., Karla
)
The ecological and genetic drivers of divergence
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Completed projects
Acetylene hydratase: from physiology to structure to function
(Applicant
Kroneck, Peter M. H.
)
A cross-taxa assessment of the impact of climate change on population abundance
(Applicant
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
)
Änderungen der Struktur und der Planktonkonsumtion einer Fischbiozönose durch Dezimierung der planktivoren Jungfische
(Applicant
Eckmann, Reiner
)
Anaerober Abbau von Resorcin und Naphthalin
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
Biochemie der syntrophen Oxidation von Fettsäuren und Alkoholen
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
Biotic interactions and the maintenance of a Daphnia hybrid species complex
(Applicant
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
)
BodenseeOnline: Modellierung von Biologie, Chemie und Sedimentation
(Applicant
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
)
Characterization of a novel enzyme system for activation of acetone in sulfate-reducing bacteria
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
Chemicals and eco-evolutionary dynamics shaping communities
(Applicant
del Arco, Ana
)
Development of a Copula-Based Weather Generator for Assessment of Climate Impact on the Hydrodynamic and Ecologic State of Highly Sensitive Aquatic Systems Using the Example of Lake Constance
(Applicant
Bárdossy, András
)
Eco-evolutionary dynamics in evolving communities
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Eco-evolutionary responses and feedbacks of a key herbivore to lake oligotrophication
(Applicant
Straile, Dietmar
)
Effect of lake level rise on vertical transport and mixing processes in Lake Van (Turkey)
(Applicant
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
Einfluss von invertebraten Carnivoren, Bythotrephes longimanus und Leptodora kindtii auf die Populationsdynamik von herbivoren Crustaceen
(Applicant
Straile, Dietmar
)
Energetik und Biochemie syntropher Oxidationen
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
Evolutionary mechanisms: Implications of MHC-mediated behaviours on social interactions and their contribution to population divergence during speciation
(Applicant
Behrmann-Godel, Jasminca
)
Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethno-ecology, contemporary ecology and ancient DNA
(Applicant
Epp, Laura
)
Genomics of eco-evolutionary dynamics in coevolving predator-prey systems
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Interplay between energy, mineral and biochemical constraints of herbivores in the pelagic food web of Lake Constance
(Applicants
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
;
Wacker, Alexander
)
Methane emissions from small lakes: Dynamics and distribution patterns (MethDyn)
(Applicant
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
Molecular basis of photoperiodic adaptation in Daphnia
(Applicant
Schwarzenberger, Anke
)
Oxidation von Nitrit durch anoxygene phototrophe Bakterien
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
Planktonsukzession im oligotrophen Bodensee
(Applicant
Straile, Dietmar
)
Pockmark formation and methane emission in Lake Constance
(Applicants
Bussmann, Ingeborg
;
Schink, Bernhard
;
Wessels, Martin
)
Properties of solitary wave trains at internal fronts in Lake Constance
(Applicant
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
Räumlich-zeitlliche Verteilungsmuster von Plankton in Seen: Abiotische Störungen und organische Interkationen mit dem besonderem Fokus auf Planktothrix rubescens
(Applicant
Hofmann, Hilmar
)
Response of Siberian treeline forests to historical and present climate changes - a (paleo)genetic approach
(Applicant
Epp, Laura
)
The role of littoral zones as source of methane in lakes: Dynamics, distribution patterns, and emissions
(Applicant
Hofmann, Hilmar
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Acetone carboxylation as a model reaction for anaerobic activation of hydrocarbons
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
Characterization of radicals in anaerobic degradation of benzoate, acytelene, and glycol ethers
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
CLIMate variability and copepod population dynamics - Do COPepod life cycle eventS match with climate driven abiotic and biotic environmental variability? (CLIMCOPS)
(Applicant
Straile, Dietmar
)
Host virus coevolution – demography versus selection in the face of multiple stressors
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Indirect response to external drivers through trait variation in predator-prey systems
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Mikrobielle Aktivitäten beim Abbau aromatischer Fremdstoffe im Aquifer mit Eisen und Mangan als Elektronenakzeptor
(Applicant
Schink, Bernhard
)
Modelling the impact of changes in the physical environment on plankton succession with special emphasis on Daphnia-algae interactions
(Applicant
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
Novel multi-site enzymes in the transformation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons
(Applicant
Kroneck, Peter M. H.
)
Seasonal and long-term phytoplankton trait dynamics during trophic change and a regime shift in phytoplankton biomass
(Applicant
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
The adaptive capacity of multitrophic plankton communities in a changing ocean
(Applicant
Merico, Agostino
)
The influence of global climate change on growth and population dynamics of zooplanktivorous whitefish (Coregonus sp.)
(Applicant
Eckmann, Reiner
)
Trait heterogeneity effects on trophic interactions: the role of essential nutrients
(Applicants
Martin-Creuzburg, Dominik
;
Wacker, Alexander
)
Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups
Completed projects
Eco-evolutionary dynamics in complex systems
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Heisenberg Professorships
Completed projects
Experimental and theoretical ecology and evolution
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Heisenberg Fellowships
Completed projects
Experimental and theoretical ecology and evolution
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Research Units
Current projects
Coordination Funds
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Density dependence of the symbiosis in ciliate-algae systems
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
FOR 5726: Density dependent symbiosis in planktonic systems – DynaSym
(Spokesperson
Becks, Lutz
)
Synthesis of context-dependent form of symbiosis
(Applicant
Becks, Lutz
)
Collaborative Research Centres
Completed projects
Central tasks of the Collaborative Research Centre
(Project Head
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
)
High-frequency internal waves in the littoral zone of Lake Constance
(Project Heads
Lorke, Andreas
;
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
Makrozoobenthos-Lebensgemeinschaften des Bodenseeufers
(Project Head
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
)
Microbial transformations of redox intermediates in littoral sediment
(Project Head
Schink, Bernhard
)
Nutritional aspects in the invasive freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea: the role of essential lipids
(Project Head
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
)
Population dynamics of fish species under conditions of re-oligotrophication
(Project Head
Eckmann, Reiner
)
SFB 454: Littoral of Lake Constance
(Spokesperson
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
)
Spatial patterns and trophic interactions in the littoral zone
(Project Head
Straile, Dietmar
)
Suface waves and their ecological consequence
(Project Head
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
The macroparasite community of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) and implications on immune parameters (MHC-variability)
(Project Head
Behrmann-Godel, Jasminca
)
Research Fellowships
Completed projects
Bacterial Anaerobic Phosphite Oxidation
(Applicant
Simeonova, Diliana Dancheva
)
Evolutionary adaptation of natural phytoplankton populations to warming
(Applicant
Lohbeck, Kai
)
Major Research Instrumentation
Completed projects
High Content Microscope (automated)
Image-Flow-Cytometer
Research data and software
Completed projects
Database Infrastructure for Long-Term Data of German Lakes (Lake-Base)
(Applicants
Adrian, Ph.D., Rita
;
Berendonk, Thomas U.
;
Gaedke, Ursula
;
König-Ries, Birgitta
;
Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
;
Wagner, Annekatrin
)
Research Training Groups
Completed projects
GRK 2272: R3 - Responses to biotic and abiotic Changes, Resilience and Reversibility of Lake Ecosystems
(Spokesperson
Peeters, Ph.D., Frank
)
Graduate Schools
Completed projects
GSC 218: Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology (KoRS-CB)
(Spokesperson
Marx, Andreas
)
