Professor Dr. Ralf B. Schäfer

Address Universität Duisburg-Essen
Campus Essen
Zentrum für Wasser- und Umweltforschung (ZWU)
Universitätsstraße
45141 Essen

ORCID-ID 0000-0003-3510-1701

Projects

As Applicant
- Completed projects
  - Cumulative risk assessment of pesticides and salinity in freshwater ecosystems using species traits (Research Fellowships)
  - Greenhouse gas emissions from rivers and streams along a steep gradient of biogeochemical constituents and land use (Research Grants)
  - Neonicotinoids influence on trophic relations and ecosystem functioning in freshwater ecosystems (NITRO) (Research Grants)
  - Quantification of biodiversity loss and convergence of trait responses to pesticide exposure in agricultural areas (Research Grants)
  - Response of freshwater invertebrates to natural environmental and agricultural stressor gradients across larger scales (Research Grants)
  - Mechanisms and thresholds of fungicide effects on microbial communities and organic matter processing (Research Grants)
  - Utilizing environmental genomics to study multiple agricultural stressor impacts on stream invertebrates and ecosystem functions (Research Grants)
  - Pesticide effects at the edge? Implications of downstream agrochemical pollution for organisms in refugia (Research Grants)
  - Disconnected: integrating spatial complexity in multiple stressor research (Research Grants)
As Participating Researcher
- Current projects
  - GRK 2360: Crossing Boundaries: Propagation Of In-Stream Environmental Alterations To Adjacent Terrestrial Ecosystems (Research Training Groups)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Mechanistic modelling of metacommunity dynamics under multiple stressors in stream networks of real and generic catchments (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Central scientific project: RESIST synthesis (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Co-Investigator
- Current projects
  - Modern exclusion theory: What hinders species coexistence? (Research Grants)