Stressor modulated community responses and functional redundancy of microbial predator-prey interactions (A06)

• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426547801

A06 will address the effects of multiple stressors on grazing selectivity of protists and to a lesser degree of invertebrates. Full factorial replicated time-series experiments will be used to analyse effects between stressor treatments and control treatments during stressor application and after stressor release. In the AquaFlow systems, community shifts of eukaryotes and bacteria will be analysed based on amplicon data. Protist food selection experiments will be applied and the food spectrum of benthic invertebrates will be determined based on comparative analyses of gut con-tents vs. environmental food spectrum using amplicon data.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1439: Multilevel response to stresser increase and release in stream ecosystems
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Jens Boenigk