Recovery processes of riverine organism groups (benthic invertebrates, diatoms and fish) from different modes and severities of degradation (A17)

• Subject Area: Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426547801

In Phase II A17 will (i) investigate multidecadal trends in benthic invertebrate metacommunity structure at the model catchment scale (Kinzig and Boye/Emscher) during different stages of recovery and extend our findings to the scale of Germany by (ii) examining drivers and pattern of recovery trajectories of benthic invertebrate communities, and by (iii) analysing and comparing trajectories of three different riverine organism groups (benthic invertebrates, fish, diatoms). Overall, A17 will be the first to comprehensively analyse and synthesise the effects and drivers of recovery for a wide range of cases and organism groups.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1439: Multilevel response to stressor increase and release in stream ecosystems (RESIST)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Peter Martin Haase; Professor Dr. Daniel Hering