Delineating multiple stressor-response relationships at the individual level: A mechanistic model-ling approach (A18)

• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426547801

A18 aims at interpreting effects of binary combinations of the stressors targeted in RESIST at the individual level in a mechanistic, i.e. process- and size-based, model for various organisms (microor-ganisms, microphytobenthos, parasites, invertebrates, and fish) by unravelling stressor-response causality. The causal chain from stressors to environmental variables and to biological responses will be delineated, contributing to a mechanistic simulation of stressor interactions. The model will be characterised and calibrated using available data as well as data generated from other projects of RESIST, before being validated using independent data sets.

• 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: Thi Thu Yen Le, Ph.D.