Tasks and research fields:

Ecology and conservation of agricultural water systems

• Ecological status assessment and biological effect monitoring
• Quantitative behavioral monitoring of benthic invertebrates
• Optimization of buffer strips for concomitant risk reduction and biodiversity improvement in agroecosystems
• Concept development for chemical-biological monitoring of agrochemicals in small water bodies

Panels, Boards and Memberships:

• Member of the NAP working group "Plant protection & Water protection”
• Chair of the NAP sub-working group "Protection of small waters" (co-chaired with the UBA)
• Member of the NAP working group " Plant protection & Biodiversity" (until 2015)
• Editorial Board "Fundamental and Applied Limnology"
• Reviewer for various scientific journals
  
  

Publications

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut