The students will gain a basic understanding of the physical and biological structure and functioning of aquatic and semi-terrestrial ecosystems including important theoretical concepts of the mechanisms driving aquatic communities and biodiversity. Students shall become able to put those into a general ecosystem context. close

The lectures will focus on a basic understanding of freshwater ecosystems (i.e. lakes, rivers, wetlands). It will encompass properties with respect to hydrology, nutrient dynamics, plankton ecology, trophic interactions, biodiversity, ecosystem functionality and parasitism in time and space. close