Dominik Martin-Creuzburg describes the research focus of his group:

"We investigate the importance of essential nutrients for aquatic and terrestrial consumers - such as crustaceans, fish, spiders, bats, birds - and try to assess the consequences of nutrient deficiency for trophic interactions and ecosystem processes against the background of anthropogenic influences and global change.

Our approach addresses fundamental, nutrient-related questions of physiology, ecology and evolution, spans different levels of biological organisation and complexity, encompasses a broad range of molecular and analytical methods, and includes laboratory, mesocosm and field experiments."