Projects

Development of basic principles and guidelines for ecologically compatible thermal use of water bodies

Project no. O 5.23, Länderfinanzierungsprogramm "Wasser, Boden, Abfall" 2023 (Country funding program "water, soil, waste")
Funding: LAWA, MLUV MV
Period: 02/23 - 05/24
Keywords: thermal plants (water use), heat or cold discharges (lakes and flowing waters)
Researcher: D. Leßmann
Cooperation partner: Office for Utilization and Ecology of Inland Waters, Titisee-Neustadt (Ursula Riedmüller)

Water4All: Development of an innovative in-situ-management for cost-efficient and eco-technological sludge reduction in unstratified small lakes (Schlamm-TEC).

Funding: BMWK - ZIM (FKZ: 16KN091022)
Period: 09/2022 - 02/2025
Keywords: Mesocosm experiments, lake therapy with calcium peroxide
Researcher: B. Nixdorf, J. Rücker, I. Franzmann

Study: Forecast of the limnological development of the future Hambach opencast mine lake

Funding: RWE Power AG
Period: 05/2022 - 12/2023
Keywords: trophic forecast, overall ecological development
Researcher: D. Leßmann, B. Nixdorf

Study: Forecast of the limnological development of the future Inden open pit reservoir

Funding: RWE Power AG
Period: 05/2022 - 12/2023
Keywords: trophic forecast, overall ecological development
Researcher: D. Leßmann, B. Nixdorf

AQUATERR - Importance of Aquatic Insects to Terrestrial Consumers and Ecosystems.

Transfer of essential lipids from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems via emerging insects.

D-A-CH collaboration with Martin Kainz.

Joint project PV2FlOAT - Technology development for floating PV power plants and their implementation for use on artificial waters, sub-project "Water ecology monitoring

Funding: Jülich / Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

FKZ: 03EE1097D
Period: 05/2021 - 04/2024
Keywords: ecology of artificial waters, limnophysical properties, primary production
Researcher: D. Leßmann

Joint project: AQVA HEAT 1 - Development and initial testing of a vacuum liquid ice generator for the year-round use of surface waters as a heat source; Subproject: Accompanying water ecology studies

Funding: Jülich / Bundesminiterium für Wirtschaft und Energie
FKZ: 03EN6004C
Period: 03/2021 - 02/2023
Keywords: surface waters, aquatic ecology studies
Researcher: D. Leßmann

Overlooked bed shift? Modulation of the stream microbial food web and metabolism by patches of migrating sand ripples (EcoMigRip) - Unnoticed streambed dynamics? Effect of wall. Sand ripples on the microbial food web. Food web in streams (DFG)

Funding: DFG (MU 1464/7-1)
Period: 10/18 - 04/23
Keywords: migrating sand ripples, microbial communities and matter turnover in streams
Researcher: M. Mutz, A. Oprei.