CRC AquaDiva Projects

Projects Overview

The CRC AquaDiva is divided into the subject areas A) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, B) Fluxes and element flow, C) Interactions at the subsurface solid/fluid interface, and D) Informatics, training, and management.
CRC AquaDiva Projects
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A Projects: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Project A01
A01
Phages as vectors and indicators
DOM extraction
A02
Metabolic and organic signals
Project A03
A03
Microbial response to events
Project A06
A06
Viral diversity
Anammox-Reactors
A07
Subsurface Planctomycetes

B Projects: Fluxes and Element Flows

Fieldwork
B01
Forest structure, traits and fluxes
Canopy
B02
Water and matter cycles
Hainich measurements
B03
Gases in the Critical Zone
Fieldwork Hainich CZE
B04
Modeling of water and biogeochemical dynamics
Fieldwork Hainich CZE
B05
Microbial role in N cycles

C Projects: Interactions at the Subsurface Solid/Fluid Interface

Fieldwork Hainich CZE
C03
Biogeochemistry of fluctuating groundwater
Columns
C05
Migration pathways and polymer tracers
Fieldwork Hainich CZE
C07
Trace element speciation and transport

D Projects: Informatics, Training and Management

Computer-assisted structure elucidation (CASE)
D01
Data management and analysis
IRTG AquaDiva
D02
Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)
Fieldowrk led by Heiko Minkmar at the Hainich CZE
D03
Site management and synopsis
Hainich CZE
D04
Central tasks

Ended Projects: 

A04 - Elucidation and quantification of microbial nutrient cycling through the assessment of key functional proteins 
Prof. Martin von Bergen and Dr. Nico Jehmlich, UFZ Leipzig; Prof. Kirsten Küsel, FSU (until 2017)

A05 - Unravelling the complex processes that control the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of aquifers 
Prof. Ulrich Brose and Dr. Björn Rall, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

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