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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CRC AquaDiva Projects

AquaDiva Organizational Chartpdf, 574 kb

A Projects: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

  • A01

    Phages as vectors and indicators

    Project A01
    Image: UFZ

  • A02

    Metabolic and organic signals

    DOM extraction
    Image: CRC AquaDiva

  • A03

    Microbial response to events

    Project A03
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  • A06

    Viral diversity

    Project A06
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  • A07

    Subsurface Planctomycetes

    Anammox-Reactors
    Image: Christian Jogler

B Projects: Fluxes and Element Flows

  • B01

    Forest structure, traits and fluxes

    Fieldwork
    Image: Michalzik group

  • B02

    Water and matter cycles

    Canopy
    Image: Hildebrandt group

  • B03

    Gases in the Critical Zone

    Hainich measurements
    Image: CRC AquaDiva

  • B04

    Modeling of water and biogeochemical dynamics

    Fieldwork Hainich CZE
    Image: Johann Karl

  • B05

    Microbial role in N cycles

    Fieldwork Hainich CZE
    Image: Markus Krüger

C Projects: Interactions at the Subsurface Solid/Fluid Interface

  • C03

    Biogeochemistry of fluctuating groundwater

    Fieldwork Hainich CZE
    Image: Johann Karl

  • C05

    Migration pathways and polymer tracers

    Columns
    Image: Thomas Ritschel

  • C07

    Trace element speciation and transport

    Fieldwork Hainich CZE
    Image: Robert Lehmann

D Projects: Informatics, Training and Management

  • D01

    Data management and analysis

    Computer-assisted structure elucidation (CASE)
    Image: C. Steinbeck

  • D02

    Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)

    IRTG AquaDiva 2023 - Members
    Image: Thomas Ritschel

  • D03

    Site management and synopsis

    Fieldowrk led by Heiko Minkmar at the Hainich CZE
    Image: Johann Karl

  • D04

    Central tasks

    Hainich CZE
    Image: Bernd Kohlepp

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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