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

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A01 Phages as vectors and indicators
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A02 Metabolic and organic signals
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A03 Microbial response to events
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A06 Viral diversity
Image: Christian Jogler
A07 Subsurface Planctomycetes

B Projects: Fluxes and Element Flows

Image: Michalzik group
B01 Forest structure, traits and fluxes
Image: Hildebrandt group
B02 Water and matter cycles
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B03 Gases in the Critical Zone
Image: Johann Karl
B04 Modeling of water and biogeochemical dynamics
Image: Markus Krüger
B05 Microbial role in N cycles

C Projects: Interactions at the Subsurface Solid/Fluid Interface

Image: Johann Karl
C03 Biogeochemistry of fluctuating groundwater
Image: Thomas Ritschel
C05 Migration pathways and polymer tracers
Image: Robert Lehmann
C07 Trace element speciation and transport

D Projects: Informatics, Training and Management

Image: C. Steinbeck
D01 Data management and analysis
Image: Thomas Ritschel
D02 Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)
Image: Johann Karl
D03 Site management and synopsis
Image: Bernd Kohlepp
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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