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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AquaDiva Organizational Chartpdf, 575 kb

A Projects: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

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

B Projects: Fluxes and Element Flows

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

C Projects: Interactions at the Subsurface Solid/Fluid Interface

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

D Projects: Informatics, Training and Management

Computer-assisted structure elucidation (CASE)
Image: C. Steinbeck
D01
Data management and analysis
IRTG AquaDiva
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D02
Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)
Fieldowrk led by Heiko Minkmar at the Hainich CZE
Image: Johann Karl
D03
Site management and synopsis
Hainich CZE
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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