New Paper - ‚Drivers of metacommunity dynamics in river-floodplain fish: A Path Modeling Approach‘, by K Feng, I Czeglédi, A Funk, T Hein, D Pont, P Meulenbroek, A Valentini & T Erős, in Ecol Monographs doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70036 #FWF

Our BIGER group participated in the 5th I.S. Rivers Conference (June 30–July 4), sharing research that included the topics of network connectivity (E. Bondar-Kunze), shipwave effects (A.-L. Dittrich), river restoration (A. Funk), and fish ecology in Central Asia (D. S. Hayes) 🌊

BIGER members joined the CEEPUS–EcoManAqua Summer School in Osijek & Kopački Rit🌊 Prof. Thomas Hein lectured on floodplain ecology, and Dr. Olena Bilous on algae ecology. Students Nadija Čehajić & Bhargavi Nerikar gained hands-on experience in biodiversity & conservation

Anthony Basooma attended the AquaINFRA project workshop at Oulu University Finland Focusing on open-access datasets like Hydrography90m, WORLDCLIM, GBIF, and FishBase in addressing threats to freshwater biodiversity #Biodiversity #AquaINFRA #OpenScience #FreshwaterEcology #IHG

Congrats to Johannes Schützenhofer & Massimiliano Sigfrido Grisorio on successfully completing their bachelor’s thesis! Supervised by Johannes Kowal & Thomas Hein, their research explores barriers & fish migration aids in the Austrian Danube system over time 🐟🌊

We end this week with more exciting news! Peter Bader successfully defended his master research on eDNA analyses on amphibian metacommunities in floodplains. This research explored innovative methods in dynamic ecosystems. Congratulations 🎉💧🐸🏞️

Exciting news! Please join us in congratulating Sonia Brizuela on becoming the newest doctor on our team! She successfully defended her PhD thesis titled "Network models to study connectivity in floodplains". An outstanding achievement! #iconn.network @RecinosBrizuela

Ending the year on a high note! 🎉 Huge thanks to our team and collaborators for an incredible year of hard work and success. Wishing everyone happy holidays and a fantastic New Year ahead! 🥂✨

Check our interesting paper in Science of the Total Environment! 🎉 Congrats to Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Anna-Lisa Dittrich, and Thomas Hein for exploring ship-induced wave trains on periphytic algae in the Danube River. 🚢🌊👏 doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…

Check out our latest article on using multilayer networks to quantify habitat connectivity changes in a floodplain! Congrats to Sonia, Thomas, and Andrea! Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10…